The exhibition of artefacts, props and artwork is the first stop on Disney's centenary global tour.
By Iona HampsonFrom Peter Pan in 1953 to Cruella in 2021, London has been a recurring backdrop for Disney's animated and live-action films for decades.
To mark the company's 100th anniversary, a huge collection of more than 250 rarely seen artefacts, props and artwork is on display, the biggest collection the company's archives has ever put together. "What we did is, instead of telling a chronological story, we decided what we would do is go back to our very roots, to 1923 and Walt Disney and Roy Disney, our founders, and look at what they did that we are still doing today. And then, instead of going on chronologically, each gallery represents one of Walt Disney's philosophies," she said.
"These pictures on a wall or monitors is a trigger for people to go, 'oh, yeah, I remember that'. It kind of reminds people how much a part of their lives Disney is."Some of Disney's past productions have been criticised for their portrayal of non-white characters and elements of sexism.
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