And this is the story of Jim Henson, their creator and in the case of some Muppets, their voice. The Henson family donated about 500 artefacts to the museum in 2013, which included puppets ...

Explore Jim Henson's puppets and Muppets in the Smithsonian's collections along ... of American History Scooter Puppet National Museum of American History urSu the Master Mystic Puppet Head from The ...

In 1982, master puppeteer Jim Henson released his first non-Muppet film, The Dark Crystal, with a cast comprised entirely of puppets. Henson was already renowned for his work on The Muppets and ...

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 ...

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 new Disney+ documentary “Jim Henson Idea Man ... just looking around the place.” Henson, who died in 1990, had no childhood experience with puppets. He started working with them as ...

Times TV critic Robert Lloyd explains the meaning and majesty of Jim Henson’s iconic creations. Feb. 19, 2021 What sets the Muppets apart from other puppets of the screen? (Not necessarily above ...