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Merryweather
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Last Sunday we went for a lovely day trip to SF and visited Walt Disney Family Museum. I learnt a ton more about this incredibly talented man who had the courage to make his visions a reality. The museum project was led by his only living child, Diane - who is 79 yrs old now.
Unfortunately, due to copyright reasons visitors are not allowed to take pictures in the main galleries. There are actually very few spots when I was allowed to take pictures and even then no flash was allowed. The following pictures are taken by me, in my own attempt to bring you a little bit more Disney Magic.
This is the entrance on 104 Montgomery Street. We were incredibly lucky to score street parking.
If you thought you missed your photo-op with Walt, I beg to differ:
This museum has nothing to do with the big Disney Corporation we know. The project belongs to Disney Family Foundation. Hence, the story told here is about Walt's life and family starting with his ancestors.
I always thought that he was of Irish origin, so I was rather surprised to find out he is actually of French descent as well.
Of course we all know that he won megazillion numbers of honors, medals, certificates, awards. Here are his Oscars:
Sorry about the reflection in the glass.
And this is a super cute special Oscar given to him in 1938 for Snow White:
These furnishings were taken from their apartment in Disneyland. Red, red, red ....
There is also a nice view of Golden Gate Bridge, but that Palm tree totally cramped my style:
The museum shop does not carry any merchandise about anything made beyond 1966 (when Walt passed away). I wanted to get something with Jas for Chloe and there was none, sorry Chloe
On the other hand, there were many many things that could make Margaret happy
I don't know why, but I always liked mice mice:
And now for the pins (I apologize for less than par pics, but they were about to close, so I had to hurry)
So, there are limited number of characters and not many exciting pins as no movie/character created after 1966 was in the museum shop as I metioned before.
These are the only 2 pins I got for myself.
The vintage Snow White pins have so sloppy paint job with uneven paint and major scratches. Not sure if that is due to the "vintage" effect? I am sure if I were to receive it in the mail from Ebay instead of buying it in person, I would indeed cry "scrapper".
~~ THIS IS ALL. THANKS FOR LOOKING ~~
Disclaimer: I am not doing this because anybody asked me to, paid me for it, or promised any other gainful return. I went for a trip and wanted to share here is all. Pictures are mine, text is mine and most importantly pins in the last picture are mine
Unfortunately, due to copyright reasons visitors are not allowed to take pictures in the main galleries. There are actually very few spots when I was allowed to take pictures and even then no flash was allowed. The following pictures are taken by me, in my own attempt to bring you a little bit more Disney Magic.
This is the entrance on 104 Montgomery Street. We were incredibly lucky to score street parking.
If you thought you missed your photo-op with Walt, I beg to differ:
This museum has nothing to do with the big Disney Corporation we know. The project belongs to Disney Family Foundation. Hence, the story told here is about Walt's life and family starting with his ancestors.
I always thought that he was of Irish origin, so I was rather surprised to find out he is actually of French descent as well.
Of course we all know that he won megazillion numbers of honors, medals, certificates, awards. Here are his Oscars:
Sorry about the reflection in the glass.
And this is a super cute special Oscar given to him in 1938 for Snow White:
These furnishings were taken from their apartment in Disneyland. Red, red, red ....
There is also a nice view of Golden Gate Bridge, but that Palm tree totally cramped my style:
The museum shop does not carry any merchandise about anything made beyond 1966 (when Walt passed away). I wanted to get something with Jas for Chloe and there was none, sorry Chloe
On the other hand, there were many many things that could make Margaret happy
I don't know why, but I always liked mice mice:
And now for the pins (I apologize for less than par pics, but they were about to close, so I had to hurry)
So, there are limited number of characters and not many exciting pins as no movie/character created after 1966 was in the museum shop as I metioned before.
These are the only 2 pins I got for myself.
The vintage Snow White pins have so sloppy paint job with uneven paint and major scratches. Not sure if that is due to the "vintage" effect? I am sure if I were to receive it in the mail from Ebay instead of buying it in person, I would indeed cry "scrapper".
~~ THIS IS ALL. THANKS FOR LOOKING ~~
Disclaimer: I am not doing this because anybody asked me to, paid me for it, or promised any other gainful return. I went for a trip and wanted to share here is all. Pictures are mine, text is mine and most importantly pins in the last picture are mine
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