The Jim Henson Works at the University of Maryland

In January 2005, The Jane Henson Foundation and The Jim Henson Legacy generously donated videos and funding to support the creation of what is now known as The Jim Henson Works at the University of Maryland. This collection makes available to UM’s community of students, scholars, and visitors over 70 digital videos spanning 35 years of Henson’s groundbreaking work in television and film. These full-length videos are available for viewing at public computer stations in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, McKeldin Library, and Hornbake Library.

The University provides a wide range of research opportunities into Henson's work and puppetry in the performing arts. It also hosts exhibits and websites, develops interactive interpretive content, and takes part in celebrations of Jim Henson's life.

The Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library also launched Jim Henson: Performing Artist, on September 22, 2006 featuring Muppets and many behind-the-scenes photographs.

Exhibit

Index

Celebrations, Compilations & Documentaries

• 60 Minutes: Backstage at the Muppet Show

16 minutes

• The Dick Cavett Show

68 minutes

• Down at Fraggle Rock: Behind the Scenes

49 minutes

• Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

53 minutes

• Herb Alpert and the TJB

45 minutes

• Muppet Stuff - The Annotated Works of Jim Henson: Creating Characters

41 minutes

• Muppet Stuff - The Annotated Works of Jim Henson: Creating Worlds and Telling Tales

41 minutes

• The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

47 minutes

• The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

48 minutes

• The Muppets on Puppets

58 minutes

• Of Muppets & Men: The Making of the Muppet Show

51 minutes

• Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting

48 minutes

• Sesame Street, Special

48 minutes

• The World of The Dark Crystal

58 minutes

Feature & Experimental Films

• The Cube

54 minutes

• The Dark Crystal

93 minutes

• The Great Muppet Caper

97 minutes

• Inside the Labyrinth

57 minutes

• Labyrinth

102 minutes

• The Muppet Movie

96 minutes

• The Muppets Go to the Movies

50 minutes

• The Muppets Take Manhattan

103 minutes

• Time Piece

9 minutes

• Youth 68: Everything’s Changing -- Or Maybe It Isn’t

53 minutes

Fraggle Rock

• Down at Fraggle Rock: Behind the Scenes

49 minutes

• Fraggle Rock: All work and All Play

25 minutes

• Fraggle Rock: Beginnings

25 minutes

• Fraggle Rock: Change of Address

25 minutes

• Fraggle Rock: Mokey and the Minstrels

26 minutes

• Fraggle Rock: Preachification of Convincing John

25 minutes

• Fraggle Rock: Sprocket’s Big Adventure

25 minutes

• Fraggle Rock: The Honk of Honks

25 minutes

The Jim Henson Shows

• Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

52 minutes

• The Frog Prince

52 minutes

• The Jim Henson Hour: Muppetelevision and Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death

49 minutes

• The Jim Henson Hour: Muppetelevision and The Song of the Cloud Forest

49 minutes

• The Jim Henson Hour: The Secrets of the Muppets

49 minutes

• Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies: Comic Capers

25 minutes

• Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies: Muppet Babies, The Next Generation

25 minutes

• Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: A Story Short

24 minutes

• Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog

27 minutes

• John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together

50 minutes

• A Muppet Family Christmas

48 minutes

• The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

50 minutes

• Muppet Stuff - The Annotated Works of Jim Henson: Creating Characters

41 minutes

• Muppet Stuff - The Annotated Works of Jim Henson: Creating Worlds and Telling Tales

41 minutes

• The Muppets Go to the Movies

50 minutes

• The Muppets Valentine Show

26 minutes

• The World of Puppetry with Albrecht Roser

58 minutes

• The World of Puppetry with Bruce Schwartz

58 minutes

• The World of Puppetry with Henk Boerwinkel

55 minutes

• The World of Puppetry with Philipe Genty

59 minutes

• The World of Puppetry with Richard Bradshaw

57 minutes

• The World of Puppetry with Sergei Obraztsov

57 minutes

The Muppet Show

• 60 Minutes: Backstage at the Muppet Show

16 minutes

• John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together

50 minutes

• A Muppet Family Christmas

48 minutes

• Muppet Show: Beverly Sills

27 minutes

• Muppet Show: Bob Hope

27 minutes

• Muppet Show: Brooke Shields

27 minutes

• Muppet Show: Carol Burnett

25 minutes

• Muppet Show: Edgar Bergen

27 minutes

• Muppet Show: Elton John

26 minutes

• Muppet Show: Harry Belafonte

27 minutes

• Muppet Show: John Cleese

26 minutes

• Muppet Show: Juliet Prowse

26 minutes

• Muppet Show: Linda Ronstadt

27 minutes

• Muppet Show: Loretta Swit

25 minutes

• Muppet Show: Paul Simon

27 minutes

• Muppet Show: Rita Moreno

27 minutes

• Muppet Show: Sex and violence

26 minutes

• Muppet Show: Steve Martin

27 minutes

• Of Muppets & Men: The Making of The Muppet Show

51 minutes

Sesame Street

• Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

59 minutes

• Sesame Street (pilot)

59 minutes

• Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting

48 minutes

• Sesame Street, Special

48 minutes

• Sesame Street: Death of Mr. Hooper

59 minutes