25 Jaar Sesamstraat

25 jaar Sesamstraat was an exhibition at Museum van de Twintigste Eeuw, a Museum in the Netherlands. Located in Hoorn. The Museum of the 20th Century was opened in 1994 in two former cheese warehouses by the harbour of Hoorn. The Museum has dedicated its exibitions to all kinds of developments of this century. Also a scalemodel of Hoorn in 1650 can also be found in the warehouses. An audio visual show and the 6 x 5 metre model tell the story of Hoorn, a town which played an important role in the history of the famous Dutch East India Company, the VOC.

The Sesamstraat exhibition ran from May 3 through December 31 2000. And was shown in two exibitrooms of the museum.

Tuesday May 2 2000 was the official opening of this exibit done by Sien Diels and and Elvan Akyildiz.

The exhibition depicted various Sesamstraat related things: The Muppets, the merchandise, the vision behind the scenes of this programm, Jim Henson life and work and many of his other creations like The Muppets and The Fraggles.

Also the exibition was made specialy for childeren. They couldn't only watch, but also play, feel and discover all sorts of things. The Dutch Sesamstraat kiosk was recreated in Hoorn with the orihinal props from the studio. Pino, Cookie monster, Oscarand other characters where displayed in lifesize. In displayes was shown the history of the show through many clear pictures and objects/ props. The Hall of Fame showed all the characters and most famous Dutch actors of the show. And on televisionscreens the historical segments and several foreign Sesame Street versions. Beside all this there was also a opertionity to brows on some Internet-sites about Sesamstraat.