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Teddy bear museum in Worldwide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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