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- The main entrance/lobby of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL.
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- Within the office recreation is another influential piece of Disney history: the mechanical bird that was the inspiration for what we now refer to as Audio-Animatronics.
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- Located in the center of the exhibit space is a recreation of one corner of Walt’s formal office.
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- Original maquettes from “Beauty and the Beast,” “”Lion King” and “Aladdin.”
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- On opening day, there was a quartet (sporting mouse ears) playing Disney music as visitors entered the main atrium. The blue background was only erected for the opening ceremony and all that remains is the large vertical banner.
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- David Mosena (President and CEO of the Museum of Science and Industry) and Becky Cline (Director of the Walt Disney Archives) join Mickey Mouse on stage at the grand opening ceremony for the “Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives” exhibit.
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- A Laugh-O-Gram Films stock certificate issued by Walt to his parents in 1922.
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- A reproduction of the contract that birthed the Walt Disney Company.
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- The signature of the first contract; notice how Walt’s signature would change to the famous script we now know.
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- Dated October 16, 2013, this contract reproduction shows Walt agreeing to produce Alice Comedies for M.J. Winkler.
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- The text of the telegram reads, “LEAVING TONITE STOPPING OVER KC ARRIVE HOME SUNDAY MORNING SEVEN THIRTY DON’T WORRY EVERYTHING OK WILL GIVE DETAILS WHEN ARRIVE. – WALT.” It is on the train ride mentioned in this telegram that Walt created the character of Mickey Mouse.
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- According to the plaque, this notepad, produced in 1930, was “the first licensed Mickey Mouse product ever made.”
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- Shortly after Walt’s death in December of 1966, archivist (and now Disney Legend) Dave Smith painstakingly recorded every item in the room, including its location and position. All of the items in this display are the actual items from Walt’s office placed as they were on the day of his passing.
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- Dated October 17, 1966, this script was a draft for one of Walt Disney’s last appearances on film as he shared his vision for Epcot with the public.
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- Exhibit visitors could pick up a handset and choose to listen to one of 16 different Disney songs, labeled by song title, movie, and composer.
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- The cartoon castles on this wall were actually made of magnets that could be moved around by visitors.
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- Guests may purchase three photos, each with a different background, for $20.
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- A script for “Steamboat Willie” created in 1928 typed by Walt Disney with drawings by Ub Iwerks.
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- The attached plaque reads, “Walt Disney purchased this singing birdcage automaton from an antiques dealer while on a trip to New Orleans. He kept the whimsical object in his office for the duration of his career. The gold-caged mechanical bird sparked his imagination, inspiring him to develop an entirely new form of three-dimensional animation he called Audio-Animatronics.”
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