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Center for puppetry arts jim henson12/27/2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Henson material will unfold chronologically, charting the story of Henson’s creative career. One portion will be devoted to global expressions of puppetry. Expansion planĭoubling the size of the current museum, the 15,000-square-foot space will have two parts. The ensuing recession slowed fundraising, but the center has succeeded in amassing the $14 million needed for the project, which also includes a new library and storage facility, an expanded gift shop and renovated public spaces. The gift, to encompass puppets - both iconic and little-known gems - and artifacts, was announced in 2007. “Thank you for building a home for that legacy.”Īlthough the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Museum of the Moving Image in New York have received Henson works, Atlanta’s will be, Henson said, “the definitive collection and the best center in the world.” “Our goal was always to get the puppets out of boxes, to keep them live,” said Cheryl Henson, p resident of the Jim Henson Foundation. His daughters were on hand for today’s announcement. The late genius behind Sesame Street and a puppetry renaissance, Henson cut the ribbon when the center opened in 1978. The Center for Puppetry Arts, long one of Atlanta’s most distinctive institutions, will add to its luster in 2015, when it opens a new museum that will be the world’s largest repository for the Jim Henson Collection. ![]() Miss Piggy, Big Bird and Kermit the Frog are heading South. (Photograph courtesy of the Jim Henson Company, the Muppets Studio, LLC, and Sesame Workshop) ![]()
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