Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic

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

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

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 Date Closing Date Duration (days) City Country Venue
9 December 2017 8 April 2018 120 London United Kingdom Victoria and Albert Museum[9]
3 June 2018 2 September 2018 79 Atlanta United States High Museum of Art[10]
22 September 2018 6 January 2019 106 Boston United States Museum of Fine Arts, Boston[11]
19 February 2019 14 April 2019 54 Tokyo Japan Bunkamura Museum of Art[12]
22 August 2019 5 January 2020 136 Seoul South Korea Korean Soma Museum[13]
7 March 2020 13 March 2020
3 August 2020 (planned)		 7
150 (planned)		 Toronto Canada Royal Ontario Museum[14]
1 September 2020 22 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. 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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