Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Yep, I'm a shameless Amazon shill

The primary reason for our trip to DC the other day was to see the Jim Henson Fantastic World Exhibit at the Smithsonian International Gallery. I was excited to see this, but at the same time had low expectations, figuring it would be a small exhibit of puppets (Muppets) and maybe a few videos I've watched numerous times.

I'm glad I was wrong.

Yes, there were Muppets and videos, but also lots if early photographs, sketches, and storyboards showing the evolution of a young Henson into a visionary who made a unique mark on television that nobody has ever equaled. The videos were fun as well; there were many old clips of shows including commercials prior to the significant Muppet-fame that I had never seen before. I even enjoyed watching young kids run around the play area which was highlighted with a cool video feed to a puppet stage that kids were able to freely put on chaotic shows.

I respected the "no photography" rule, but not the rules of web-etiquette, so here are some images I swiped from the Smithsonian website.