Exhibitions

Puppets & Things on Strings

June 8, 1980 – September 2, 1980

National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC

1st Floor, Red Wall, Pendulum Area

See on Map Floor Plan

Exhibited are 20 puppets—from the Civil War Era to present day—many from MAH permanent collections, including Charlie McCarthy, Howdy Doody, Slugger Ryan, Kermit the Frog, Mortimer Snerd, and Effie Klinker. 

Poster