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 ...

Karen Falk, the director of archives for The Jim Henson Company, says Henson made puppets to perform when he learned that a local D.C. television station, CBS affiliate WTOP-TV, was looking for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jim Henson’s Creature Shop will create the puppets for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican this October. The show is based on the 1988 Japanese ...