Changes: Jim Henson's Fantastic World

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Jim Henson's Fantastic World is a large traveling exhibit that opened in September 2007. The exhibit will give a firsthand look into the creations, imagination and works of Jim Henson.

The exhibit is organized by the Jim Henson Legacy and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, with cooperation from the Henson family, the Jim Henson Company, the Muppets Holding Company and Sesame Workshop.

The 3,000 square-foot exhibit will visit twelve locations across the United States for twelve-week showing periods, running from September 2007 to May 2011.

For the exhibit's stop at the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum in Seattle, the puppet band Mudgarden Experience was created by local artist Annett Mateo, for a hands-on experience with Muppet-style puppets of Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Carrie Akre and Keith Moon. Visitors could rock out to Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' version of "The Rainbow Connection", while a Master Replicas Gonzo poser "operated" the camera set up on top of a "1234 Seattle" stoop.^[1]

For the exhibit's stop at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Miss Piggy in her wedding gown from The Muppets Take Manhattan was added as a special item.

Exhibit Features

Several of Henson's Muppets and Creatures (including characters from The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, and other productions)
Over 100 framed works of art (include paintings, sketches, cartoons, and storyboards)
A large collection of rare photographs
Unique production documents
Additional artifacts and film props
Over 30 minutes of special video presentations
An illustrated timeline of Henson's life and career

Behind the scenes

Tour Schedule

09/07/07 - 11/25/07: Arkansas Arts Center (Little Rock, AR)
12/15/07 - 03/09/08: Arizona Museum for Youth (Mesa, AZ)
03/29/08 - 06/22/08: Louisiana Art and Science Museum (Baton Rouge, LA)
07/12/08 - 10/05/08: International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC)
10/25/08 - 01/18/09: Atlanta History Center (Atlanta, GA)
02/07/09 - 05/03/09: Orange County Regional History Center (Orlando, FL)
05/23/09 - 08/16/09: Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum (Seattle, WA)
09/05/09 - 11/29/09: James A. Michener Art Museum (Doylestown, PA)
12/19/09 - 03/14/10: Mississippi Museum of Art (Jackson, MS)
04/03/10 - 06/27/10: National Heritage Museum (Lexington, MA)
07/17/10 - 10/10/10: ~~Fresno Metropolitan Museum (Fresno, CA)~~

Canceled because the museum closed its doors on January 5, 2010

10/30/10 - 01/23/11: Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, IL)
02/12/11 - 05/01/11: Lakeview Museum of Art and Science (Peoria, IL)

Sources

↑ Akimbo Puppets Mudgarden Experience puppet band commission information

External links

[1] Akimbo Puppets Mudgarden Experience puppet band commission information

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 '''''Jim Henson's Fantastic World''''' is a large traveling exhibit that opened in September [[2007]]. The exhibit will give a firsthand look into the creations, imagination and works of [[Jim Henson]].
-The exhibit is organized by [[the Jim Henson Legacy]] and [[The Smithsonian Institute|the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service]], with cooperation from the Henson family, [[the Jim Henson Company]], [[The Walt Disney Company#The Muppets Studio|the Muppets Holding Company]] and [[Sesame Workshop]].
+The exhibit is organized by [[the Jim Henson Legacy]] and [[The Smithsonian Institute|the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service]], with cooperation from [[the Henson family]], [[the Jim Henson Company]], [[The Walt Disney Company#The Muppets Studio|the Muppets Holding Company]] and [[Sesame Workshop]].
 The 3,000 square-foot exhibit will visit twelve locations across the [[United States]] for twelve-week showing periods, running from September 2007 to May [[2011]].

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