Explore Jim Henson's puppets and Muppets in the Smithsonian's collections along with related collection items. Learn their backstories, their missions, and the inspiration for each of them. Listen to ...

The name Henson has been synonymous with puppets for around 50 years. Many of Jim Henson’s popular franchises and co-productions, such as “Fraggle Rock,” “The Muppet Show” and ...

Muppets creator Jim Henson never played with puppets as a kid. In fact, he had little interest in puppetry until he created his first puppet show for television. That's one of the revelations in a ...

The show’s full title now has acquired a possessive: “Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas.” Otherwise, though, it wears its past on its sleeve and aims both to draw on the ...

Henson Alternative is The Jim Henson Company's label for content created specifically and exclusively for adult audiences. In 1955, Jim Henson's first television production "Sam & Friends ...

Kathleen Krull, illus. by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Random, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-375-85721-8 For their third picture-book biography, Krull, Johnson, and Fancher offer an inspiring and ...

If you're looking for a raunchy R-rated comedy that also features the masterful puppeteering of the Jim Henson ... the Henson ...

It’s an official production of the Jim Henson Company, designed by Broadway designers. Henson’s company has sold the rights to the Muppets but the puppets in the show, which also has several ...