Showing at Humanities and Social Sciences Library in the The Midtown area.
Permanent event
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The REAL Winnie-the-Pooh won't be found on a video, in a movie, on a T-shirt or a lunchbox. Since 1987, the REAL Pooh and four of his best friends--Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga, and Tigger--have been living at The New York Public Library. Long before Walt Disney turned Pooh and his pals into movie stars, Christopher Robin Milne, a very real little boy living in England, received a small stuffed bear on his first birthday. He named him Edward Bear (later renamed Winnie-the-Pooh). Following Edward came the rest of the stuffed animals, which Christopher loved and played with throughout his childhood. One day, Christopher's father, A.A. Milne, and an artist named Ernest H. Shepard, decided that these animals, and two other imaginary friends, Owl and Rabbit, would make fine characters in a bedtime story. From that day on, Pooh and his friends have had many fanciful adventures, from Piglet's encounter with a Heffalump to Eeyore's loss of his tail. These stories have been embraced by millions of children and adult readers for more than 70 years.
Permanent event
Free
From 11:00 To 18:00
tuesdays closing at 19:30, wednesdays closing at 19:30, sundays opening at 13:00, sundays closing at 17:00
Closed on Holidays
Corner of 41st St. Subway: 7 to 5th Avenue, D/B/F/V to 42nd Street
476 5th Ave., New York, NY 10018
Phone: 2129300757
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