{"id":245596,"date":"2026-05-27T21:17:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/245596\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T21:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:17:40","slug":"jim-hensons-creature-shop-in-nyc-opens-for-tours-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/245596\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Henson&#8217;s Creature Shop In NYC Opens For Tours: What To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>QUEENS, NY \u2014 Legendary Muppets creator and puppeteer Jim Henson\u2019s personal studio in Queens is opening its doors to the public for the first time. <\/p>\n<p>Henson\u2019s Creature Shop in Long Island City is giving fans a rare behind-the-scenes look at the creative hub where award-winning artists and makers have created hundreds of the world\u2019s most famous puppet characters, including stars from Fraggle Rock, The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Emmet Otter\u2019s Jug-Band Christmas, and many more.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"26844973-1779911240\" data-image=\"26844973-1779911240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DFC8D5C0-0589-4C61-B4D5-8D894DFEC205.jpg\" data- \/> <\/p>\n<p>Tickets cost $150 and features an 80-minute tour which runs on Saturdays. <\/p>\n<p> Fans get photo opportunities with beloved characters, a live puppetry demonstration from an actual Henson puppeteer, a meet and greet with one of the Creature Shop&#8217;s talented puppet builders, among other things. <\/p>\n<p>For more information on Henson\u2019s Creature Shop and for tickets you can visit its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsignup.io\/TicketEvent\/creatureshoptours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QUEENS, NY \u2014 Legendary Muppets creator and puppeteer Jim Henson\u2019s personal studio in Queens is opening its doors&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-245596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}