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Photo Coverage: Jim Hensen Muppet Characters Inducted into Smithsonian

By: Aug. 25, 2010
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Today, August 25 Jane Henson, co-creator of the Muppets, participated in a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. Jane Henson donated 10 of her late husband Jim Henson's characters from 'Sam and Friends' to the museum including the original Kermit the Frog.

Photo Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

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Jane Henson, co-creator of the Muppets

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Jane Henson

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Brent Glass, director of the National Museum of American History and Jane Henson

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Willard Scott

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A collection of puppets

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Jane Henson

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The original Kermit the Frog

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Jane Henson and Willard Scott

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Jane Henson

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