Original drawings of Winnie-the-Pooh will be displayed for the first time in almost 40 years as part of the UK’s largest ever museum exhibition on the world-famous bear.
The Victoria and Albert Museum in west London will host the show which includes a rare 1929 recording of creator AA Milne reading one his stories.
Visitors to the Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic exhibition will get treated to original manuscripts written almost 100 years ago.
Some of illustrator E.H. Shepard’s first character portraits, which were created after drawing Milne’s son Christopher’s toys which he played with, will also be on show.
A number of illustrations, recordings and drawings of Winnie-the-Pooh will go on show at the V&A Museum. Pictured here, Ernest H Shepard’s coloured crayon drawing titled ‘Tiggers Don’t Like Honey’
Rare images drawn by E.H. Shepard, including ‘bump, bump, bump’ (left) and ‘the bees are getting suspicious’ (right) will be on show
Two versions of the Poohsticks illustration will feature in the exhibition, which starts on Saturday, December 9 and will showcase the famous pen and ink drawing and the pencil sketch.
Other drawings of Pooh, Piglet and Christopher Robin will be on display together for the first time.
Meanwhile, other attractions include a Christopher Robin nursery tea set which was given to Princess Elizabeth when she was two years old in 1928.
The unique piece of history was lent to the museum by the Queen from the royal collection.
Pages from the manuscript of House at Pooh Corner from the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge, will also be on show.
Other attractions include a Christopher Robin nursery tea set which was given to Princess Elizabeth when she was two years old in 1928
One of the main attractions will be rare recording of AA Milne (pictured here playing with Christopher Robin) reading Winnie-the-Pooh in 1929
Tristram Hunt, who is the current director of the V&A, said: ‘I’m delighted that Winnie-the-Pooh is being celebrated at the V&A, nearly 40 years since he last took centre stage at the Museum.
‘From the world’s largest collection of E.H. Shepard’s Winnie-the-Pooh pencil drawings, to homemade honey from our rooftops in South Kensington, the V&A is the perfect home for Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Christopher Robin and friends.
‘This is our first exhibition specifically for younger families and we look forward to welcoming another generation into A.A. Milne’s magical, intimate, joyous world.’