![]() ![]() After spending years on display at the 53rd Street branch, they were finally given their rightful home in the Main Branch library in 2009. Dutton, who in turn donated them to the New York Public Library. Later in his life, Christopher gave his toys to editor E. ![]() The New York Public Library has nicely decorated the room, with a really cool map on one wall… Some characters, like Rabbit and Owl, were made up for the stories, while little Roo was lost long ago. ![]() These are the very animals Christopher once played with in Ashdown Forest (inspiration for the Hundred Acre Wood), patches, rips, dirt, and all. …everyone’s favorite mopey donkey, Eeyore… Milne began writing poems and stories about Christopher and his friends, which also included little Piglet… Originally named Edward, the bear would later take the name Winnie from a real bear Christopher saw at the London Zoo. Christopher was given the Alpha Farnell teddy bear on his first birthday in 1921. …the very teddy bear once owned and played with by Christopher Robin Milne, son of Pooh author A. The star of the show is of course, Winnie The Pooh… So in the interest of setting the record straight, I wanted to revisit Pooh’s home in New York City. I’d completely forgotten about the post until a month when, out of the blue, author Neil Gaiman linked to it on his Twitter asking “Is the Winnie the Pooh room at the library still this sad?” All of a sudden, the NYPL was the subject of hundreds of angry tweets and retweets about their treatment of Pooh – a big mistake, since the room had since been given a thorough overhaul! At the time, their new home was a bit, er, lacking… I first wrote about the Winnie the Pooh exhibit in 2009, shortly after the beloved stuffed animals had been moved from their former home at the Donnell Library Center to the main branch of the NYPL. …and you’ll find the New York home of Winnie the Pooh (yes, the actual Winnie the Pooh!) and all his friends! See that wooden partition in the center of the center of the room? Take a peek inside… …and continue on into the Children’s Center. Once past the metal detector, hang a right down the first corridor… …and take the far-less trafficked 42nd Street door: To see one of the most important exhibits at the New York Public Library, skip the main entrance… ![]()
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