Overview
- The Creature Shop opened public tours on Monday, offering 80-minute Saturday visits priced at $150 that begin in a props room where photography and video are allowed.
- Tours include live puppetry demonstrations and meet-and-greet moments with iconic characters while the main workshop remains off-limits to protect works in progress.
- Staff and leaders stress the visit is a chance to showcase one-of-a-kind, handmade work created by artisans trained for years or decades.
- The shop continues active production work, including preparing costumes and pieces for a Fraggle Rock musical set to open near Times Square later this month.
- Founded by Jim Henson in the 1960s and based in Queens since 2009, the Creature Shop has credits across film and TV and operates a Los Angeles workshop that does not offer public tours; key character rights remain split between Disney and Sesame Workshop.