Teddy bear museum
Tateshina Teddy Bear Museum, Tateshina, Nagano, Japan | |
Established | 1984 |
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Location | Worldwide |
Type | Teddy bear museum |
Collection size | Teddy bears and related items |
Founder | Judy Sparrow (First Teddy Bear Museum) |
A teddy bear museum is a museum about teddy bears. There are many teddy bear museums around the world.[citation needed]
The world's first Teddy Bear Museum was based in Petersfield, Hampshire, England.[citation needed] It was founded by Judy Sparrow in 1984, and housed a collection of antique teddy bears and related items.[citation needed] It closed in 2006.[citation needed]
The British broadcaster Gyles Brandreth founded a Teddy Bear Museum in Stratford-upon-Avon. After 18 years it was relocated to the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon, London[1] and then, in 2016, relocated again to Newby Hall, near Ripon, in North Yorkshire.[2]
The V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green also has an extensive range of teddy bears.[citation needed]
The Jeju Teddy bear museum in South Korea has many kinds of teddy bears from various countries.[3]
The Izu Teddy Bear Museum opened in Itō, Shizuoka, Japan in 1995. It has a collection of various teddy bears, including "Teddy Girl".[4]
Other notable museums
- Dorset Teddy Bear Museum, Dorchester, England
- The Merrythought Teddy Bear Shop & Museum, Shropshire, England
- The Den of Marbletown, Teddy Bear Museum, Kingston, New York, U.S.
- Deutsches Teddybären Museum (German Teddy Bear Museum)
- Teddy Bear Museum Pattaya, Thailand
- TeddyVille Museum, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia -opened 2016
- Teseum, Teddy Bear Safari Theme Park, Jeju Island, South Korea
- Nasu Teddy Bear Museum, Japan
- Hida Takayama Teddy Bear Eco Village, Takayama, Japan
- My lovely Bear Teddy Museum, Yaroslavl, Russia
Defunct
- Teddy Bear Museum at N Seoul Tower, South Korea - opened in 2008[5]
- Teddy Bear Museum of Naples, Florida, USA — operated from 1990 to 2005
References
- ^ "Polka Theatre - World-class theatre for children". www.polkatheatre.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Gyles Brandreth's 1,000 teddies move to Newby Hall". BBC. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Teddy Bear Museum". doopedia.[dead link]
- ^ "Teddy Bear Museum". Japan Deluxe Tours. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Teddy Bear Museum Opens in N Seoul Tower at Mt. Namsan". Korea Tourism Organization. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
External links
- Teddy Bear Museum Directory Archived 27 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Stratford-upon-Avon Teddy Bear Museum
- TeddyVille Museum Penan
- IZU Teddy Bear Museum
- NASU Teddy Bear Museum
- Jeju Teddy Bear Museum (in English)
- IZU Teddy Bear Museum Instagram official
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- Applause (defunct)
- Build-A-Bear Workshop
- Chad Valley
- Dakin (defunct)
- J. K. Farnell (defunct)
- Gund
- Ideal Toy Company
- Margarete Steiff GmbH
- Merrythought
- Teddy Atelier Stursberg
- Teddy-Hermann
- Ty Inc.
- Vermont Teddy Bear Company
- Dorset Teddy Bear Museum
- Teddy bear museum
- Teddy Bear Museum of Naples
teddies
- Aloysius
- Archibald Ormsby-Gore
- Baloo
- Bamse
- Banjo
- Benjamin Bear
- Berlino
- Big Ted & Little Ted
- Bobo (The Simpsons)
- Boog
- Corduroy
- Costco bear
- Duffy the Disney Bear
- Fozzie Bear
- Freddy Fazbear
- Grizzly Teddy
- Gummibär
- Harrods Christmas Bears
- Humphrey the Bear
- Hyde
- Lotso
- Microsoft Bear
- Misha
- Uszatek
- Monokuma
- Mr Whoppit
- Nassur
- Nev
- Norm
- Paddington Bear
- Pink teddy bear (Breaking Bad)
- Po
- Pooky
- Pudsey Bear
- Rasmus
- Roger (Guilty Gear)
- Rilakkuma
- Rupert
- Rupert (Family Guy)
- Sebastian Star Bear
- Smokey
- Snuggle Bear
- Sooty
- SuperTed
- Teddy (The Forgotten Toys)
- Teddy (Mr. Bean)
- Teddy Ruxpin
- Winnie-the-Pooh
- Disney version
television
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
- Adventures of the Gummi Bears
- Bananas in Pyjamas
- Bear Behaving Badly
- Becky and Barnaby Bear
- Boonie Bears
- C Bear and Jamal
- Charley and Mimmo
- Corduroy
- Colargol
- Gooby
- Hey Mister, Let's Play!
- Imaginary
- Issi Noho
- Kissyfur
- Kooky
- Little Bear
- Misery Bear
- Old Bear Stories
- Paddington (TV series)
- Paddington (Paddington 2 and Paddington in Peru)
- The Pit
- Rilakkuma and Kaoru
- "Rosebud" (The Simpsons)
- The Secret World of Benjamin Bear
- Special Agent Oso
- SuperTed
- The Tangerine Bear
- Ted (Ted 2)
- Ted (TV series)
- Teddy
- Teddy Bear
- Teddybears
- The Teddy Bear Master
- The 'Teddy' Bears
- Teddy Edward
- Teddy Trucks
- Unicorn Wars
- The Upstairs Downstairs Bears
- The Yogi Bear Show
- A Pocket for Corduroy
- Corduroy
- Hyde & Closer
- Little Bear
- Old Bear and Friends
- The Berenstain Bears
- Polar the Titanic Bear
- The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut
- Supertoys Last All Summer Long
- The Toyminator
- Undertown
- Uppo-Nalle
- Winkie
- Winnie-the-Pooh
- "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"
- "Psycho Teddy"
- "Teddy Bears' Picnic"
- "The Teddy Bear Song"
- "Itsumademo... Teddy Bear"
- Ah Diddums
- Among the Sleep
- Bear with Me
- Big Huggin'
- Build-A-Bear Workshop
- Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise
- Hubert the Teddy Bear: Winter Games
- Opération Teddy Bear
- Teddy Together
- Naughty Bear
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