There are several TEDDY BEAR MUSEUMS around the world, three
of which are found in South Korea.
I was able to visit the one located at the foot of N Seoul Tower, the
symbol of Seoul.
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| Before going down to the galleries |
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| Riding the bus |
It’s easy to get to N Seoul tower, also known as Namsam tower
because it’s on…you guessed it! Namsam Mountain. One is via the scenic cable car which
was impractical to us as we would have had to take the subway and walk 10
minutes before even getting on the cable car (Too much work for three tired ladies). Another is via taxi but would have cost
too much money. So we settled on
the bus. That was perfect because the ride was comfortable and the drop off
point was close enough to the tower.
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| Uphill walk to the tower |
After a bit of an uphill walk, there was the N Seoul tower. The tower itself is not beautiful, but
what’s inside is.
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| With my friends Hazel and Chiara |
The Teddy Bear Museum is separated into two galleries. The first is known as the Seoul History
Center. As its name implies, this
is mainly about the history of Seoul made creative and entertaining by using
teddy bears dressed in historical costumes, posing and going through motions of
life then. It shows Seoul as then
capital of the Joseon Dynasty till the modern period.
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| A Royal wedding ceremony |
The second gallery shows life in Seoul now. Highlighting specific places like the
popular shopping districts Myeongdong and Insadong. As well as different aspects of life in Seoul. Also on display are some of the oldest
teddy bears in the world.
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| The King! |
My favorite spot though is the Princess Hours zone. Princess Hours or Goong is a popular
Korean Drama (and my all time favorite) where Teddy bears were highlighted as
its main character Prince ShinGoon was always playing with one named
Alfred. And every episode’s ending
had teddy bears posing based on scenes within.
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| Me with Royalty...bear version |
In the Princess Hours area are two giant bears costumed in the prince and princess’ outfits. They were beyond adorable. There was also a shelf behind it filled
with episode-end bears plus some actual scripts and memorabilia from the
show. For those interested, copies
of Alfred the bear are for sale at the museum shop.
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| Market scene in the Joseon Dynasty |
It doesn’t take that long to finish walking both galleries but
it is worth your time. Just make
sure to load your camera well as for sure picture taking will be endless.
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| Rock scene in SEOUL |
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| Presidential Security Group of the Korean President in front of the Blue House |
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| Princess Hours teddy bear version of the 4 main characters |
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| The Prince and the Princess in their ceremonial wedding garb |
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| A Wedding celebration |
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| A bear taking a monkey's picture in a zoo... Hilarious! |
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| Peddling Korean food |
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| GO! South Korea! |
Don't miss the Teddy Bear
Museum!
The teady bear are really world cuttest every stufftoy ever made. And now they have the same little world of teady in front of us showing different culture of every country. Hope we can have that kind of museum in Taiwan and Phil. I guess there will be the legendary president bears too. Teady dancing tinikling and pandan sa ilaw would be great too. hahahaha!! A teady eating siaw long pao and stinky tofu with a chopsticks in there hand that does not have a finger seating near 101 building hahahaha!!
ReplyDeleteI really want to go to korea to visit the teddy bear museum the first time that i saw it was in the drama princess hours they were so cute actually 1of its episode were shot in this museum thank you mrs.lyn for sharing your adventure in korea!looking forward for more of your stories.
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