Czech puppetry museum | Perform Czech

Czech puppetry museum established in 1972 in Chrudim (Eastern Bohemia).

The museum collection includes around 6,000 puppets from more than forty countries with another 60,000 objects (sets/scenery, designs, press cuttings, photographs, manuscripts, posters, works of visual art, etc.) from more than seventy countries. The library has over 13,000 volumes in Czech and foreign languages. The permanent exhibition is devoted to the history of the Czech puppet theatre (Czech touring troupes, their puppets, sets and repertoire, family theatres) and exhibits of foreign puppets. The museum also provides contemporary exhibitions, a playroom for children with two small stages and a variety of puppet types.