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Germany, Giengen, Margarete Steiff Museum

, 21. August 2017

Map

Steiff Museum entrance

Today we went to the Steiff Museum in Giegen. Margarete Steiff created the first stuffed toys and became famous for her teddy bears. Her nephew Richard Steiff invented the moveable parts.

It cost 6 Euros to enter the museum which included a tour. We followed two Steiff toys, Frieda the female doll and Knopf the bear. Each room was a new theme with varying types and sizes of stuffed toys.

Frieda and Knopf Steiff

Margarete Steiff

Steiff stuffed toys known as 'button in the ear' (Knopf im Ohr)

Steiff Museum Tour

Steiff Museum Tour. Mecki doll.

Steiff Museum Tour

Steiff Museum Tour. An American, Hermann Berg, orders 3000 bears from Richard Steiff at the Leipzig Fair, 1903. This launched the Steiff business.

- Germany, Giengen, Margarete Steiff Museum - Richard Steiff observed animals at the zoo to bring more reality into the look of the stuffed animals. Bear 55 PB was the design he launched with the first moveable parts.

Richard Steiff observed animals at the zoo to bring more reality into the look of the stuffed animals. Bear 55 PB was the design he launched with the first moveable parts.