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Reservation REQUIRED! shows at 4:00, 5:30, and 6:30PM
MIDDLEOFADVENTURE MODE IS NOT FOR CHILDREN UNDER 8 YEARS OR PEOPLE SENSITIVE TO UV OR FLASHING LIGHTS AND LOUD SOUNDFX. ALL CHILDREN UNDER 15 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN, NO EXCEPTIONS
Please confirm your preferred dates/showtimes!
When you check out - add your preferred date/time(s) in the notes or email us!
This will help us make extra sure to know when to expect you!
A traditional museum-style tour of our gallery.
Check out the art and learn how it all works!
Experience a one-of-a-kind fusion of puppetry, theater, technology, and interactive design, transporting guests into a living, breathing world of imagination and wonder.
Not recommended for children under 6 years or for with people sensitive to flashing lights!
Guided Museum Tours
museum mode focuses on the art and mechanics of middleof without the script and actors.
No reservation required - pay online or in person!
Thursday - 1:00pm-5:00 Pm
Friday - 1:00pm-4:00 Pm
Adventure Tours - $20 / person
Be fully immersed in an adventure mode tour!
Actors and puppeteers bring creatures to life with an interactive adventure. Become a player in a mission to Save the multiverse from a sinister group keen to freeze and contain all creatures of wonder... Tour the multiverse, complete your mission, Become the heros of middleof and take home a piece of magic home for keeps!
January & February
Saturdays by reservation
- 4:00 - 5:00 PM
- 5:15-6:15 PM
- 6:30-7:30 PM
Adventure Guild Group Package 6 to 12 guests - $25 per guest
Middleof Guild Adventurers: The Wyvern’s Call
Gather your fellowship of 5–10 hearty daredevils and prepare to answer a summons unlike any other. Your journey begins when each member of your party is presented with a mysterious invitation, a Wyvern’s Egg. Upon opening it, you will uncover a miniature enchanted scroll, bearing a formal call to join the Guild of Adventurers.
By activating the scroll, your party will make an inter-dimensional passage to Middleof, where your true quest begins.
You are now sworn as Guild Initiates, charged with a mission of the highest order.
The Noble Quest
Your party must traverse the multiverse’s most fantastical dimensions to protect and ultimately save a rare dragon’s egg, an artifact whose magic maintains balance across all realms.
Throughout your journey, your party will be called upon to:
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Use reason, logic, and imagination to solve arcane puzzles
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Parley with mythical beings of great size, wisdom, and temperament
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Navigate worlds that bend time, space, and perception
Guild Ranks and Roles
As members of the Guild, each adventurer may assume an honored rank:
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Guild Initiate Newly sworn adventurers answering the Wyvern’s Call
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Pathfinder Leads exploration and discovers hidden routes
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Lorekeeper Interprets runes, histories, and forgotten knowledge
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Warden Protects the party and safeguards the dragon’s egg
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Envoy Speaks with creatures and negotiates uncertain alliances
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Master Adventurer A title earned only by those who complete the quest
The Looming Threat
Be ever watchful.
The notorious I.C.C.C.I. seeks the egg for their own ends. Their singular purpose is retrieval at any cost. Should the egg fall into their grasp, chaos will spread across not only your realm, but every dimension in the multiverse.
The preservation of eternity rests upon your party’s courage.
The Final Reward
Should your band succeed and return safely to your point of origin, the Guild shall bestow upon you its highest honor:
Custodianship of a newly hatched baby dragon.
Your names will be entered into the Guild records,
and your fellowship shall forever be remembered
as Defenders of the Multiverse.
The portal stands open.
The Guild awaits your oath.
Community Day
2nd Saturday every month
Join us Saturdays at the Capitola Mall for special shows just for the Monterey Bay community! Explore our 5,000 sq ft interactive landscape, where puppetry, technology, and imagination collide. Meet larger-than-life mythical beings that come alive through touch, movement, artwork, and light.
Entry: $10
Reserve your spot early: Email us at the.puppetry.institute@gmail.com
Performances: 4pm, 5:30pm, 7pm (limited to 12 guests per show)
Tickets are limited to 4 per family.
You must live in the 831 area code for the discount .
Age limit: 8 and up.
Children 15 and younger must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
For more info feel free to email us with any questions
Come see how we’ve brought a dream to life!