The Exhibition, which celebrates Disney 100 Years of Wonder, launches a World Tour at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute on February 18, 2023, with subsequent stops introduced, together with Chicago, IL, Kansas City, MO, and Munich, Germany
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today at D23 Expo: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, CA, thrilling new particulars and stops have been introduced for the upcoming world premiere of Disney100: The Exhibition. Created for the 100-year celebration of The Walt Disney Company, the exhibition will immerse visitors in the beloved tales which were dazzling visitors since 1923, when Walt Disney set his firm on a path that may revolutionize the leisure trade. The world premiere of the exhibit opens on February 18, 2023, at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA, with Chicago, IL, and Kansas City, MO, set as the subsequent two stops on the North American tour. The worldwide unit of the exhibit will open on April 18, 2023, in Munich, Germany, with extra cities to be introduced in the coming months.
The official exhibition poster and trailer have been additionally revealed right now.
Disney100: The Exhibition Poster
Disney100: The Exhibition Trailer
“As we prepare to kick off Disney 100 Years of Wonder, we are incredibly excited to bring this fantastic exhibition to life,” stated Becky Cline, director, Walt Disney Archives. “We can’t wait for guests to experience their favorite Disney stories, characters, and attractions in new and immersive ways as we celebrate all the wonderful worlds of Disney.”
President and CEO of The Franklin Institute Larry Dubinski added, “The Franklin Institute is thrilled to host Disney100: The Exhibition, the first major event to mark the global celebration of Disney’s 100 years, allowing fans throughout the Philadelphia region and beyond the very first opportunity to see these crown jewels come to life in beautifully crafted galleries reflecting the creative empire synonymous with imaginative storytelling, innovation, discovery, and wonder.”
Over the previous 100 years, Disney has introduced its iconic tales and characters to life in new and revolutionary methods, turning into half of the international tradition and creating generations of recollections for billions. Disney100: The Exhibition invitations visitors to step into their favourite tales utilizing innovation and immersive expertise all through ten galleries in the 15,000-square-foot exhibit.
The Walt Disney Archives opens its vault of treasures, showcasing lots of of extraordinary objects, together with many of Disney’s “Crown Jewels” – greater than 250 not often seen unique artworks and artifacts, costumes and props, and different memorabilia. Disney has curated particular behind-the-scenes glimpses into the creation of the hottest characters, movies, reveals, and points of interest – from Disneyland to Walt Disney World® Resort and past. The ten magnificent and imaginatively themed galleries, with shifting tales, distinctive interactive installations, and thrilling background info, will take guests on a journey by way of 100 years of The Walt Disney Company, celebrating the classics from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Strange World, in addition to the newest members of the Disney household – Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, and National Geographic.
Disney100: The Exhibition Facts:
-Ten giant, themed galleries with quite a few cutting-edge interactive installations overlaying 15,000 sq. toes
–February 18, 2023: World Premiere at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, launching the U.S. tour
–April 18, 2023: European Premiere in Munich
-Created and curated by the Walt Disney Archives and Semmel Exhibitions
The Franklin Institute is proud to current and play host to the world premiere of Disney100: The Exhibition in the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion and the Mandell Center. PECO, the premier company accomplice of The Franklin Institute, is the Local Presenting Sponsor of the exhibition.
About The Franklin Institute
Located in the coronary heart of Philadelphia, The Franklin Institute is a famend and revolutionary chief in science and expertise studying and a dynamic middle of exercise. As Pennsylvania’s most visited museum, it’s devoted to making a ardour for studying about science by providing entry to hands-on science training. For extra info, go to www.fi.edu.
About the Walt Disney Archives
For greater than 50 years, the Walt Disney Archives has fastidiously safeguarded the most treasured objects from The Walt Disney Company’s historical past, together with unique scripts, film props and costumes, Walt Disney’s correspondence and script notes, theme park artifacts, merchandise, tens of millions of archival images, and lots of of Walt’s private results. Founded by Disney Legend Dave Smith in 1970, the Walt Disney Archives is an important useful resource for each half of Disney, in addition to an essential analysis middle for Disney students, researchers, and writers. The Archives additionally shares its numerous items with Disney followers all over the place by way of its exhibitions and shut affiliation with D23: The Official Disney Fan Club.
For the Walt Disney Archives:
Jeffrey R. Epstein
The Walt Disney Company
[email protected]
About Semmel Exhibitions
Semmel Exhibitions creates exhibitions, which journey worldwide, and hosts worldwide exhibitions in Germany, Austria, and German-speaking Switzerland. Semmel Exhibitions is a division of Semmel Concerts Entertainment, the giant German reside leisure producer. Since Semmel Exhibitions began touring its exhibitions TUTANKHAMUN – HIS TOMB AND HIS TREASURES; THE DISCOVERY OF KING TUT; and most lately MARVEL: UNIVERSE OF SUPER HEROES and SPIDER-MAN: BEYOND AMAZING – THE EXHIBITION, they’ve reached an viewers of greater than seven million individuals worldwide, and constructed a powerful worldwide community inside museums, science facilities, cultural venues and the artistic industries. More info at semmel-exhibitions.com.
Media Contact:
Stefanie Santo
The Franklin Institute
[email protected] 215.448.1152
SOURCE The Franklin Institute
