In May 2024, the Museum opened the “Hundred Acre Wood: A Winnie-the-Pooh Experience” that quickly endeared itself to Museum visitors. Originally planned as a one month pop-up experience, its popularity led the Museum to extend it through the summer. The four month event-exhibit celebrated everyone’s favorite teddy bear and friends, and enchanted visitors who delighted in playful adventures in Christopher Robin’s favorite woods.

Families spent time wandering through the Hundred Acre Wood, modeled on A.A. Milne’s original book, visiting favorite spots like Eeyore’s Gloomy Place and Rabbit’s Garden; bouncing along with Tigger and Roo and following their trails; and spending a quiet moment in Owl’s library and reading about some of Winnie-the-Pooh’s and Piglet’s adventures. 

In addition, 600 visitors participated in a special Hundred Acre Wood Honey Hunt puzzle activity to help Christopher Robin plan a party for all his friends and find the missing honey. Families put problem-solving skills to the test and find clues, solve puzzles, and work as a team to find all the honey. 

Display cases also told the story of the real Winnie, a bear named for Winnipeg Canada by a Canadian soldier, Lt. Harry Colebourn, who purchased the cub from a trapper as he waited on a train platform on his way to Europe to fight in World War I. The cub accompanied Colebourn and his regiment to England, where she ultimately found a home at the London Zoo and where author A.A. Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, regularly visited her.