“There are some other puppet centers, but they’re very small.” Our live puppet shows, museum exhibits, and events will have you feeling like a kid again Created with Sketch. “We’re unique in what we do,” Anthony said. Rethink everything you know about the Center for Puppetry Arts. It hosts puppet shows, provides puppetry-based education programs, and houses a museum that is home to a collection of more than 170 puppets and puppetry artifacts from five continents. But at 38 years old, it now fills the building completely and has spilled out into additions. The Center for Puppetry Arts once shared the old school building with other arts organizations. Soon, he and other puppeteers started talking about creating a national base for puppetry. His company performed around the Southeast. MUSEUM ONLY TICKET Visit the museum, including our Jim Henson, Global & Special galleries.
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Adults 16.00, Seniors 55+ are 14.00, Children ages 2-12 are 12.00, FREE for children under 2 years old. There seemed to be a lot going on in Atlanta’s arts scene, he said, so he set up his own touring company, The Vagabond Marionettes, based in Atlanta. MUSEUM ONLY TICKET Visit the museum, including our Jim Henson, Global & Special galleries. He subscribed to an Atlanta newspaper to get a feel for the town, he said. The Center for Puppetry Arts' mission is to inspire imagination, education and community through the global art of puppetry.After a while, he decided he wanted to return to the South from New York. The Center for Puppetry Arts has been an Atlanta institution since 1978, when Jim Henson and Kermit cut the ribbon at its opening. The Education Department provides workshops, puppet-building activities and community outreach, and the award-winning Distance Learning program presents virtual workshop and puppet shows.
The museum has the largest collection of Jim Henson puppets and artifacts anywhere in the world a global collection outlining puppetry traditions from around the world and a rotating special exhibit focusing on such topics as Labyrinth and India.
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The theater present Family Series shows year-round, as well as a number of performances for adult audiences. A major addition is the Worlds of Puppetry Museum, housing the most comprehensive collection of Jim Henson puppets and artifacts in the world. The Center focuses on three areas: performance, education and museum. A wonderland for visitors of all ages and hands down one of Atlantas most unique attractions, the museum expanded in 2015 houses a treasury of puppets, some of which you get to operate yourself. It is the nation’s largest organization dedicated to the art form of puppetry. The Center, located in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, was founded in 1978 by Vincent Anthony. Since 1978, the Center has introduced millions of visitors to the wonder and art of puppetry and has touched the lives of many through enchanting performances, curriculum-based workshops and the hands-on Museum, as well as Distance Learning and Outreach Programs.
The Center for Puppetry Arts is a unique cultural treasure - a magical place where children and adults are educated, enlightened and entertained. Puppetry is magical and The Center for Puppetry Art puts that magic right in front of your face The facility is clean and neat, the gift shop is well stocked.
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