Henson's oldest puppet, Pierre the French Rat, was also donated. Jane Henson said the original characters provided five minutes of fun each night after the local news where they mostly mimed to ...

Description (Brief) This Kermit the Frog puppet was created by Jim Henson in 1955 for Sam and Friends. It is the first Kermit puppet, and it is made from Jim Henson’s mother’s old spring coat and a ...

Thirteen of the puppets to make the nation’s top 20 all-time favourite puppets originated in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Guinness World Records says the Sooty Show is the longest-running children ...

At the end of my stay, I went to the lobby to retrieve my dragon shadow puppet. It was in a padded red satin envelope decorated with brocade dragons for the journey home.

Theatreworks, Katy Williams Designs and JParker Arts collaborate on "The Mitten," a new shadow puppet production based on a Ukrainian folktale. It opens Friday and runs through Feb. 28.

The original Kermit the Frog is donated to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington.