This exposition looked back on Muñecos Animados’s most relevant work in their over thirty years of existence, among which there were characters created for theatre, cinema, television and advertising. The exhibit consisted of sixty-five figures and six audio-visual materials.
The majority of the works in the exhibit belong to the most recent years in the company’s life, where creation has been directed towards the audio-visual sector. To name a few, we could mention the figures developed for TV shows like Gomaespuma (Telecinco 1994), Los Patata (Telemadrid, Canal Sur, Canal Castilla la Mancha 2008), Los Lunnies (TVE) or those for the film Mortadelo y Filemón; together with others that, although less known, stand out because of their innovative motion or technical development. In addition to this, several videos showed episodes from the series, the assembly processes and animation techniques.
The majority of the works in the exhibit belong to the most recent years in the company’s life, where creation has been directed towards the audio-visual sector. To name a few, we could mention the figures developed for TV shows like Gomaespuma (Telecinco 1994), Los Patata (Telemadrid, Canal Sur, Canal Castilla la Mancha 2008), Los Lunnies (TVE) or those for the film Mortadelo y Filemón; together with others that, although less known, stand out because of their innovative motion or technical development. In addition to this, several videos showed episodes from the series, the assembly processes and animation techniques.
According to Manuel Román, the company’s manager and an expert on the creation of dolls, with many a creation that has featured in movies and TV shows, Jim Henson, creator of Muppets, “showed us the way at the end of the last century and dolls have been essential communicative elements in countless TV channels ever since. Some puppeteers have followed in his wake and we have deepened in the relationship of the doll with the camera and its animation in real time. That is the creative process that we want to show: the doll as an inanimate object and the life that it is given in that new stage that is the TV screen. The techniques employed in the assembly and animation processes all serve the same purpose and constitute our hallmark as creators”.
Museum’s opening hours
From Tuesday to Friday
From 10:00 to 13:00 // From 16:00 to 19:00
Weekends and holidays
From 10:30 to 14:00 // From 16:00 to 19:30
Mondays: Closed
The museum will be closed on January 1 and 6, on January 5 in the afternoon; in Carnival from the 27th to the 5th, on June 24 for the San Juan festivities and on December 25. On December 24 and 31 in the afternoon.
Access to the theater will be closed 15 minutes after the start of the performance.
Tolosa Puppet
International Center
Euskal Herria Plaza
20400 Tolosa
Gipuzkoa