Gunsan teddy bear museum

Do you have pleasant memories with a bear doll? A bear doll with round face, chubby body and soft fur makes people happy. There is a good space for you to agree with this story. It is the Gunsan Teddy Bear Museum located in Wolmyeong-dong.

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The Gunsan Teddy Bear Museum was a remodeled building used as a church. So you can see the traces of church from outside the museum.

when you enter the entrance, you can get information on the admission fee and the contents of the exhibition. In addition, you can leave your luggage in the storage. If you are a citizen of Gunsan, you can get a discount of 2000 won.

In this museum, you can see teddy bears traveling around the world to find friends. Teddy Bear Friends traveled to many countries as follows: 'China' is set in a colorful night market decorated with red lighting, 'Japan' expressed in cherry blossoms and traditional costumes, 'Dubai' where desert and skyscrapers coexist, 'Australia' with a background of the opera house and teddy bears playing with kangaroo, 'England' where you can meet teddy bears decorated with soldiers, 'Kenya' you can see teddy bears that play various animals. You can feel indirect experience and vicarious satisfaction by watching the cute teddy bears traveling to various countries.

The theme of this museum is not only tourist attractions in the world but also scenes of movies and historical events. Among them, there is a theme that can only be seen in Gunsan Teddy Bear Museum. It is an exhibition on the theme of Gunsan. During the Japanese colonial era, many Japanese were living in Gunsan because Gunsan port was the center of rice Exploitation. So there are many Japanese buildings in Gunsan. The Teddy Bear Museum exhibits a fun story of Japanese house in Gunsan and the sad history story of Gunsan Port. You can also see teddy bears fishing in the Saemangeum seawall. These exhibits show that the museum has a lot of interest in Gunsan.

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The Gunsan Teddy Bear Museum does not exhibit only dolls. They exhibit famous paintings and sculptures mixed with teddy bear. Many people take pictures with special pieces in the gallery. If you want to take special pictures, I recommend visiting the Gunsan Teddy Bear Museum. The special exhibit in the museum does not end in masterpieces or sculptures. Here you can also see the 100 year old antique bear and hologram teddy bear.

After seeing the museum, you maybe feel sad to leave from lovely teddy bear. So, there is a gift shop at the exit of the museum for you. It sells a variety of teddy bears. You can see more teddy bears through gift shops and purchase them as souvenirs if you want.

The weather is getting hotter. If you feel hard to play outside in hot weather. Go to the Teddy Bear museum where you can enjoy a cool indoor experience.