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.
The tour started at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and finish at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.
In Toronto, the exhibit was originally planned to run from 7 March 2020 to 3 August 2020 but was forced to down after 7 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was located inside the Roloff Beny Gallery within the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. The exhibit reopened on September 1, 2020, with a planned closure of January 17, 2021. It was forced to close again on November 22, 2020, after 83 days.
Venues Opening DateClosing DateDuration (days)CityCountryVenue 9 December 2017 8 April 2018 120 London United Kingdom Victoria and Albert Museum 3 June 2018 2 September 2018 79 Atlanta United States High Museum of Art 22 September 2018 6 January 2019 106 Boston United States Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 19 February 2019 14 April 2019 54 Tokyo Japan Bunkamura Museum of Art 22 August 2019 5 January 2020 136 Seoul South Korea Korean Soma Museum 7 March 2020 13 March 2020 3 August 2020 7 150 Toronto Canada Royal Ontario Museum 1 September 2020 22 November 2020 17 January 2020 83 139
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