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The Museum is Open

The Museum building will remain open to the public through October 17, 2025. For more information about visiting the Museum, please visit Plan Your Visit.

A Surprising Discovery: “Kiki” the Monkey Puppet

Curator Kyra Schuster recounts the serendipitous story of how the Museum came to acquire the puppet that US Army medic Eldon Nicholas used to entertain children at the Vittel internment camp in France.