{"id":809,"date":"2016-01-17T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/2003\/02\/27\/free-london-museums-museum-of-childhood\/"},"modified":"2023-12-10T12:46:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T12:46:45","slug":"free-london-museums-museum-of-childhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/free-london-museums-museum-of-childhood.html","title":{"rendered":"Free London Museums: Museum of Childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22505\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Museum-of-Childhood.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of Childhood\" width=\"639\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Museum-of-Childhood.jpg 639w, https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Museum-of-Childhood-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Museum-of-Childhood-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Museum-of-Childhood-600x361.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/>Teddy Bear Centenary in London:<\/strong> the centenary of the teddy bear is being celebrated with a major exhibition at London&#8217;s Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green (March 29 &#8211; December 31).<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition features about 400 bears, from some of the oldest surviving examples to present-day models, plus \u2018celebrity&#8217; bears such as Winnie the Pooh, Paddington, and Aloysius from the TV series &#8220;Brideshead Revisited&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Museum of Childhood is a branch of the Victoria<br \/>\n&amp; Albert Museum. It is open daily except Friday. Admission free (Some events carry a separate charge).<\/p>\n<p>Tel: 0208 983 5200.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/young\">Museum\u00a0of Childhood<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First Published:\u00a0<b>Feb 27, 2003<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Upcoming exhibitions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/young\">The Clangers, Bagpuss &amp; Co<\/a> (Courtesy Smallfilms &amp; Four Corners books) 19 March &#8211; 9 October 2016<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/young\">The Tales we Tell: Indian Warli Painting<\/a> Until 6 November 2016<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/young\">On Their Own: Britain&#8217;s Child Migrants<\/a> 24 October &#8211; 12 June 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teddy Bear Centenary in London: the centenary of the teddy bear is being celebrated with a major exhibition at London&#8217;s Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green (March 29 &#8211; December 31)&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","css_class_manager_body_classes":"","css_class_manager_use_in_post_loop":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-article","tag-february-2003"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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