The Dean DuBose Smith Special Exhibition Gallery and Love Family Atrium regularly feature rotating exhibitions that delve more deeply into specific cultural stories, themes, productions, and artists. This gallery includes puppets, props, and costumes from Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and more. Through the chronological path of his career, visitors will encounter iconic and lesser-known Henson creations, and learn about the backstories behind his productions and innovations in puppetry. The Jim Henson Gallery explores the imaginative mind and influential legacy of animator, inventor, filmmaker, screenwriter, and puppeteer Jim Henson. Collection highlights run the gamut from puppets built by American artist and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon inventor Tony Sarg, to Japanese Bunraku puppets donated by master puppeteer and Living National Treasure Kiritake Kanjuro III. Visitors are invited to find the chains of influence through the art form and consider how puppetry has been used to communicate messages of reverence, humor, protest, and entertainment across different cultures. The Worlds of Puppetry Museum includes two galleries: the Global Collection Gallery and the Jim Henson Gallery. The Global Gallery presents a geographic exploration of the history and traditions of puppetry from different regions across the world. During its first season, the Center offered a puppet. The Museum features two signature galleries and an annual calendar of rotating special exhibitions. Guide to the Center for Puppetry Arts The Center for Puppetry Arts has shared the magic of puppetry with Atlanta families since 1978. From the ancient to the contemporary, puppets and the stories of their puppeteers, productions, artists, and techniques fill the Museum. Whether you are a puppetry aficionado, a puppeteer yourself, or completely new to the topic, the Center for Puppetry Arts Museum strives to help you form a deeper connection to the art form’s broad history and cultural contexts.

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