Walt Disney Family Museum
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The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco , USA is dedicated to the life and work of Walt Disney . It opened in October 2009 in buildings of the former Presidio military base . The museum was initiated by the Walt Disney Family Foundation under the direction of Diane Disney Miller , Walt Disney's daughter, and her son Walter Elias Disney Miller.
exhibition
The museum shows the life and work of Disney in chronological order from his childhood to his death. Many of the exhibits come from the family's private archives. Original documents and recordings show Disney's life before his career as a film producer. His filmmaking work is shown with the help of drawings, photographs, videos, interactive demonstrations as well as original props and technical utensils. A model of an amusement park planned by Disney but never realized is also on display, as well as a park train with which he chauffeured guests through his private property, as well as the Multiplan camera, with which the three-dimensional effects in Disney's first full-length feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 were realized.
In the lobby of the museum numerous prizes, certificates and awards for Disney and his works are exhibited, including the “Special Oscar” (one large and seven small awards), which was awarded to the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs .
literature
- Victor J. Danilov: Famous Americans. A Directory of Museums, Historic Sites, and Memorials. The Scarecrow Press, Lanham / Toronto / Plymouth 2013, p. 101 f. ISBN 978-0-8108-9185-2
Web links
- Official website (English)
- The Walt Disney Family Museum on the National Park Service website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jordan Mejias: The Father and His Stories. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 4, 2009, accessed on August 22, 2018 .
- ^ A b Edward Rothstein: Exploring the Man Behind the Animation. The New York Times, September 30, 2009, accessed August 22, 2018 .
Coordinates: 37 ° 48 ′ 3.8 ″ N , 122 ° 27 ′ 30.3 ″ W.