Sam and Friends program at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

As part of the opening festivities for the Entertainment Nation exhibit, Craig Shemin and curator Ryan Lintelman discussed Jim Henson’s first television show, Sam and Friends, and shared the original puppets from the Henson family gift to the museum.

Curator Ryan Lintelman and Legacy President Craig Shemin with original
Sam and Friends puppets in the Smithsonian’s collection.