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Happy Boxing Day 2015
Dec. 26th, 2015 06:48 pmThis morning I went with the family to the new Center for Puppetry Arts museum along with the new Jim Henson wing.
In a word “WOW”!
If you haven’t been to the CPA, now is a great time to start. If you have and haven’t been recently, I highly suggest that you go. You can find more information here
For me it was probably a bit more personal because back in the 1980/1990s I worked in the museum for a while. I helped install temporary exhibits. I took care of the main collection. I dealt with having to move all the puppets out so they could do asbestos abatement. I gave tours. Did a little bit of everything thing there and had a good time.
So the museum is near and dear to my heart.
I was amazed at what I saw and how well it was put together. There is a great combination of interactive parts of the exhibits along with information that was in the sweet spot between not enough and overwhelming.
It was nice seeing puppets still there that were there when I was worked at the museum. My only disappointment was that the Mad Hatter that Tony Sarg had made was not on display because I wanted to show that to Caroline because she now has context for who Mr. Sarg was.
The Henson wing is fascinating for both the breath and scope of the information they give you. I think my favorite room was the Creature Shop room with all the bits and bobs they use to make muppets including some pattern pieces. Very educational. Caroline loved that they had characters from Dark Crystal and Labyrinth in the collection. Peter enjoying watching our reactions to the whole thing.
Highly recommended.
I am grateful that I got to see this with my family.
photo credit and rights to Donald O’Shea
Kermit and Me
(For the VI: This is me standing to the left of Kermit the frog who is in a director’s chair with a megaphone. I am wearing a black shirt that says “Keep Calm and Puppet On”. )
In a word “WOW”!
If you haven’t been to the CPA, now is a great time to start. If you have and haven’t been recently, I highly suggest that you go. You can find more information here
For me it was probably a bit more personal because back in the 1980/1990s I worked in the museum for a while. I helped install temporary exhibits. I took care of the main collection. I dealt with having to move all the puppets out so they could do asbestos abatement. I gave tours. Did a little bit of everything thing there and had a good time.
So the museum is near and dear to my heart.
I was amazed at what I saw and how well it was put together. There is a great combination of interactive parts of the exhibits along with information that was in the sweet spot between not enough and overwhelming.
It was nice seeing puppets still there that were there when I was worked at the museum. My only disappointment was that the Mad Hatter that Tony Sarg had made was not on display because I wanted to show that to Caroline because she now has context for who Mr. Sarg was.
The Henson wing is fascinating for both the breath and scope of the information they give you. I think my favorite room was the Creature Shop room with all the bits and bobs they use to make muppets including some pattern pieces. Very educational. Caroline loved that they had characters from Dark Crystal and Labyrinth in the collection. Peter enjoying watching our reactions to the whole thing.
Highly recommended.
I am grateful that I got to see this with my family.
photo credit and rights to Donald O’SheaKermit and Me
(For the VI: This is me standing to the left of Kermit the frog who is in a director’s chair with a megaphone. I am wearing a black shirt that says “Keep Calm and Puppet On”. )
