The Ballard Institute is currently offering workshops for groups of children and adults that are conducive to educators seeking new and inventive ways to incorporate puppetry into their teaching methods, and to student organizations looking to learn more about how to build and manipulate puppets.

Living Objects is an event of national significance focused on an important but often overlooked aspect of American culture: the work of African American puppeteers.

The Ballard Institute’s Kay Janney Library and Archives, named for its longtime librarian, is a research collection of over 2,500 books, scripts, manuscripts, clipping files, posters, and audio-visual materials related to the history of puppet theater.

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry is looking for those interested in volunteering at the museum as docents, lend a hand in organizing and planning events and helping us catalogue our expanding collection.