The Museum Of Puppetry

    Exhibits

The Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop has collected a large number of puppets, posters, paintings, photographs slides, documented material, video films, props and other material over the years. Most of these exhibits have been developed by the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop during the course of its various activities and some of the exhibits have been presented by foreign delegates as their contribution towards the Museum of Puppetry.

A summarized list of exhibits available for the Museum is given below:

Exhibit Type
Quantity
Puppets from Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop
160
International folk puppets from Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, China, Iran Greece, Sweden, England, USA, Slovenia, Russia, Poland, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Equador
110
Scenography and props
175
Posters from various puppet companies
550
Posters, French collection on puppets from all ages
24
Photographs of puppet players and their work
1000
Slides of various puppet groups
1400
Books on Puppet Theatre
140
Biographical references on various puppet players of more than 70 countries
1500
Video tapes, depicting works of puppet players of more than 33 countries.
90
Video Hours of reference material on First International Puppet Festival Pakistan, 1992 / 1994, includes interviews of performers and backstage during performance.
46
Video Reference Library: Reference of at least 100 different companies work exposed for back stage, covering mystery and techniques of puppet theatre plus interviews of many dedicated puppet players, directors and lectures
Paintings on puppets
80
Cartoons depicting puppets with political satire
32
Letters of various puppet players
500

We would be very grateful if you could donate some articles related to puppetry. For further information, please contact us.