Three Galleries. One Ticket.
Puppets can make us laugh, tell stories, preserve traditions, challenge conventions, and bring the impossible to life. At the Center for Puppetry Arts, the Worlds of Puppetry Galleries & Special Exhibitions invite you to discover the remarkable breadth of this art form.
Explore all galleries under your Museum Admission ticket. There is always something new to see, every visit offers another way to experience the art of puppetry.
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Explore the Collections
From puppetry traditions practiced around the world to the groundbreaking imagination of Jim Henson to the artists who continue to push puppetry in new directions, the permanent collections offer encounters with iconic characters, extraordinary objects, and stories from across cultures and generations.
Permanent Exhibition
Jim Henson Collection
Explore the world's largest collection of Jim Henson's puppets and props.
Permanent Exhibition
Global Collection
Explore the Center's founding and ever-growing collection of puppetry performance traditions, artistic inventions, and contemporary works from the US and across the world.
Frame by Frame: The Art of Stop-Motion Animation
June 12-December 27, 2026
Frame by Frame: The Art of Stop‑Motion Animation invites visitors behind the scenes of one of the most enchanting forms of visual storytelling.
Monthly Activities
Monthly Activity
Cereal Saturdays
3rd SATURDAY of EVERY MONTH
Join us from 10am-12pm for a cereal bar and a 2-hour block of retro morning television that is packed with puppets.
Monthly Activity
Sketchbook Saturdays
1st SATURDAY of EVERY MONTH
Sketch puppets in the Museum Collections
