From April 14 to April 22, 2016, Ballard Institute staff will be deinstalling our current exhibition From Thought to Image: 30 Years of Sandglass Theater and installing our new exhibition The Bureau of Small Requests: Puppetry and Animation of Laura Heit. While the main galleries at the Ballard Institute will be closed during this process, the museum will remain open during normal business hours, and our exhibit titled The World of Puppetry: From the Collections of the Ballard Institute will be on display in the lobby.

We  invite you to join us for the grand opening of The Bureau of Small Requests on Saturday, April 23 at 4:30 p.m. at the Ballard Institute. The opening events will include free performances by Laura Heit at 6:30 p.m. in the Ballard Institute Theater.

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