Of course I, Urmel the dragon, was once a baby! I have been around a good long while though!  Indeed, my egg lay in an iceberg with me tucked inside for a long, long time. My egg and I even travelled around with the iceberg to Titiwu and Lübeck. From time to time a...

As object of the week we presented on Monday the Kasper (Punch) from the hand puppetry collection of the Reichsinstitut für Puppenspiel (Hitler's National Institute for Puppetry) as well as a rough outline of the plans for this institution in the future.A few years...

War Front Puppet Theatre. War diary with photos On Monday we presented our object of the week - a puppet from a prisoner of war camp. This sounds a little unusual perhaps, however historical research has shown that puppet theatre was and is still performed by some...

Puppetry in Film and Television | Collage: KOLK 17 Puppet Theatre & Museum Our Sandman, Yoda from Star Wars, Captain Blue Bear, Ernie and Bert, Alf, the suitcase from the show Siebenstein or the Gelflings by Muppet creator Jim Henson all have something in common:...

The Clown, Marionette by Ernst Hummel, played by Walter Büttner, Aliceville ca. 1944 Our object of the week today has a very special story: the man in elegant tailcoat and striped trousers is dressed up as a clown. Despite the "make-up", you can see that the head is...

For a student discussion the Kunsthochschule Kassel, where Harry Kramer taught from 1971 to 1992, was, amongst others asked to assemble a tribute to Harry Kramer's 'Mechanical Theatre'. The animation class in the German city of Kassel was founded in 1979 and has since...

"The value of truth" - this was the headline of the Süddeutsche Zeitung on the very first weekend of this new year: apparently there will be three new film adaptations of "Pinocchio" in 2021. Among other things, the stop motion film directed by Guillermo del Toro is...

28.11.2020 is Anti-Consumerism day. On this day, it is seen as important to try to reduce the amount of 'things' we buy. Funnily enough - the Friday before is the so-called "Black Friday", on which the money for many a tempting offer may already have been spent. If...

Punch as a recruit: Puppet head by Harro Siegel for the Reichsinstitut für Puppenspiel, ca. 1940 Time of Remembrance - Punch as a recruit Punch - the comedy puppet - is an indispensable part of every hand puppet set. This Punch grins, has a long nose and yet: would...

I can't really specify 7 fear inducing things, because everyone is afraid of different things. I will admit though that it makes me shiver with delight to know that the thrill of the horror story is not real!It is said that watching horror movies even strengthens the...

MuseumMoments is today’s motto of the MuseumWeek on twitter. Currently, a very typical occurrence during our museum work is this: Wait — Stop! Things are going differently to what we’re used to. And that’s how our dragon is looking as well — what do you mean, we’re...

I have gone in search of mushrooms: the humpbacked dove, the dark scaled knight or the yellowfoot, a witchesbutter or perhaps the fringed bulge in the company of a common Stinkhorn…? I couldnt find all of them. In fact,these mushrooms are said to be edible, despite...

Description of condition: Traces of life If the theatre puppets in our museum collection are "brought to life", e.g. because they are to be exhibited, they may be exposed to external dangers. For example, incorrect transport, light which is too bright, unfavourable...

Two well known puppets in the international puppet theatre scene are Czechoslovakian  puppets; Spejbl and Hurvínek.  Spejbl was designed by the Pilsener secondary school teacher Josef Skupa (1892 -1957) and carved by Karel Nosek in 1919/20; he was supposed...

Dementia-friendly museum: The museum suitcase of the Museum of Theatre Puppets Lübeck. "I pack my suitcase and put inside..." is a memory game for at least two people. The first player begins with the sentence "I'm packing my suitcase..." and names an object that he...

The definition of SPECTRUM, the internationally recognised professional standard for documentation practice, is"The compilation and maintenance of basic information that describes objects and formal identification. This may include information regarding the origin of...

In 2013 the Museum of Theatre Puppets Lübeck and the Puppet Theatrem Lübeck jointly conceived the special exhibition modelling clay (putty), wire and camera - cartoons and puppet animation films. The film "Kater" was also part of the exhibition. Tine Kluth built an...

Today is the day of the towel; a must for all fans of Douglas Adams. Even if there’s reason to doubt that Fritz Fey sen. knew of this special day, this small, slightly anxious looking puppet from the bequest of the Theatre of Marionettes Lübeck is proof of his...

In the column a look behind the scenes we’d like to grant insights into our scientific work and our daily tasks in the museum’s depot. Today is all about the photography of theatre puppets: photographic object documentation. One photo, many fields of application The...

Still from the film "Prinz Ratte" (prince rat) © Albert Radl Sometimes things happen differently to what you had planned — Prince Rat, the hero of the corresponding stop-motion fairytale film from 2011 by Albert Radl knows a thing or two about that. The fact that the...

Throwback: Travels to Asia It’s been seven weeks now, since the beginning of the exceptional situation due to the coronavirus pandemic; our own exceptional situation as a cause of the construction works at the museum has been going on longer than that even; we’ve been...

This is where, every Monday, we open the boxes in our depot and present to you our object of the week. Here, you’ll get to know which objects have moved or touched us, and which were just plain fascinating. This lady bird by Xaver August Jean Schichtl not only brought...