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Disneyland II Behind the Magic opens Sept. 23 at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn,Michigan.
This National touring exhib will include never before seen artifacts from the valuts of WDI. There will be artwork,models,drawings,ride vehicals and more.
http://www.behindthemagic.org/site/-
This was in Detroit News:
Disney opens vaults for special show
The exhibit opens at the place where Walt Disney found inspiration for Disneyland.
'Behind the Magic -- 50 Years of Disneyland'
When The Henry Ford decided to bring Disneyland to Dearborn, the idea sounded farfetched. Why would a serious history museum in the Midwest gather up 250 artifacts and devote 7,500 square feet of exhibition space to a theme park in California?
As it turns out, there is a historic precedent for "Behind the Magic - 50 Years of Disneyland," opening Sept. 23 and staying through Jan. 1 at the Henry Ford Museum.
The Henry Ford's Scott Mallwitz, an experienced design director, says Greenfield Village was an inspiration for Walt Disney's Disneyland, which opened in 1955 in Anaheim, Calif. "Walt was so taken with Henry Ford's vision of an idealized American village that he returned twice during the 1940s and made notes," he says.
The Henry Ford staff planned, researched and supervised the design and construction of "Behind the Magic," receiving the art on loan from Walt Disney Imagineering, the creative branch that is separate from the studio. Donna Braden, lead experience developer for The Henry Ford, is a curator and historian for the exhibit with the help of guest curator Karal Ann Marling, an art history professor at the University of Minnesota.
"Imagineering in Glendale, California, is not open to the public and contains artwork, hand-crafted models, construction drawings and marketing materials people never see outside of books," Braden says. "We went through 40,000 pieces of art in the Imagineering data base to find 250 objects. The experience just blew us away."
Among the works the Henry Ford selected for the show are original rides from the monorail system, Mickey Mouse's big bass drum, a stagecoach from "Frontierland" and tintypes of Walt Disney visiting Greenfield Village. Other highlights are renderings by Herb Ryman of Walt Disney's vision of his first theme park and a talking figure of Abraham Lincoln created for the 1964 World's Fair in New York.
When "Behind the Magic" leaves The Henry Ford on Jan. 1, the staff hopes it will travel the country for three or four years. So far, the Oakland Museum in California has booked the show. Beyond that, however, no other museums have signed on.
"We are trying to push the show across the country," Braden says. "But choices are limited because it's not art and not science. There aren't too many museums devoted to American history and culture."
http://www.detnews.com/2005/events/0509/14/E03-313793.htm
I will going the end of October and will post a trip report.
Linda
This National touring exhib will include never before seen artifacts from the valuts of WDI. There will be artwork,models,drawings,ride vehicals and more.
http://www.behindthemagic.org/site/-
This was in Detroit News:
Disney opens vaults for special show
The exhibit opens at the place where Walt Disney found inspiration for Disneyland.
'Behind the Magic -- 50 Years of Disneyland'
When The Henry Ford decided to bring Disneyland to Dearborn, the idea sounded farfetched. Why would a serious history museum in the Midwest gather up 250 artifacts and devote 7,500 square feet of exhibition space to a theme park in California?
As it turns out, there is a historic precedent for "Behind the Magic - 50 Years of Disneyland," opening Sept. 23 and staying through Jan. 1 at the Henry Ford Museum.
The Henry Ford's Scott Mallwitz, an experienced design director, says Greenfield Village was an inspiration for Walt Disney's Disneyland, which opened in 1955 in Anaheim, Calif. "Walt was so taken with Henry Ford's vision of an idealized American village that he returned twice during the 1940s and made notes," he says.
The Henry Ford staff planned, researched and supervised the design and construction of "Behind the Magic," receiving the art on loan from Walt Disney Imagineering, the creative branch that is separate from the studio. Donna Braden, lead experience developer for The Henry Ford, is a curator and historian for the exhibit with the help of guest curator Karal Ann Marling, an art history professor at the University of Minnesota.
"Imagineering in Glendale, California, is not open to the public and contains artwork, hand-crafted models, construction drawings and marketing materials people never see outside of books," Braden says. "We went through 40,000 pieces of art in the Imagineering data base to find 250 objects. The experience just blew us away."
Among the works the Henry Ford selected for the show are original rides from the monorail system, Mickey Mouse's big bass drum, a stagecoach from "Frontierland" and tintypes of Walt Disney visiting Greenfield Village. Other highlights are renderings by Herb Ryman of Walt Disney's vision of his first theme park and a talking figure of Abraham Lincoln created for the 1964 World's Fair in New York.
When "Behind the Magic" leaves The Henry Ford on Jan. 1, the staff hopes it will travel the country for three or four years. So far, the Oakland Museum in California has booked the show. Beyond that, however, no other museums have signed on.
"We are trying to push the show across the country," Braden says. "But choices are limited because it's not art and not science. There aren't too many museums devoted to American history and culture."
http://www.detnews.com/2005/events/0509/14/E03-313793.htm
I will going the end of October and will post a trip report.
Linda
