The Gorg Anniversary Cake — now in the museum's collection.
The Canadian Museum of History (formerly the Canadian Museum of Civilization), in Gatineau, Quebec, is Canada's national museum, similar to The Smithsonian Institution in the US. The museum has multiple artifacts in its collection relating to the Muppets. It is not known whether any of the artifacts have ever been on display.
The Muppet-related artifacts are in the CCOP Puppets collection, which contains many puppets from Canada and around the world, including some by Noreen Young and Tom Vandenberg, and a Glooscap puppet by Mermaid Theatre that appeared in Here Come the Puppets!
From September 2022 to September 2023, the museum hosted an exhibit called "From Pepinot to PAW Patrol – Television of Our Childhoods" highlighting the history of Canadian children's programming. Mokey from Fraggle Rock and Basil, Louis, and Katie from Sesame Park were featured as a part of the display. The former was on loan from the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta while the latter group of puppets were originally displayed at the CBC Museum.
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- D-8247: a mouth puppet of Bert, by Irwin Toy Limited
- D-12040 a: a finger puppet of Cookie Monster, by Irwin Toy Limited
- D-12040 b: a finger puppet of Ernie, in its original packaging, by Irwin Toy Limited
- T-4550: a finger puppet of Oscar the Grouch, by Irwin Toy Limited
- 94-983: Fraggle organ, from "Playing Till It Hurts"
- 94-1109 a-b: Maquette of the Doozer Dome
- 94-1466: a Fraggle cage
- 94-1485: a Fraggle rock
- 94-1486: jug
- 94-1487: Gorg spoon, actually made in Mexico
- 94-1488: Fraggle washboard
- 94-1489: Fraggle washboard
- 94-1490 a-c: Doozer Dome light
- 94-1491: Radish stick
- 94-1492: goblet
- 94-1493: goblet
- 94-1494: a Fraggle egg
- 94-1495: Radish Stick Bridge
- 94-1496: goblet
- 94-1680: two radishes
- 94-1681: lantern
- 94-1682: goblet
- 94-1683: goblet
- 94-2020: the Gorg Anniversary Cake from "Ring Around the Rock"
- 94-2364.4: Goblets from Fraggle Rock