Puppets from 3 continents
Fritz Fey’s collection of theatre puppets and accessories shown in the TheaterFigurenMuseum Luebeck consists of about one thousand exhibits. He bought most of them from his own savings, some have been sponsored by the Possehl Foundation, the Förderkreis Lübecker Marionetten-Theater und Museum für Puppentheater e. V., Mrs. Lisa Dräger, and other patrons.
The exhibition contains theatre puppets from three centuries and three continents: Europe, Africa, and Asia. There are glove puppets, marionettes, stick puppets, finger puppets, shadow figures, and mechanical puppets of all kinds, even entire theatres. Not to forget, of course, the numerous posters, props and requisites, sceneries, and musical instruments necessary for quality theatres.
The theatre puppets shown and annotated below can therefore only give you a slight foretaste of the manifold treasures that actually await you in the museum.
Select the continent you are interested in.