Korea has a peculiar fascination with Teddy Bear Museums. There are two in Jeju Island, one in Seoul, and two in Gyeongju. On a previous visit to Gyeongju I had mistakenly visited its other Teddy Bear Museum thinking it was this one so today was able to finally visit the right one

(See Gyeongju's other Teddy Bear Museum http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-e ntries/londone7/1/1333313873/tpod.html)

The Teddy Bear Museum spans two floors and is broken into many interesting sections. A darkened hall has each of the characters of the zodiac in different display cases. There is also a replica of the famous Seokguram Grotto in Gyeongju

Drawing on the historical heritage of Gyeongju there are displays of several figures from Korean history.

As Gyeongju was an unofficial end of the Silk Road further than Beijing there is a section celebrating the various cultures of the Silk Road as well as other Ancient Civilizations

The museum continues onto a lower floor where they celebrate the national dance of respective nations. For Korea there are displays of various types of traditional dance ranging from women's circle dance, Andong mask dance, and others.

There was an assortment of national dances from Germany, Japan, China, Brazil, Hawaii, Argentina, and many others.

They even had different styles of dance such as Tango and Hip Hop. This was followed by popular dance musicals such as Hairspray and Moulin Rouge

The last section 'Under the Sea' wasnt too interesting but had polar bears and hanging fish.

Koreans have certainly excelled in their Teddy Bear Museum's and its worth checking out one or more in Seoul, Jeju, or Gyeongju

See also Jeju Teddy Bear Museum http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-e ntries/londone7/1/1304881511/tpod.html