Muppet Kermit the Frog and his operator Steve Whitmire take questions from the audience November 14, 2003, at Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City. - Lawrence Lucier—2003 Getty Images ...

Kermit the Frog is featured at a new exhibit that just opened at the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City. The iconic ...

Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from Maryland in 1960. A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet from one of his mother's coats and a Ping-Pong ball cut in half, according ...

The Smithsonian already has a familiar Kermit the Frog puppet made famous on "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show." But the original Kermit was more lizard-like, and a duller green.

There are several theories about how Kermit came by his name, including reports that he was named after a childhood pal of Henson’s from Mississippi and a sound engineer the puppet master met in ...

A news photographer shoots puppets from Sesame Street and Muppets fame after they were donated to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington September 24, 2013.

It's true. The green puppet, created by Jim Henson, has a home at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Kermit has lived here since 1971 when Henson donated him to the museum.

After 27 years, Kermit the Frog is getting a new voice. Actor Steve Whitmire, who voiced the Muppets' character since 1990, has been replaced by another performer, Matt Vogel.