100 Years Of The Walt Disney Company: Exhibition to Launch in 2023

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The famed originator of full-length animated motion pictures at work at his drawing board.

The Walt Disney Company has announced a partnership with SC Exhibitions, a division of German promoter Semmel Concerts, to celebrate a century of Disney. 

The exhibition showcasing the Walt Disney Company’s history and legacy is scheduled to premiere at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA, in February 2023.
According to SC Exhibitions CEO and Semmel Concert founder Dieter Semmelmann, the exhibition will feature “galleries with hundreds of artifacts and an immersive environment of sight and sound spanning 15,000 square feet, showcasing stories and characters from The Walt Disney Company’s last century.”
The exhibition will mark the third collaboration between SC Exhibitions and Studio TK, a Berlin-based collective of architects, visual artists and experts of entertainment technology who specialize in aiding the creation of brand exhibitions. 
Both companies already collaborated on the ‘Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes’ exhibit, which drew hundreds of thousands of visitors to the galleries at the Franklin Institute in Summer 2019.
“It’s great to work at The Franklin Institute again,” said StudioTK exhibition designer Tobias Kunz, adding that “It’s a big honor to develop the design for the 100th anniversary exhibit of The Walt Disney Company with the Walt Disney Archives.”
The as-yet-untitled exhibition launches in February at the Franklin Institute. A second, parallel staging for territories outside the US set to have its global premiere the following month, Semmelmann said.
Walt Disney expert, historian and co-curator Paula Sigman Lowery commented: “It’s thrilling to bring Disney’s crown jewels – art, memorabilia, costumes, props, and one-of-a kind treasures – to public view – and to explore the story of one of the world’s most creative entertainment companies. Many of these objects have never before been seen out-side the company’s archival, animation, and Imagineering vaults.”
Rebecca Cline, director of the Walt Disney Archives, said, “As we approach the 100th Anniversary of The Walt Disney Company, we at the Walt Disney Archives are incredibly excited about traveling a new and unique exhibit marking a century of unparalleled innovation and storytelling with the world. This ground-breaking exhibition will celebrate the wonder of Disney, from 1923 to the present and into the future.”