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Associated Press - December 18, 2009 12:54 PM ET
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - In a scene that surely would have pleased Jim Henson, a group of children sang the "Sesame Street" theme song to announce an exhibit of "The Muppet" creator's work.
Henson, who developed an astounding imagination exploring the wilderness near his childhood home of Leland, Miss., is the focus of an exhibit at the Mississippi Museum of Art.
During a news conference Friday, museum director Betsy Bradley told a gathering of children and the young-at-heart that the show begins Saturday and runs through March 14.
"Jim Henson's Fantastic World" will include 130 objects, from puppets to preliminary sketches.
After Mississippi, the exhibit will travel to 12 other sites across the country.
Henson died in 1990.
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