Puppeteers of America is grateful to all of those who help preserve the art of puppetry. At most of these museums and libraries the puppets in the collection are not on exhibit. This guide is a starting point for scholars, authors, enthusiasts, collectors and potential donors of puppets. Please contact me if you have additions or corrections. E-Mail Address for Steve Abrams .

COLLECTIONS-more than 500 puppets

• American Museum of Natural History-NY, NY
• Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry University of Connecticut-Storrs, CT
• Bread & Puppet Theatre Museum-Glover, VT
• Gary Busk Collection-Carrollton, TX
• Center for Puppetry Arts -Atlanta, GA
• COPA (Conservatory of Puppet Arts)-Alan Cook-Pasadena, CA
• Detroit Children's Museum-Detroit, MI
• Detroit Institute of Arts-Detroit, MI
• Harvard Theatre Collection-Cambridge, MA
• Museum of International Folk Art -Santa Fe, NM
• Pittsburgh Children's Museum-Pittsburgh, PA
• Puppet Guild of St Louis-St Louis, MO
• UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History-Los Angeles, CA
   
  

COLLECTIONS-Natural History, Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnography, Folk Arts

• Bishop Museum-Honolulu, HI
  
• British Columbia Provincial Museum-Victoria, Canada
  
• Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture-Seattle, WA
  
• Chinese Temple-Oroville, CA
  
• The Field Museum-Chicago, IL
  
• Mingei International Museum-San Diego, CA
  
• Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia-Vancouver, Canada
  
• National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center-Smithsonian-NY, NY
  
• National Museum of African Art-Smithsonian-Washington, DC
  
• National Museum of Natural History-Smithsonian-Washington, DC
  
• Phoebe A Hearst Museum of Anthropology-Berkeley, CA
  
• Royal Ontario Museum-Toronto, Canada
  
• Spooner Museum of Anthropology (or KUMA)-Lawrence, KS
  
• University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology-Philadelphia, PA
   
  

COLLECTIONS-Art Museums with collections from traditional cultures

• Asian Art Museum-San Francisco, CA
  
• Cleveland Museum of Art-Cleveland, OH
  
• Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco-M H De Young Memorial Art Museum-San Francisco, CA
  
• Metropolitan Museum of Art-NY, NY
  
• Peabody Essex Museum-Salem, MA
  
• Seattle Asian Art Museum/ Seattle Art Museum-Seattle, WA
   
  

COLLECTIONS

• American Museum of the Moving Image-Queens, NY
  
• Boston Public Library-Dwiggins Collection-Boston, MA
  
• Brooklyn Historical Society- Brooklyn, NY
  
• Broward County Library-Bienes Center-Fort Lauderdale, FL
  
• Canadian Museum of Civilization-Hull Canada (Ottawa area)
  
• Charles H MacNider Art Museum- Bil Baird Collection-Mason City, IA
  
• Chicago Historical Society- Chicago, IL
  
• Chicago Institute of Art-Chicago, IL
  
• Children's Museum of Utica-Utica, NY
  
• Circus World Museum-Baraboo, WI
  
• Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum-Smithsonian Institution-NY, NY
  
• Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library-Brander Matthews-NY, NY
  
• Denver Museum of Nature and Science-Denver, CO
  
• Jim Henson Legacy-NY, NY
  
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden-Smithsonian-Washington, DC
  
• Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh, PA
  
• Holland Museum-Holland, MI
  
• McGill University Library- Rosalynde Stearn Collection -Montreal, Canada
  
• Mercer Museum-Bucks County Historical Society-Doylestown, PA
  
• Michigan State University Museum-East Lansing, MI
  
• Museum of the City of New York-NY, NY
  
• Museum of Jewish Heritage-NY, NY
  
• Museum of Modern Art-NY, NY
  
• Museum of Science and Industry-Chicago, IL
  
• Nantucket Historical Association-Nantucket, MA
  
• National Museum of American History-Smithsonian-Washington, DC
  
• Newark Museum-Newark, NJ
  
• Oakland Museum-Oakland, CA
  
• Principia College-School of Nations Museum-Elsah, IL
  
• Puppetry Arts Institute-Independence, MO
  
• Santa Barbara Museum of Art-Santa Barbara, CA
  
• Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts-Gustave Baumann Collection-Santa Fe, NM
  
• Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville, IL
  
• University of California at Santa Cruz-Santa Cruz, CA
  
• University of Texas, Austin -Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center-Austin, TX
  
• Vent Haven Museum-Ft Mitchell, KY
  
• Whitman College-Walla Walla, WA
  
• Whitney Museum of American Art-NY, NY
  
• Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum-Rutgers University-New Brunswick, NJ
   
  

COLLECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THEATRES

• Aurora Valentinetti Puppet Museum-Bremerton, WA
  
• Bob Baker Marionette Theater-Los Angeles, CA
  
• Meredith Bixby Marionette Exhibit-Saline, MI
  
• Chinese Theatre Works-Jackson Heights, NY
  
• Cleveland Playhouse-Cleveland, OH
  
• In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre-Minneapolis, MN
  
• International Mask and Puppet Museum-Syracuse, NY
  
• Bob Kramer Marionette Theatre-St Louis, MO
  
• Magic and Movie Hall of Fame-Las Vegas, NV
  
• Northwest Puppet Center-Seattle, WA
  
• Puppet House Theater-(Sicilian)-Stony Creek, CT
  
• Puppet Showplace Theatre-Brookline, MA
  
• Puppet Works-Brooklyn, NY
   
  

UNCONFIRMED COLLECTIONS

• Alaska State Museum
• Arizona State University
• Brooklyn Museum of Art
• Kansas City Museum
• Lyman Allyn Museum Connecticut College
• Milwaukee Public Museum
• Ohio State University,
• St Louis Art Museum
• University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum
• University of New Mexico Albuquerque
• Vancouver Museum
   
  

COLLECTIONS OF PUPPET VIDEOTAPES

• Puppeteers of America Audiovisual Library-Carrollton, TX
  
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts-NY, NY
  
• Museum of Television and Radio-NY, NY & Beverly Hills, CA
  
• Library of Congress-Washington, DC
  
• Museum of Broadcasting and Communications-Chicago, IL
   
  

OTHER COLLECTIONS

• George Mason University (some WPA material)-Fairfax, VA
  
• C.V. Starr East Asian Library (Bunraku)-Columbia University-NY, NY
  
• East Asian Library (Chinese)-Princeton University-Princeton, NJ