Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company
On now at GOMA
At a glance
- 31
- weeks
- 500+
- works
- 3
- chapters
- Venue
- Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
- Status
- Now showing, until 18 Apr 2027
- Scale
- Entire GOMA ground floor, across three chapters
- Organised by
- QAGOMA in collaboration with The Jim Henson Company
- Curator
- Amanda Slack-Smith
The exhibition
Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company opened at the Gallery of Modern Art on 12 September 2026 and runs to 18 April 2027. It occupies the entire GOMA ground floor across three chapters, with more than 500 artefacts, sets and puppets. It was organised by QAGOMA in collaboration with The Jim Henson Company. The curator is Amanda Slack-Smith.
Spatial strategy
- Stop 1: Chapter 1: Sesame Street and the Muppets
- Stop 2: Chapter 2: Fraggle Rock
- Backstage puppeteer corridorsSource: QAGOMA Stories
- Stop 3: Chapter 3: Fantasy worlds and the Creature ShopLabyrinth; The Dark Crystal · Farscape · animatronics and digital puppetry