Explore the world of puppets at a drop-in festival for all ages. Visit Puppets! an interactive exhibition in the Ryan Education Center, where you can create a story and act it out with hand-made puppets inspired by artwork in the museum’s collection and the special exhibition Temptation: The Demons of James Ensor. Create your own puppets in a workshop and perform a show with your family and friends. Enjoy the museum on an interactive family gallery tour at 12:30* and 2:30.*

Don’t miss Bullooney Puppetworks' adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic short story Rikki Tikki Tavi, told using hand puppets, rod puppets, and masks within a lush landscape of leaves, trees, and original music at 11:30*, 1:30*, and 3:00*. Free tickets will be distributed in the Ryan Education Center an hour prior to each performance.

View some playful puppets in action!

Please use the Modern Wing entrance at 159 E. Monroe Street for access to the Ryan Education Center, where admission is always free!

Registration is not required for this event.

*Space for these programs is limited.

Presented in Partnership with the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival

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