Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic

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Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic
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Diary at the exhibition, Royal Ontario Museum
TypeMuseum exhibition
Theme Winnie-the-Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic was an exhibition on the history of the Winnie-the-Pooh books.

The exhibit includes pages from A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's works, a diary from Harry Colebourn, as well as Pooh merchandise. The exhibition has recreations of Christopher Robin's bed and other settings from the Winnie-the-Pooh books. [1]

The tour started at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and finish at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada. [2]

In Toronto, the exhibit was originally planned to run from 7 March 2020 to 3 August 2020 [3] [4] but was forced to down after 7 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] It was located inside the Roloff Beny Gallery within the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. [6] The exhibit reopened on September 1, 2020, with a planned closure of January 17, 2021. [7] It was forced to close again on November 22, 2020, after 83 days. [8]

Venues

Opening DateClosing DateDuration (days)CityCountryVenue
9 December 20178 April 2018120 London United Kingdom Victoria and Albert Museum [9]
3 June 20182 September 201879 Atlanta United States High Museum of Art [10]
22 September 20186 January 2019106 Boston United States Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [11]
19 February 201914 April 201954 Tokyo Japan Bunkamura Museum of Art [12]
22 August 20195 January 2020136 Seoul South Korea Korean Soma Museum [13]
7 March 202013 March 2020
3 August 2020(planned)		7
150(planned)		 Toronto Canada Royal Ontario Museum [14]
1 September 202022 November 2020
17 January 2020(planned)		83
139(planned)

References

  1. ↑ Wilner, Norman (6 March 2020). "Inside the ROM's Winnie-the-Pooh exhibition". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Zettler, Melanie (4 March 2020). "New Royal Ontario Museum exhibit explores history of Winnie-the-Pooh". Global News. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Experience the whimsical world of Winnie-the-Pooh at the ROM". ROM. 27 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "A Winnie-the-Pooh exhibit is making its only Canadian stop in Toronto". Daily Hive. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Royal Ontario Museum to Close Temporarily Starting Saturday March 14". ROM. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Manzocco, Natalia (16 July 2020). "Winnie-The-Pooh ROM exhibit to return". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic opens at the ROM on September 1". ROM. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Royal Ontario Museum to Close Temporarily Starting November 23". ROM. 20 November 2020. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Kennedy, Maev (3 September 2017). "Winnie-the-Pooh heads to V&A for big winter exhibition |". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  10. ↑ Emerson, Bo (1 June 2018). "Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin at the High Museum;". Atlanta. News. Now. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic;". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Winnie the Pooh: Exploring a Classic;". Metropolis Japan. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  13. ↑ Kim, Min (3 September 2019). "Winnie the Pooh exhibition opens in Seoul;". Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  14. ↑ "Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic". ROM. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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