Bowers Museum: Disney Archives Exhibit

 

 Welcome to the exhibit

One bright spot, in a week wracked with worse and worse news about the spread of coronavirus, was braving the rain to see the Disney Archives exhibit at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. Though I've seen many different exhibits featuring artifacts from the archives, this one provides an excellent overview of the many types of items collected and preserved by Disney. Here are just a few of the items displayed. (Click on image to enlarge)

 

Dumbo flying overhead as we entered the exhibit

Props from the movie Saving Mr. Banks: Walt's desk

 

Walt beckoning us in to see the exhibit

 

Animator's desk from Disney Studios

 

Mary Poppin's carpetbag

 

 

Early Disney toys

 

Engineer Mickey doll (1955)

 

Donald cartoon cel

 

Elsa maquette from Frozen

 

Early Jungle Cruise ride sign at Disneyland

Haunted Mansion ride artifacts

 

REX audio-animatronic android originally from Star Tours ride,

but now the DJ at Oga's Cantina in Galaxy's Edge 

 

Cate Blanchette (as wicked step-mother) costume in 

live-action Cinderella 

 

Cruella DeVil costume in live-action

101 Dalmatians

 

One of the most famous dresses in cinematic history:

Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman (from Disney subsidiary

Buena Vista Pictures) 

 

Queen Elizabeth I (Dame Judy Dench) in Shakespeare in Love 

(from Disney subsidiary Miramax) 

 

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Emily Blunt costumes from

Mary Poppins Returns 

 

Rocketeer

Roger Rabbit (L) and Wilson (R), Tom Hanks' companion

in Cast Away 

 

Dog puppets from Isle of Dogs 

 

Winnie the Pooh

 

Baloo from live-action Jungle Book

 

Absent-Minded Professor car

Herbie, the Love Bug

Jessica Rabbit maquette

 

Photo of Disney Studios Legends Plaza and Team Disney Building