Before Henson's Kermit the Frog and his Muppets gang won the affection of viewers of "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show," there was Paul McPharlin, who is credited as one of the founding fathers ...

It’s been 20 long years, but Kermit the Frog is coming back. On Friday, the green charmer from “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” will go on display in the Detroit Institute of Arts ...

America’s most well-known marionette decades ago, and part of the DIA’s Paul McPharlin Puppetry Collection, will appear “live” in the museum’s Rivera Court at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

The museum says three cases include puppets from the museum’s Paul McPharlin Puppetry Collection and are on display through Oct. 2. One case features 13 puppets from a 1929 production of “Noel ...