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THE COLLECTIONS
Today, the museum´s collections consist of approximately 4000 items. They represent every manipulation technique including glove-puppets, rod-puppets, string-puppets and shadow puppets, as well as various mixed performing techniques. Furthermore, there are masks, costumes, scenographies and props.
INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIONS
Among the museum´s European jewels are the famous string-puppets from Faust by German master Harro Siegel (1900-1985), puppets by Harry Kramer (1925-1997) some Pupi Siciliani and a set of Russian glove-puppets, from the early 1900s.
The Asian cultures are prominently represented in the museum.
There are, for example, old Japanese Bunraku-puppets with props, costumes and original scripts, as well as a marionette by string-puppet master Minosuke Takeda. Japan´s most eminent representative of the kuruma-ningyo technique is Koryo Nishikawa IV. He has donated a group of puppet heads which he has created himself.
The museum also has string-puppets from Burma, Indonesian Wayang kulit puppets made by Haryono Guritno, a complete shadow stage, string-puppets and Nang Yai (large leather puppets) from Thailand, and string-puppets from Nepal och Sri Lanka.
India is represented by many string-puppets from Rajasthan, large shadow pupppets from Andra Pradesh, as well as rare puppets from Orissa, Kerala and Madras.
From Africa, there are, among other items, linked wooden sculptures from the Mali Bozo- and Bambarra tribes, and string-puppets from Togo made of calabash. The museum also has magicians, cruisaders and Arabic heroes, manipulated from above by iron sticks. They originate from Tunisia along with massive wooden marionettes from the Berber people.
The collections also include miniatures from all over the world which have served as inspiration for theatre production (puppets, vehicles, toys, tools etc.).
SWEDISH COLLECTIONS
Eminent puppet makers such as Arne Högsander, Ingemar Höglund, Thomas Lundqvist, Monika Meschke and Michael Meschke are represented. Stage designs by Yngve Gamlin, Lennart Mörk, Agneta Pauli, Gilbert Regazzoni and Staffan Westerberg have also been preserved.
Among the theatre productions there are plays such as The Tales of Hoffmann, The Good Woman of Setchouan , Hamlet, Ghost Sonata, The Little Prince, Winnie the Pooh, etc.
Prominent foreign artists represented are Franciszka Themerson who designed King Ubu in 1964 och The Threepenny Opera in 1967, as well as Enrico Baj with The Pinelli Sake from 1978.
One of the museum´s greatest treasures is a group of nine glove puppets by the painter Isaac Grünewald (1898–1946)
BOOK AND VIDEO LIBRARY
There are more than 900 titles, in many languages, about puppet theatre and similar fields of art. There are, for example, hand written scripts for Bunraku plays.
The video library includes televised puppet theatre performances and documentation of work procedures, traditions and artists from all over the world.
THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MARIONETTE MUSEUM ARE AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM AND CAN BE REQUIERED OR STUDIED AT THE PREMISES.