Sunday, 4th October 2009

“In search of the teddy bears“ Visit to the famous Margarete Steiff museum

Margarete Steiff (July 24, 1847 - May 9, 1909), was a seamstress who in 1880 founded Margarete Steiff GmbH, making toy stuffed animals. Born in Giengen, Germany she was confined to a wheelchair, due to polio she contracted as a baby. She started making stuffed animals as a hobby.
These toys began as elephants, which were originally a design Steiff found in a magazine and originally sold as pincushions to her friends. However, children began playing with them, and in the years following she went on to design many other successful animal-themed toys for children, such as dogs, cats and pigs. She designed and made most of the prototypes herself.

10:00 a.m. Departure from Ulm

10:30 a.m.  Visit to the Steiff of museum with uplifting Steiff dream worlds, entertaining Steiff manufacturing show, and view the biggest exhibition of historical Steiff animals

01:00 p.m. Swabian lunch in the bistro “Button”, time to shop

03:30 p.m. Depart for Ulm

04:00 p.m. Arrive in Ulm

• Transportation in a  4-star long-distance holiday coach
• English-speaking tour guide
• Entrance & Tour of the  Steiff museum
• Lunch