Lots of the nice puppet museums around the globe really started as non-public collections, typically as an outgrowth of a single puppeteer or small puppet troupe. An increasing number of, although we discover puppeteers arriving on the age of retirement pondering: What’s going to turn out to be of my puppets? Is there a museum that can protect them for posterity? In fact, not all puppeteers suppose this fashion, and we now have an article on Michael Sommers, director of the Minneapolis theater “Open Eye” deciding to heap his puppets on a bonfire somewhat than have them dangle on a museum wall someplace, aside from the performances for which they have been made.

The Puppetry Journal will focus extra on puppet assortment in america, however I’ll let its editor Steve Abrams say a number of phrases about that.

 It looks like a very productive puppet pleasure to coordinate on the subject of collections. Greater than 60 museums in america have a number of, or many puppet of their collections. Working puppet theatres and personal collectors have 1000’s of puppets. Puppetry Journal can solely cowl a handful in a single situation. Eight of the various Smithsonian museums have puppets! An increasing number of museums are posting digital images of their puppets, objects continuously packed away in storage. A web based view gives a splendid alternative to survey a set. We hope to assist readers discover some hidden treasures.

Andrew Periale for Puppetry Worldwide
Steve Abrams for the Puppetry Journal