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The gift shop features many items featuring the Leland Mississippi logo with Kermit. A gigantic plush Kermit is also available to pose for pictures with you to remember the event. |
The gift shop features many items featuring the Leland Mississippi logo with Kermit. A gigantic plush Kermit is also available to pose for pictures with you to remember the event. |
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| − | On October 18, 2005, the United States Postal Service held a ceremony for the [[Jim Henson and Muppets stamps]] that featured a "Birthplace of the Frog Station" pictorial cancel. Although the cancel bears the and name and Zip code of Leland, MS, the ceremony actually took place in Stoneville, an unincorporated community Northwest of Leland.<ref>[http://www.lelandms.org/Leland%20Muppets%20Press%20Release.pdf USPS Press release]</ref> [[Cheryl Henson]] was in attendance and later signed copies of her book [[It's Not Easy Being Green (book)|It's Not Easy Bein' Green: And Other Things To Consider]] at the The Jim Henson Memorial and Muppet Museum in Leland. Henson also dedicated the new ''Song of the Cloud Forest'' display for the museum. |
+ | On October 18, 2005, the United States Postal Service held a ceremony for the [[Muppet postage stamps (US)|Jim Henson and the Muppets postage stamps]] that featured a "Birthplace of the Frog Station" pictorial cancel. Although the cancel bears the and name and Zip code of Leland, MS, the ceremony actually took place in Stoneville, an unincorporated community Northwest of Leland.<ref>[http://www.lelandms.org/Leland%20Muppets%20Press%20Release.pdf USPS Press release]</ref> [[Cheryl Henson]] was in attendance and later signed copies of her book [[It's Not Easy Being Green (book)|It's Not Easy Bein' Green: And Other Things To Consider]] at the The Jim Henson Memorial and Muppet Museum in Leland. Henson also dedicated the new ''Song of the Cloud Forest'' display for the museum. |
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Song of the Cloud Forest Muppets on display at the muesum
Although Greenville, Mississippi is the birthplace of Jim Henson, Leland, Mississippi is considered the birthplace of Kermit the Frog.
A special Jim Henson exhibit is housed in the Washington County Tourist Center/Leland Chamber of Commerce in Leland, Mississippi. The Exhibit was given by The Jim Henson Company as "a gift to the people of Leland." It opened in August 1991 as The Jim Henson Memorial and Muppet Museum.[1] The exhibit features a tableau honoring Kermit the Frog's birth on Deer Creek, photographs from the Henson Family Album, early Henson Co. Christmas Cards, letters from Jim, and a video center with many of Jim Henson's early works.
A separate room is filled with Muppet memorabilia - donated from the personal collections of many individuals.
The highlight of the exhibit is a replica of Kermit, donated to the Museum for permanent display. He is posed sitting on a log playing his banjo in the Mississippi swamp. Located in a large glass display case, it is the centerpiece of this small Museum.
A recent addition to the museum is a collection of the puppets from the special "The Song of the Cloud Forest", which originally aired on The Jim Henson Hour in 1989. These puppets are on loan from the Jim Henson Legacy. Among the puppets on display are Milton and Ruth.
The gift shop features many items featuring the Leland Mississippi logo with Kermit. A gigantic plush Kermit is also available to pose for pictures with you to remember the event.
On October 18, 2005, the United States Postal Service held a ceremony for the Jim Henson and the Muppets postage stamps that featured a "Birthplace of the Frog Station" pictorial cancel. Although the cancel bears the and name and Zip code of Leland, MS, the ceremony actually took place in Stoneville, an unincorporated community Northwest of Leland.[2] Cheryl Henson was in attendance and later signed copies of her book It's Not Easy Bein' Green: And Other Things To Consider at the The Jim Henson Memorial and Muppet Museum in Leland. Henson also dedicated the new Song of the Cloud Forest display for the museum.
References
- The character of Mr. Dawson, Kermit's old acting coach, is from Leland, Mississippi.