Today I am talking on WJBC radio about Walt Disney, the film Saving Mr. Banks, the exhibit Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives, presented by D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, the Museum of Science and Industry
Walt Disney's boyhood home in Chicago (MSI) in Chicago, and Disney's connections to Chicago.
Here are a few links that might be helpful:
- Information about the Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives
- A timeline about the Disney company, from the MSI
- Chicago Tribune article about Disney's childhood home in Chicago
Also, a money saving tip for visiting museums is to support a local museum that has reciprocal exchanges with other museums. If you are a member of either the Children's Discovery Museum in Normal and the Peoria Riverfront Museum, you can enter the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago for free. You just pay for tickets for special exhibits.
Walt Disney's office recreated at the Disney Archives exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
Walt Disney and posters from his film studio
Annette Funicello's Mickey Mouse Club uniform
A costume that Julie Andrews wore in the Mary Poppins films