“Some of our collection has gotten old even in the last seven years it has deteriorated. “We are assuming we are going to give them the best of our collection,” she added, explaining that the archive owned by the family consists of “a couple thousand” items, but that many have become too fragile to exhibit. “At the moment, they have not been given the entire collection,” Cheryl Henson said in an interview on Friday. The Smithsonian Institution had its small collection appraised but would not make the figure public. It is unclear how much the gift is worth. Cheryl Henson has also pledged $1 million of her own money to the center. Henson created for shows like “The Muppet Show,” “Sesame Street,” “Fraggle Rock” and “Sam and Friends” (where the Muppets first appeared). Henson’s first performing partner, expected to be in Atlanta on Wednesday to announce the gift: 500 to 700 puppets, including some of the first Muppets built props scenic elements posters sketches and drawings that Mr. Henson, Jim Henson’s second-oldest daughter, and Jane Henson, her mother and Mr. Henson’s work that will be donated to the center and exhibited in a planned Jim Henson Wing, said Cheryl Henson, president of the Jim Henson Foundation. The flippered phenom, who began life as a scrap of fabric cut from a green coat discarded by Jim Henson’s mother, will be presented to the Center for Puppetry Arts here. And how time has flown: Kermit, or more precisely one of the many puppets that have played Kermit, will be retired to Atlanta on Wednesday, part of a major gift being made by the Jim Henson Foundation. ATLANTA, July 24 - Time’s fun when you’re having flies, Kermit the Frog once said.
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