Frame by Frame at the Center for Puppetry Arts puts stop-motion puppets from Corpse Bride to Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio on public display

Atlanta's Center for Puppetry Arts is showing Frame by Frame: The Art of Stop-Motion Animation, which opened on 12 June 2026 and was first scheduled to close on 1 November 2026: more than 80 original puppets, sets, artifacts and production materials on loan from the Walt Disney Archives, Warner Bros., Netflix and other studios and private collections, representing artists from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Named works include Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and James and the Giant Peach. Curator Emily D. Myers: "Stop-motion animation exists at the intersection of puppetry, sculpture, filmmaking, and performance. This exhibition celebrates not only the final films audiences know and love, but also the extraordinary handmade artistry behind every frame." The durable fact -- that hero puppets are built to survive a production and then get a second life as museum artifacts -- is folded into the puppet Wiki page.

Update, 5 October 2026: the Center has extended the exhibition through 27 December 2026, Atlanta News First reported in its round-up of the Center's Halloween programme, again naming puppets from Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie and Wendell & Wild among the pieces on show.