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All contents are Copyright  © 2006-2012  John M Blundall and Stephen Foster or is part of The John M Blundall Collection unless stated otherwise.

Other elements include:

• Prints and engravings related to the puppet theatre from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
• Japanese woodblock prints of puppets. Also two paintings on silk.
• Original works on paper and other supports.
• A vast collection of postcards on the subject of Punch and Judy from the 19th and 20th centuries.
• A collection of postcards worldwide.
• 19th and 20th century Punch and Judy artefacts in various materials.
• National and international ephemera related to the puppet theatre.
• Toy theatre sheets, theatres and original drawings from the 19th and 20th centuries.
• 19th and 20th century puppet theatre posters for national and international puppet theatre, many designed by some of the finest graphic artists.
• Original designs and scale models for the puppet theatre productions of John. M. Blundall.
• Original puppets and masks by John M. Blundall.
• Copies and new inventions of puppets and masks by John M. Blundall.
• Specialised Victorian and Japanese tools for the creation of puppets and masks.
• German Tin Toys of puppeteers.
• German painted glass Christmas globes showing traditional puppets
• Magic lantern slide featuring Punch and Judy.
• Slide and photographic archive of productions of Cannon Hill Puppet Theatre, and national and international puppets and puppet theatre.
• Postage stamps and first-day covers featuring puppets from many countries.
• Badges from puppet theatres worldwide.
• The smallest readable puppet book, and the smallest moving Punch and Judy show in the world.
• Videos.
• Sound archive.

Aspects of the Collection
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This resource constitutes one of the richest and most important collections of specialised creative theatre material, tools and human resources to be found anywhere in the world

The value of the collection is enhanced by the presence of John M. Blundall who amassed the Collection over nearly fifty years, and uses it as a major teaching tool for intending creative theatre professionals, teachers, researchers, archivists and conservationists. Also as unique visitor attraction to extend the knowledge and awareness of creative theatre – an art of expression as old as humankind.

The Collection is a major resource for formal and higher education, and professional training. It is also effortlessly multicultural, and represents most cultures worldwide.

One of the major components of the collection is a unique library or bibliotech. It consists of some six thousand volumes. Many of them of major international importance, from the 19th and 20th centuries, and from most parts of the world. The collection also contains thousands of original research documents dealing with all aspects of creative theatre.

The masks in the collection including a rare collection of Japanese Noh Masks.

Here you can find a small selection of prints and engravings that are part of the collection.

You can see some of the puppets in the collection from all over the world.

The collection contains a vast array of Punch material ranging from Toby jugs and prints to door stops and toothpaste.

As well as the Noh masks, we have many other types from all over the world

A selection of puppets from the collection are on display in Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Education Suite.

We have a large collection of toy theatre and actor portraits.

The collection contains some 6000 volumes from all over the world.