Exhibitions
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16 of February 2024 to 7 of April 2024
Three Families MONSTRA | Lisbon Animated Film Festival
Three Families inhabit the temporary exhibition at the Puppet Museum. This is the 17th exhibition resulting from the partnership with…
Adults | Families
28 of July 2023 to 29 of October 2023
THE OTHER LIFE OF PUPPETS Collections from the Museum Reserves
Puppets have been a part of people’s lives since ancient times. They are a form of communication across multiple cultures…
For all
17 of July 2021 to 5 of September 2021
The Peculiar Crime of Oddball Mr. Jay Monstra - Festival de Animação de Lisboa
After a dozen exhibitions that brought some of the major studios and artists to the Lisbon Puppet Museum, it is our great pleasure to share with everyone the backstages, the puppets and sets of such a multi-awarded and important film by a Portuguese director, Bruno Caetano.
Adults | Families | For all
26 of May 2020 to 11 of October 2020
Tim Burton – The Animation Puppets Monstra - Festival de Animação de Lisboa
Please check our Covid-19 preventive measures Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday – 10 am to 6 pm (last admissions 4.30…
Families | For all
6 of February 2020 to 19 of April 2020
Tim Burton – The Animation Puppets Monstra - Festival de Animação de Lisboa
Temporarily closed
A tribute to some of the animation movies created by this American director.
For all
28 of June 2019 to 1 of September 2019
MADE IN CHINA Heroes and Beauties, Clowns and Villains: The Magic of Chinese Puppet Theatre
Exhibition curated by Robin Ruizendaal, director of Taiyuan Asian Puppet Theatre Museum.
Families | For all
15 of February 2019 to 21 of April 2019
THE MAGIC OF AARDMAN STUDIOS Monstra - Festival de Animação de Lisboa
MONSTRA and the Museu da Marioneta inaugurate ‘The Magic of Aardman Studios’, the first exhibition by the British studio in…
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22 of June 2018 to 2 of September 2018
SHADOW AND ITS THEATRES SHADOW PUPPETS FROM INDIA, INDONESIA AND THAILAND
This exhibition joins the main characters of the two major Hindu literature epics (the Ramayana and the Mahabharata). and explores the differences and similarities in shadow puppet theatres from India, Indonesia (Java and Bali) and Thailand.
Families | For all
1 of March 2018 to 8 of April 2018
Nukufilm Studio and Others exhibition (That’s How it Was; Axl Rose and Amélia and Duarte)
Exhibition dedicated to the 60 years of Nukufilm Studio (Estonian Puppet Animation Studio) where 8 sets of several films from…
6 of July 2017 to 10 of September 2017
Robertos – Portuguese traditional puppets
Exhibition of puppets, puppet theatres, pictures and sets.
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9 of March 2017 to 30 of April 2017
20 years of JPL Films Lisbon Animated Film Festival
A chronologic exhibition of 20 years of production of JPL Films. A collection of sets, puppets and images of a great esthetic and artistic richness, the result of the encounter between Jean-Pierre and a group of great authors, many of them “born” at JPL Films, others who found an ideal space for imagination and creation there.
For all
20 of July 2016 to 19 of September 2016
POWER REPRESENTATIONS AND SYMBOLISMS IN JAVA July 29 to September 18 | Free entrance
Album by Tassilo ADAM (1878-1955), jewels and masks. Works from the Francisco Capelo collection.Tassilo Adam was in love with Indonesia…
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