Looking for Puppetry Exhibits

[StephGaub]

Does anyone know of any traveling puppetry exhibits? If not any directly related to puppets, how about the Muppets, Sesame Street or anything similar. We would need it for Feb - May 2009

[emilyelizsmith]

there is a museum of puppetry in i think Atlanta, GA or somewhere in Georgia. You might want to google it.

[StephGaub]

Thanks Emily for the info! I think we're going to check out if they have anything we can borrow from them.

[robin]

You might want to check this museum out- they have an amazing collection and I think they may have traveling exhibits to lend...

THE BALLARD INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM OF PUPPETRY
School of Fine Arts, Depot Campus
6 Bourn Place, U-5212 Storrs, CT 06269-5212
(860) 486-4605
http://www.bimp.uconn.edu

Email: BIMP@UCONN.edu

Best of luck- Robin

[StephGaub]

Thanks for the additional lead!!! I was unfamiliar with this museum. Their current exhibit looks really interesting and we're going to see what they may have for us to borrow!

[LadyBenson]

http://www.nwpuppet.org/

Here is a museum in Seattle Washington that lends its puppets. Their local marionette opera sounds fun! I was going to recommend the puppet museum in Atlanta but someone already did

Melissa

[StephGaub]

I think we've figured out what we're going to do about the puppets!!! We're going to check on the leads and borrow some from local puppet enthusiasts. I'll be sure to update you on our progress!!!

[leezechka]

The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta is great.

Jim Henson studios have their own archives, they have kept many if not all of the various muppets and puppets they have made, I believe they are willing to lend, there were several in the exhibit on animatronics at the Academy of motion Picture Arts and Sciences in LA a few years ago.