'Bump, bump, bump', Winnie-the-Pooh chapter 1, pencil drawing by E. H. Shephard, 1926 (c) The Shepard Trust
The V&A today announced that it will be putting on the largest ever Winnie-the-Pooh exhibition this December.
'Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic' will feature original drawings of the fictional character which haven't been displayed in 40 years. It also promises to be a multi-sensory, playful exhibition for both adults and children, celebrating everyone's favourite fictional character.
"I'm delighted that Winnie-the-Pooh is being celebrated at the V&A, nearly 40 years since he last took centre stage at the museum," Tristam Hunt, director of the V&A said today. "From the world's largest collection of E.H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh pencil drawings, to homemade honey from our rooftops in South Kensington, the V&A is the perfect home for Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Christopher Robin and friends."
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Over 230 works from 1920 to the present day will be displayed. This includes sketches, proofs, letters, photographs, cartoons, ceramics and fashion. Queen Elizabeth has even donated her Christopher Robin tea set to the exhibit, which she was given as a gift back in 1928.
The exhibition will also reveal the real people, relationships and inspiration behind the star of the most popular children's book of all time – and will focus on the creative collaboration between A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard and how they brought the story to life.
'Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic' opens just a few months after the release of a new film also exploring the inspiration behind Winnie-the-Pooh. Goodbye Christopher Robin – which stars Margot Robbie and Domhall Gleeson – is a behind-the-scenes look at the life of Milne and how his son helped to inspire the stories.
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'Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic' is on from 9 December 2017 – 8 April 2018. Tickets are £8. Visit vam.ac.uk.
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