Sensory Puppetry Seeing, hearing, feeling and exploring

A visually handicapped Guignol with dark glasses and a white cane. Hand puppet, Lyon.
A touch-and-feel meeting with international and characteristic puppet theatre figures. A look behind the scenes of puppet theatre (DIY): a mini pop-up exhibition. A project on puppet theatre for visually impaired people.

Dutch version of this page.
Illustrations: Elsje Zwart.
Concept, realisation and text: Otto van der Mieden.
Spoken texts and sound clips: just click any speaker icon to start listening.
Film pop-up exhibition (Dutch spoken with English subtitles) Watch a video about the exhibition

Additional project information:
Pamphlet 159d (Exhibition: A look behind the puppet theatre. Seeing, hearing, feeling and exploring)
Pamflet 160e (Description: photograph by Erwin Olaf, text in English and Dutch)
Doepak 268e (Welcome/Welkom, texts in English and Dutch: traditional puppetry scenes and puppets)
Blind project (Flyer: texts and pictures)

Contents:

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1
Logo of the Puppetry Museum
No.
2b
Puppet theatre figures
No.
3b
Title page
Listen
No.
4b
Themes
Listen
No.
5
Peepshow. China
No.
6b
Tableau de la troupe – Additional information
No.
7b
Vitéz László. Hand puppet, Hungary
Listen
No.
8b
Mini pop-up exhibition – Props and objects
Listen
No.
9b
Guignol. Hand puppet, France
Listen
No.
10b
Logo – Collection
No.
11b
Jan Klaassen (Mr Punch) with his club and Katrijn (Judy) with her carpet beater
Listen
No.
12b
Hand puppet theatre – The technique
Listen
No.
13
Little boy using a chair for puppet theatre
No.
14b
Old-Dutch puppet theatre – Jan Klaassen and Katrijn
Listen
No.
15
Puppet booth with Jan Klaassen and his wife Katrijn
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16b
Welcome - A visualy handicapped Jan Klaassen with dark glasses and a chubby baby
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17
Folk puppet theatre with five glove puppets and a stick puppet
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18b
Pulcinella – Chicken, egg, baby, broom, and mount Vesuvius in the background
Listen
No.
19
Pulcinella scene
No.
20b
Just pull my strings (Jumping Jack) – Commedia dell’arte
Listen
No.
21
Jumping Jacks representing Mr and Mrs Polichinelle (France)
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22b
Wayang kulit – Epic stories with Semar and Petruk (Indonesia)
Listen
No.
23
Dalang (puppeteer) with Semar
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24b
Shadow play from Turkey – Karagöz and Hacivat
Listen
No.
25
Karagöz and Hacivat
No.
26b
Rod marionette theatre – Repertoire with paladins (Sicily, Italy)
Listen
No.
27
Guappo (villain) and Orlando Furioso (Mad Orlando)
No.
28
Puppetry Museum's address details with hyperlinks
No.
29
Press release blind project
No.
30
Tactiele afbeeldingen/Tactile pictures
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31
Seeing, hearing, feeling and exploring
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32
Folder blind project NL Eng
No.
33
Welcome: folder blind project
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34
A look behind the scenes of puppet theatre
No.
35
A look behind the scenes of puppet theatre: puppet theatre characters
No.
36
Afbeeldingen blindenexpo. Pictures blind exhibition
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37
De kus van Katrijn. Katrijn's kiss
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38
Expoteksten/Exhibition texts. Blindenproject/Blind project
No.
39
Happy New Year with Pulcinella: braille
No.
40
Een kijkje/A look Tactile view Braille
No.
41
De kus van Katrijn. Katrijn's kiss Eng
No.
42
Announcement blindproject
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43
Bruikleenvergoeding blindenproject NL Eng
No.
44
Poppenspelfiguren/Puppet play figures. De kus van Katrijn/Katrijn's kiss.
No.
45
Welkom/Welcome braille met/with Pulcinella (Doepak 274e)
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46
TV Gelderland, feb. 2018
Watch
No.
47
Een mondgesnoerde paljas/A silenced buffoon. Braille, tactile view
No.
48
Publicaties/Documentation blindenproject/blind project
No.
49
Publieksonderzoek/Public survey expo POPMUS
No.
50
Katrijn's kiss: puppet play
Watch
No.
51
Katrijn's kiss, tactile audio book
Watch
No.
52
A look behind the scenes of puppet theatre. Films/Movies
Watch
No.
53
Beste wensen/A Happy New Year: kleurplaat/Colouring picture
No.
54
Activities blind project
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55
Black book (Pamphlet 165d)
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56
Technical specifications exhibition and performance (Pamphlet 166e)
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57
De kus, De tút, The kiss, Der Schmatz: boek, book, Buch (Pamphlet 167e)
No.
58
Danke. Rainer Rilke: Das Lied des Blinden/I'm blind, all you out there
No.
59
Jan Klaassen & Katrijn: animation
Watch
No.
60
Pictures blindproject insurance
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61
Project Aruba
No.
63
Amuseur public - Barrel organ act (Nl/Eng.)
No.
64
Barrel organ music - Luigi Boccherini
Listen
No.
65
Touch-and-feel suit Amuseur public
No.
66
Two tactile mouths (Doepak 279e)
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67
Jan Klaassen and the crocodile. Colouring picture (Doepak 281e)
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68
Nine pictures
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69
Film: production tactile Pulcinella print edition
Watch
No.
70
Face masks/Mondkapjes (Doepak 283e)
No.
71
Impressions exhibitions 2020
Watch
No.
72
Wayang and gamelan project for visually impaired
No.
73
Sweater: Jan Klaassen, club, crocodile (Doepak 287d)
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74
Amazing contrasts in a museum setting: exhibitions 2021-2022
No.
75
De cium - kiss - van Katrijn: audio book and film (Doepak 293d)
Watch
No.
76
Pulcinella and Punakawan. A project for visually impaired people and others
No.
77
Zuiderzeeballade: barrel organ music
Listen
No.
78
Leaflet Pulcinella & Punakawan
No.
79
Offline Dutch Puppetry Museum Audio Quiz with Pinocchio and pictures
Listen
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