Museum of Theatre Puppets at S.V. Obraztsov GATSTK

The museum at the world-famous State Academic Central Puppet Theater named after S.V.Obraztsov was established in 1937. Among its first exhibits were the works of the last of the wandering puppet artists I.A. Zaitsev and the Efimov brothers. Now in this collection, which is one of the largest in the world, more than 3,500 dolls from 60 countries are stored.

Here you can see unique puppets, including puppets of ancient times, puppets of Russian, Italian, Japanese and other theaters of the world. There is an opportunity not only to admire these dolls, but also to understand how they are controlled, to see how artists work with dolls. It also stores rare materials related to the history of Russian and world puppet theater: layouts, photographs, posters, performance programs, rare written documents, archival materials and much more. In the library of the museum you can get acquainted with special literature dedicated to the puppet theater.