The Bad Kreuznach Puppet Theater Museum presents a fascinating permanent exhibition on puppet theater culture worldwide and in Germany. Visitors experience the history of the Augsburg Puppet Box and the Salzburg Marionette Theater up close, from the carving workshop to the finished wooden head. The UNESCO-recognized puppet play traditions, from Chinese shadow figures to Sicilian knight marionettes, can be seen, and with 55 (!) interactive stations, the exhibition allows for SELF-EXPERIENCE, PARTICIPATION, or LISTENING.
The PuK Museum will be awarded the Franz von Pocci Prize in 2025, following the world-famous Salzburg Marionettes and the Bavarian cabaret artist Gerhart Polt.
From autumn 2025, the special exhibition "Carved - Shaped - Designed" about the work of the Hamburg puppet master Jürgen Maaßen, born in 1954 (1973 - 1981 student of sculpture at the Düsseldorf Art Academy), will also be on display.
Jürgen Maaßen loves his fellow humans despite - or because of - their weaknesses. This results in many smiling observations from "real" life being masterfully reflected in his figures: beauty, vanity, grace, provinciality, humorous elements, charm, introspective or extroverted features.
Naturalism is not Maaßen's forte, even if he may master it. Rather, he is interested in a thrilling consideration of simplification and exaggeration of form, ensuring that even the exaggeration is not overdone – to create credible stage creatures. The special exhibition proves this with works from five decades of creative power for the puppet stages of the republic.
The Bad Kreuznach Puppet Theater Museum offers a daily (except Mondays) museum discovery journey with an experiential character: watching, listening, remembering, and participating.
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