Walt Disney Archives 50th Anniversary

The Walt Disney Archives was established 50 years ago today (June 22, 1970).  Below are a couple images of the proposal and press release that are part of the Inside the Walt Disney Archives: 50 Years of Preserving the Magic  exhibit at the Bowers Museum.  Below that are links to several Walt Disney Archives Exhibits I have been able to visit over the years.  Then I close with an image and a couple videos from visits to archives events.

Disneygeek.com Blog Posts of Interest:

• • 3/5/2020 – Inside the Walt Disney Archives: 50 Years of Preserving the Magic @ Bowers Museum
  • 8/22/2019 – D23 Expo: 1st Look @ Walt Disney Archives Presents Heroes and Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume
  • 7/13/2017 – 1st Look: D23 Expo – Walt Disney Archives presents Pirates Life For Me (several pictures)
  • 8/13/2015 – D23 Expo Preview of the Walt Disney Archives Presents – Disneyland: The Exhibit
  • 6/30/2012 – Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library (my full picture set)
  • 6/27/2009 – Walt Disney Studios in Burbank – Pictures from a D23 tour including a visit to the Walt Disney Archives

For more on the archives D23 will be hosting a premiere of Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives later this week.

From a 2011 D23 Event: Disney Legend Richard Sherman playing a recently restored piano that used to be in Walt Disney’s Office, this event was in the Walt Disney Archives Library –