Jim Henson family donates puppets to Smithsonian Institution

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Miss Piggy will be joining her love Kermit the Frog at the National Museum of American History. Jim Henson's family donated more than 20 puppets and props to the museum on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — Miss Piggy is finally joining her love Kermit the Frog in the Smithsonian Institution’s collection of Jim Henson’s Muppets, and Bert and Ernie will have a place in history, too.

Henson’s family donated more than 20 puppets and props Tuesday to the National Museum of American History to accompany the earlier donations of Kermit and Oscar the Grouch.

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The newest donation includes an original version of Miss Piggy and some of her co-stars from “The Muppet Show.” Puppets from “Sesame Street” joining the museum collection include Bert and Ernie, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover and Count Von Count.

The gift was made on what would have been Henson’s 77th birthday. Miss Piggy will go on display in March, and the original Kermit and Cookie Monster will go on view in November. A puppetry exhibit in early 2014 will likely feature Bert and Ernie, among others, curators said.