The ‘Elvis’ automaton at the Museum of Animated Puppets in Lyon

By admin, September 15, 2011

The ‘Elvis’ automaton at the Museum of Animated Puppets in Lyon.

In St Georges’district, in Guignol’s Old Lyon, there has been an animated puppet craft workshop for 53 years ! 250 artistic automatons all of them moving, 7 rooms, 20 scenes pay tributes to celebrities: writers, painters, musicians, inventors… on topics based on our cultural heritage and traditions. The guide explains how an animated puppet is born and describes each scene in detail.