Teddy bears love to dress up, and they love holidays. So one visit is not enough! You may find that a scene may have added a new bear (or bears, as the case may be) each time you visit. Or they may have decided to don holiday attire for a particular event -- especially Christmas! (Den residents have already informed us there will be a small riot unless they are allowed to decorate the way they want!)

We will try to keep you posted so you can see as the Teddy Bear Den continues to grow. An asterisk after a number means the display is scheduled for year 2000. An asterisk after a specific item in parentheses means the display is up, but that one part was not up when this list was made in November 1999.

We will be mounting more extensive historical information and artist and manufacturing information. Bear with us! (Oops, did we say that?!

History of Teddy Bears

* Coming in 2000

Victorian Nursery

Noah's Ark*

Storyteller & Historian

McMillion, The Story Teller Bear

Native Americans and bears:

"Grandfather, I am sorry I must kill you..."

History of bear in Native American culture

*Dance, Dance, Dakotah, Dance: The Dancing Bear

Do bears really dance -- and why?, Polar bears dancing*

Teddy Roosevelt & the Bear That Never Was

Teddy Roosevelt as Rough Rider, President, Hunter, Conservationist; Drawing the Line in Mississippi
Clifford Berryman: Inventing a Mascot

American bears

The "Ideal" Bear

The Bears of Germany

Margarette Steiff:

How a handicapped woman created an industry

Other Bears of Europe

Hermann companies, others

"Very Proper British Bears"

Dean's Rag Bear, Twyford, Merrythought, Canterbury

On the Auction Block

The value of a bear

Scotland the Brave

William Wallace (Braveheart), Rob Roy, Mary McGregor, Highland piper

Rule Britannia!

Queen Elizabeth's Court

Australian Dreamtime

Northern Lights

Polar bears, Inuit culture, Explorers, Polar bear woman*

* Yankee Doodle

American Revolution, Betsy Ross, The Flag Bearers

* Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier

Civil War soldiers, Spanish-American War

* Exploring the American Continent

The Mountain Men

The Wild Wild West

Buffalo Bill, Cowboys and cowgirls, Wagon train west, Native American Indians

Bears of the Sea

Northeastern Coast scene and sailors

Age of Invention

On the Ground: Harley Davidson, early automobiles.
In the Air: Early Balloon flight*, Wilbur & Orville Wright*, Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh

Age of Elegance

Fashion bears, Tea shoppe

19th century Millinery shoppe

An English Sunday in the Park

Boarding the Titanic

* Irish Pub: Gathering Place for the People

* The Streets of Victorian London

* World Travelers

Sahara Desert, Dinosaur Country

Down on the Farm

Readin', 'Ritin' & 'Rithmetic

Frontier School, Albert Einstein

* World War I & the Influenza Epidemic

* Harlem Nights

"Happy Days Are Here Again"

"Making Do," Raggedy Ann

THE LAND OF DREAMS

Fairy Tales

Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan*, Heidi*, Snow Queen, East of the Sun/West of the Moon*

Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel

Three Bears

Mother Goose

Nursery rhymes, Art for the children (Rackham, et al.)

Woodland Fantasy

* Marionettes & Puppets

St. Peter at the Gates

* Mozart's "The Magic Flute"

BEARS OF THE 20TH CENTURY

BEARS OF A FEATHER

At the Circus:

"Lions & Tigers & Bears Oh My!"