A collection of more than 180 masks was given to Theatre Lawrence by Eleanor Woodyard and her late husband, George Woodyard.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Judy Heller looks over some of the 180 masks on display in the lobby of Theatre Lawrence's new building. The mask collection was given to Theatre Lawrence by Eleanor Woodyard and her late husband, George Woodyard.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Eleanor Woodyard tells the story of hearing a noise in this African mask and — assuming it was some kind of wood-eating insect — microwaving the mask to get rid of it. Woodyard and her late husband, George Woodyard, collected more than 180 masks on their world travels and donated them to display in the new Theatre Lawrence lobby.

photo by: Richard Gwin

A few of the 180 masks now on display in the Theatre Lawrence lobby sit ready to be packed up and moved at the home of Eleanor Woodyard. Woodyard and her late husband, George Woodyard, collected the masks on their world travels and donated them to the theater.

photo by: Richard Gwin

One of the 180 masks now on display in the Theatre Lawrence lobby, before being packed up and moved from the home of Eleanor Woodyard. Woodyard and her late husband, George Woodyard, collected the masks on their world travels and donated them to the theater.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Eleanor Woodyard, Lawrence, with help from Theatre Lawrence volunteers Judy Heller and Proctor Crow, packs up masks she and her late husband, George Woodyard, collected on their world travels. The couple donated the masks to put on display at the new Theatre Lawrence lobby.

photo by: Richard Gwin

A detailed description for each mask in the collection at Theatre Lawrence includes where the mask came from. Eleanor Woodyard donated the masks to the theater, where they're now on display in the lobby.