The Museum of the City of New York

The Museum of the City of New York was established in 1923, housing artifacts of all kinds pertaining to the history of New York City.
From August 2021 to April 2022, the museum hosted an exhibit called "Puppets of New York," highlighting influential puppets and puppeteers of the city. Jim Henson was among those highlighted in "The Set" section, centering on puppetry on film and television. Puppets of Oscar the Grouch, Queen Peuta, Mahna Mahna, and the Snowths were featured as a part of the display.
Other notable puppets in the exhibit included Lamb Chop, Trekkie Monster from Avenue Q, a puppet from The Lion King stage musical, and Girard the Yardbird from Muppet performer Tau Bennett's short puppet film "Cold Sober."
In conjunction with the opening of the exhibit, the museum hosted a "Moonlight & Movies" screening of The Muppets Take Manhattan on August 12, introduced by Cheryl Henson. As part of promotional material originally meant for the exhibit, the museum's social media team commissioned Muppet Wiki contributor and tour guide TenCents to create a series of videos profiling the various puppets, including one focused on Oscar the Grouch.
In May 2023, the museum opened a year-long exhibit called "This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture." Among the items displayed in the exhibit is a Sesame Street lamppost. The associated immersive film installation, "You Are Here", prominently features clips from The Muppets Take Manhattan.
Elsewhere in the museum, the "New York At Its Core" exhibition includes Sesame Street in its section "1970-1980: Against All Odds." The area contains a video tablet with a brief explanation of its significance to the city, along with clips of the "Sesame Street Theme," "I Am - Somebody," "The Subway," and "Walkin' Down My Street."
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