“Disney100: The Exhibition — Making the Magic” To Air Tonight on ABC

 by Beth Keating

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DisneyBizJournal.com

March 23, 2023

 

What are you doing tonight?  If you are a Disney fanatic, you might want to make sure you tune in to Disney100: The Exhibition — Making the Magic on your local ABC station, or stream it on Hulu.  The 30-minute special premieres this evening (Thursday, March 23, 2023) at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT across ABC owned television stations on linear, digital, and streaming platforms, as well as on the Localish network. For participating stations and times, check your local listings.  

A celebration of 100 historic years of making magic, the TV special, Disney100: The Exhibition — Making the Magic, goes behind the scenes of Disney100: The Exhibition, the Disney Archives’ exhibit which debuted earlier this year at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia exhibit runs through August 27, 2023, before it goes on the road to other locations. Guests will get a chance to see many rare Disney artifacts, some of which have never been available to the public before.  The special will also explore some of the incredible moments from Disney’s rich 100 year legacy.

According to Disney, “Disney100: The Exhibition – Making the Magic is a dazzling journey through this immersive exhibit, featuring more than 250 artifacts and works of art, costumes and props, and memorabilia from the Walt Disney Archives’ vault of treasures.”

 

The exhibit includes items such as:

 

• Disneyland Employee Badge No. 1, issued in 1955 to Walt Disney

 

• Costumes from Black Panther, Jungle Cruise, Cruella, Enchanted and more

 

• Prop storybooks featured in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Sleeping Beauty

 

• Skywalker Lightsaber Hilt from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, used by Daisy Ridley

 

• Attraction vehicles from Matterhorn Bobsleds and Peter Pan’s Flight at Disneyland Park

 

During the TV special, viewers will also visit the Walt Disney Archives in Burbank to see how the 15,000-square-foot exhibition, featuring 10 themed galleries at The Franklin Institute, was produced, getting an insider’s look into the creation of some of Disney’s characters and films along the way. 

 

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Beth Keating is a theme parks, restaurant and entertainment reporter for DisneyBizJournal.