WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bert and Ernie are paying a special visit to the city that helped give birth to the "Sesame Street" gang. But don't expect to see the popular puppets strolling around Washington.

Cast of Sam and Friends. Photo by Richard Strauss, courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Kermit, first created in 1955. This Muppet was made in 1969 and has been in the ...

Miss Piggy has finally reunited with her beau, Kermit the Frog, in the Smithsonian Institution’s collection of Jim Henson’s Muppets. Henson’s daughter, Cheryl Henson, donated more than 20 puppets and ...

WASHINGTON — Elmo the "Elmonaut" donned a space suit Tuesday as the Muppet star of a planetarium show that will take children on an imaginary ride into space. And Big Bird even gets a chance to fly, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Icky Gunk. Moldy Hay. Kermit. You might recognize one of these names. Before Kermit joined Miss Piggy and Big Bird, he was kicking it with Sam and ...

Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Musical Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera, 1866-2009, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Collection items ...

WASHINGTON - Miss Piggy is finally joining her love, Kermit the Frog, in the Smithsonian Institution's collection of Jim Henson's Muppets, and Bert and Ernie will have a place in history, too.

WASHINGTON — Miss Piggy is finally joining her love, Kermit the Frog, in the Smithsonian Institution's collection of Jim Henson's Muppets, and WASHINGTON - Miss Piggy is finally joining her love, ...