The Disney Gallery, Art gallery in Disneyland, United States.
The Disney Gallery is an art museum within Disneyland Park that presents concept art, models, and illustrations from Disney attractions and animated productions. The exhibition space features multiple rooms displaying authentic Disney artwork.
The Disney Gallery opened on July 11, 1987, in the former Royal Suite above Pirates of the Caribbean in New Orleans Square, showing "The Art of Disneyland 1955–1987." That space, planned in the early 1960s as Walt Disney's VIP apartment, was abandoned after his death in December 1966 and later housed the Insurance Company of North America and Disneyland International. The gallery closed there on August 7, 2007, moved to the Bank of Main Street building on October 2, 2009, and since summer 2013 has been inside the Disneyland Opera House.
The gallery's name comes from the artwork of Walt Disney Imagineering, the division that designs the parks; it opened on July 11, 1987 with an exhibit titled "The Art of Disneyland 1955–1987." Cast Members staffing it came from the Merchandise division but were trained to run it as a museum, and in slower periods they gave guests free tours explaining the space's history and the current exhibition.
Visitors need regular park admission to enter the gallery, which is open during standard park hours. You can move through the different rooms at a relaxed pace without time pressure.
The gallery opened on July 11, 1987, in the former Royal Suite above Pirates of the Caribbean, a space Walt Disney planned in the early 1960s for VIP entertaining but which was abandoned after his death in 1966. It was the only Disneyland spot listed on the park map as both an attraction and a merchandise location.
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