Immerse yourself in the imaginative world of Jim Henson and discover his groundbreaking approach to puppetry and transformative impact on contemporary culture. Now showing at Skirball Cultural Center until September 2, 2018, The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited. Included with Museum admission.
Featuring more than 100 objects and twenty-five historic puppets—including Kermit the Frog, Rowlf, Ernie and Bert, Grover, and other popular favorites—The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited illuminates Henson’s unique contributions to the moving image. Along with a talented team of designers, performers, and writers, Henson created an unparalleled body of work that continues to delight and inspire people of all ages to create a kinder and gentler world.
Explore Henson’s enduringly popular productions—from The Muppet Show, the Muppet movies, and Sesame Street to Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth—through character sketches, storyboards, scripts, photographs, costumes, film and television clips, and behind-the-scenes footage. Then design your own puppet and try your hand at puppeteering in this highly interactive exhibition.
The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited is a traveling exhibition organized by Museum of the Moving Image (Astoria, New York) in cooperation with The Jim Henson Company, The Muppets Studio, and Sesame Workshop, and toured worldwide by Flying Fish. The exhibition features puppets and other objects donated to the Museum by the family of Jim Henson, plus works on loan from The Jim Henson Company archives as well as from private lenders.
Other related events this summer include:
FILM – The Muppet Movie
Friday, June 29, 8:30 p.m. (Doors at 6:30 p.m.)
FILM – Labyrinth
Friday, July 13, 8:30 p.m. (Doors at 6:30 p.m.)
WORDS AND IDEAS – Happy Anniversary, Fraggle Rockers
Tuesday, July 24, 8:00 p.m.
FILM – Muppet Guys Talking
Tuesday, August 7, 7:30 p.m.
Click here for more information about the Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited.
Source & Photo Credit: Skirball Cultural Center