Walt Disney Family Museum - Ribbon Room

With no small amount of hyperbole, the Walt Disney Family Museum is one of the greatest museums ever, located at the Presidio in one of the greatest American cities ever, San Francisco. Once in a while, my sister works there as a volunteer.

One of the best rooms in the museum is galley number 7. For a lack of better words, I call it the ribbon room. It is reminiscent, to me at least, of the main lobby of the Disney Animation exhibit at the California Adventure. This ribbon room is about the Disney Studio's post-WWII film productions, when Walt tried to diversify his business. It features all of the films released between 1945 and 1955 (animation and live-action alike), stopping just short of the opening of Disneyland (in its own, equally impressive gallery). The films are:

• The Three Caballeros (1945)
• Make Mine Music (1946)
• Song of the South (1946) (yes, the museum wisely did not let this film slip by unnoticed)
• Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
• Melody Time (1948)
• So Dear To My Heart (1949)
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
• Cinderella (1950)
• Treasure Island (1950)
• Alice In Wonderland (1951)
• The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
• Peter Pan (1953)
• The Sword and the Rose (1953)
• Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1954)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
• Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Anyway, the ribbon room is my most favorite in the museum. It shows off the artifacts to create the live-action movies and the artwork of the animated movies (such as the waterproof camera used for "20,000 Leagues"). But the best part is this long strip of film that adorns the upper wall of the museum and features constantly shifting images (hence, my comparison between this and the California Adventure's Animation exhibit lobby). Here's a small sample of such images (all cobbled together from various online sources):

In fact, I was just there very recently, and I had heard beforehand about the fact that you can now take pictures in there (provided you turn the flash off). Sometime later, in a future post to this blog, I will put up some of my own pictures taken. Stay tuned! And if you ever visit San Francisco, be sure to make time for the Walt Disney Family Museum. It's a great place!