Contributing photographer Jason of disneygeek.com sends us these photos of the exhibit in the Disney Gallery, which opened June 30.
The Disney Gallery on Main Street is hosting an exhibit entitled Crowning Achievements – Creating Castles from Magical Kingdoms.
A quick look through the gift store area. These are in the vault.
The first gallery features original artwork for the exhibit that is for sale, both originals and recreations.
Moving on to the second/larger room of the gallery.
Front and center is a model of the castle in Paris.
A closer look:
Now a trip around the gallery. Starting on the first wall on the left when you enter. It features what is inside the castles.
First up a look at Sleeping Beauty Castle Walk-Through at Disneyland. This piece was done by Eyvind Earle.
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The Interior Mosaic at WDW’s Magic Kingdom. This was done by Dorothea Redmond.
King Stefan’s Banquet Hall at WDW by Dorothea Redmond.
The Castle Suite at WDW – Karen Armitage
The interior of Le Chateau de la Belle a Bois Dormant at Disneyland Paris – by Bryan Jowers
The display even featured upcoming concept art. Here is the Enchanted Storybook Castle for Shanghai Disneyland by Anatasia Pavlova.
A Tapestry Design from Disneyland Paris by Robert Rowe and Kim Irvine.
Castle Mystery Tour poster from Tokyo Disneyland – John Drury
The Castle Mystery Tour from Tokyo – G. Jalander
The next section features the long shots of the castles.
Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom – Herb Ryman
Sleeping Beauty Castle in Hong Kong Disneyland – Christopher Smith
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland – Herb Ryman.
A wide shot of the back wall. It features the long view of the castles.
Le Chateau de la Belle a Bois Dormant – Disneyland Paris – Frank Armitage
Cinderella Castle – Tokyo – Erik Van Der Palen
Triton’s Castle Mermaid Lagoon – Tokyo DisneySea – Suzanne Braniff-Rattigan
Moving on, the next section features Blue Sky Concepts.
Castle Concept for Disneyland Paris by Tim Delaney
Castle Concept by John Horny
Hong Kong Disneyland concept by Karen Armitage
Hong Kong Disneyland concept by Ahmed Jafari
Beast Castle for the Be Our Guest Restaurant in the new Fantasyland at WDW – Christopher Smith
The last section features some Castle Celebrations, or more appropriately a look at Disneyland’s 50th since they are all from that event.
Cinderella Castle at WDW for Disneyland’s 50th by Alex Wright
Disneyland for the 50th by Christopher Smith
Disneyland for the 50th – Greg Pro
Hope you enjoyed this highlight tour of the Disney Gallery. For additional photos and details from this trip you can check out the full Disneyland Update I posted on my site, http://disneygeek.com Also be sure to follow me on twitter @disneygeekcom for pictures from the parks.
Thanks for posting this! I’m dying to make it out there to see it in person! Any idea how long it will run for? I’ll be back in DL in early Jan.
— Glad you enjoyed the pictures. I followed-up with Disneyland, they said it is currently slated to run through early next year but no date has been released and this is subject to change. — Jason
What a lovely exhibition and thanks for sharing it. Makes my 8 piece Disney art collection look poor!!