I have several chances to visit Jeju Island.
But I hardly make the time to visit the Teddy Bear Museum.
One day in spring, however, I have a chance to visit.
But I hardly make the time to visit the Teddy Bear Museum.
One day in spring, however, I have a chance to visit.

I was surprised at two things.
One is this personal owned museum so the entrance fee is kind of high.
(Adult: 7USD Kid: 5USD)
Another, is it really worth the entrance fee? They have great facilities and many views.

It opened in 24 april 2004 in JungMun Resort in Jeju Island.
You can see the Teddy Bear Art Collections.
They have Gallery 1 and 2 and a merchandising shop, open cafes, and a bar.
They have a historical scene and VIPs in Gallery 1.
Art collections of teddy bears in Gallery 2.
(You can see the most expensive teddy bear in here.)
Museum is open throughout the year.

See the historical scenes first.














The teddy bear was named after Theodore Roosevelt.
The name Teddy Bear comes from the November 1902 American President Theodore Roosevelt's hunting trip to Mississippi to which he was invited by Mississippi Governor Andrew H. Longino.
There were several other hunters competing and most of them had already shot something.
A suite of Roosevelt's attendants led by Holt Collier, cornered, clubbed, and tied to a willow tree an American Black Bear after a long exhausting chase with hounds.
They called Roosevelt to the site and suggested that he should shoot it. He refused to shoot the bear himself, deeming this unsportsmanlike, but instructed that the bear be killed to put it out of its misery and it became the topic of a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman in The Washington Post on November 16, 1902.
While the initial cartoon of an adult black bear lassoed by a white handler and a disgusted Roosevelt had symbolic overtones, later issues of that and other Berryman cartoons made the bear smaller and cuter.
The name Teddy Bear comes from the November 1902 American President Theodore Roosevelt's hunting trip to Mississippi to which he was invited by Mississippi Governor Andrew H. Longino.
There were several other hunters competing and most of them had already shot something.
A suite of Roosevelt's attendants led by Holt Collier, cornered, clubbed, and tied to a willow tree an American Black Bear after a long exhausting chase with hounds.
They called Roosevelt to the site and suggested that he should shoot it. He refused to shoot the bear himself, deeming this unsportsmanlike, but instructed that the bear be killed to put it out of its misery and it became the topic of a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman in The Washington Post on November 16, 1902.
While the initial cartoon of an adult black bear lassoed by a white handler and a disgusted Roosevelt had symbolic overtones, later issues of that and other Berryman cartoons made the bear smaller and cuter.

Morris Michtom saw the drawing of Roosevelt and the bear cub and was inspired to create a new toy.
He created a little stuffed bear cub and put it in his shop window with a sign that read "Teddy's bear," after sending the bear to TR and receiving permission to sell the bears.
The toys were an immediate success and Michtom founded the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co., which still exists today.
See historic people with teddy bears.





There is an art teddy bears in this gallery.







Made by Beverly White.

Made by Beverly White.
Manet's The Fifer

And Mona Lisa..no..Teddy Lisa..

Bourdelle's Herakles ( featuring Teddy....)
Gustav Klimt's The Kiss.
Great expessions made by Beverly White.






Great expessions made by Beverly White.
Korean traditional wedding scene.




See the bridegroom. Maybe he is thinking about the first night.
Can't remove the smile on his face.
Not like other museums, this Teddy Bear Museum has a nice corporate identity. Impressive!

This is the present shop. You can find all the bear products here!
If you have a girl, do not go to this area. You need a lot of money.
There is a HU~~GE bear!

There are cafeterias and snackbars.

Other good thing of this museum. There are many photographers in a place like this.








Can't remove the smile on his face.



If you have a girl, do not go to this area. You need a lot of money.
Let's eat something!








Good for taking pictures.

Um, I want to say something. Are you looking for Mom?

Like I say, Koreans like Louis Vuitton ^.^



I realize again that good habit can be a good business.
But good habit needs money. I feel sad :-)
Jeju Island is very good for vacation.
They have everything to enjoy and to relax.
Now, there is one more.
The Teddy Bear Museum.
The Teddy Bear Museum.
I hope you liked it.
And the last...
Here we go.
Check the most expensive teddy bear in the world.

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Thanks for the photos :)
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