Explore Jim Henson's puppets and Muppets in the Smithsonian's collections along with related collection items. Learn their backstories, their missions, and the inspiration for each of them. National ...

A shadow puppetry troupe performs at an exhibition at Prince Kung's Palace Museum in Beijing. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] As the familiar melodies that once echoed through his childhood fill ...

The Palace Museum, former home to the Ming and Qing emperors, is also known as the Forbidden City (Zijincheng). There are four entrance gates: the Meridian Gate (Wumen) to the south, the Gate of ...

Billed as “the West Coast’s only permanent puppet museum,” it showcases the personal collection of master puppeteer Steven Overton. The displays, a small, rotating sample of Overton’s ...

On Monday, the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) issued a notification outlining measures to enhance museum ...

After many years of preparation, Hong Kong’s Palace Museum has finally opened to the ... “The Qianlong Emperor Enjoying the Lunar New Year” This painting depicts the Emperor enjoying the ...

China’s last emperor, Puyi ascended to the ... when he was evicted from the palace in a coup. Zhao Jimin, deputy director of the Museum of the Imperial Palace of the Manchu State in Changchun ...

Puppetry is more than just child’s play at Children’s Fairyland, Oakland’s iconic storybook theme park. Small children have been stimulated by the wonders of live performance at the Storybook Puppet ...

E mperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan are in the U.K. for a state visit hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla, the first for the British monarch since he announced his cancer diagnosis ...

The sprawling complex houses the mausoleum, the stilt house where Ho Chi Minh lived and worked, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Presidential Palace, and the Ho Chi Minh Museum. You can learn ... history ...

A journalist views a painting exhibition at the Shenyang Palace Museum in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 2, 2024. A series of exhibitions were held at Shenyang Palace Museum ...