A Queens workshop founded by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop opened public tours for the first time, giving fans access to the craft behind beloved characters. Visitors can meet a puppet builder, watch a puppetry demonstration, and take photos and videos with iconic characters. The tours cost $150 per person and run for 80 minutes on Saturdays. Guests begin in a room filled with real show props and creations, and it is the only area where photography and videography are allowed. Many items in the workshop remain works in progress or proprietary. The workshop has operated in multiple New York locations since the 1960s and has a separate Los Angeles workshop that does not offer tours.
"This year, the company opened the doors of its Queens workshop to public tours for the first time, allowing fans to meet a puppet builder, see a puppetry demonstration and take photos and videos with beloved and iconic characters."
"Jason Weber, the shop's creative supervisor, said the tours, which cost $150 a person, are an opportunity to celebrate the unsung craftspeople that bring these famous characters to life. "There is a level of expertise here that we're sharing. It's not just going to a pop-up store or something like that," he said during a recent visit."
""Things are made one-of-a-kind, made by hand with artisans who have been trained for years and decades." Besides Kermit, Miss Piggy and other Muppets, Henson was the creative force behind Big Bird, Cookie Monster and other famous "Sesame Street" denizens, as well as the "Fraggle Rock" characters."
"The 80-minute New York tours take place on Saturdays. Visitors start in a large room specially created for the tour that's filled with real show props and creations. It's also the only spot on the tour where visitors are allowed to take photos and videos, as much of what's in the actual workshop are still works in progress or proprietary."
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