ballard institute and museum of puppetry

A working 1860s turbine, duckpin bowling’s impossible perfect game, and a world-class puppet museum in one small town.

Background removal isn't magic — it's multiple AI systems working in sequence. Here's what's actually happening under the hood.

Tracing the surprising institutional depth of American puppetry, from UConn's puppet arts program to the Henson revolution.

Explore the 3,000-year history of puppetry and why we are now replacing physical strings with generative code and artificial intelligence.