Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Part 17: Wilhelmsbad Puppenmuseum


February 21, 1991:
“Inside the main building was the Hessisches Puppen Museum. There were many dolls and puppets. The coolest exhibit was an Oriental display of an entire village made of crepe-like paper”.


Once we went to an old spa, called Wilhelmsbad, with its many secret nooks and crannies throughout the grounds. The spa was built in 1777 by Prince Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel. Sadly, there was no access to the tower of the castle ruins; so I had to make due climbing to the top of the Hermit’s cell.

In the Puppenmuseum there were amazing puppen exhibits to delight the eye. The paper village, a gift from Japan, contained 493 figures. All of the buildings, people with ornate black hairdos, clothes, and market place stalls were made of paper. There were paper vegetables, paper fish, paper meats, paper trees,…everything tiny and colorful. New Mexico man pointed to a lone small figure with long brown paper hair standing atop of a little pagoda …nah, it couldn’t have been…could it? All in all, it was an interestingly fun day.

A post card as promised.

Paper Village [you can just see the edge of the pagoda on the left side].

Castle Ruin and Hermit's Cell

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Most people are afraid of puppens. Admit it, I am Fearless.