Art Astoria museum RAISES thousands for ‘Muppets’ exhibit By Angela Matua The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) asked for help from the community to make an upcoming exhibit on ‘The Muppets’ creator Jim Henson a permanent part of the museum and one day later the museum met its goal. Organizers asked for $40,000 to help restore the approximately 175 puppets that will be on display at 36-01 35th Ave. and construct the cases that will hold the puppets. 22 April 2017 i LIC COURIER i www.qns.com Henson, best known as the creator of the Muppets, began creating puppets in high school. He joined “Sesame Street” in the 1960s where he introduced his most famous character, Kermit the Frog. Henson first came up with the concept of Kermit in the 1950s. The Kickstarter campaign was supposed to run through May 11 and the museum created a video with the help of Neil Patrick Harris, designer of Miss Piggy, Bonnie Erickson and museum staff that describes how Henson personally influenced them. Now, the museum has set a new goal of $100,000. “The Jim Henson Exhibition” will feature more than 40 original puppets including Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Elmo, Cookie Monster, the Fraggles, and a Skeksis from “The Dark Crystal,” as well as puppet prototypes, original character sketches, behindthe scenes footage and photographs and interactive puppetry design and performance experiences. The Jim Henson Company will also loan artifacts for the exhibition. Photos courtesy of Museum of the Moving Image
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