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HOW DO I BOOK A GROUP OF 10 OR MORE?
Group sales deadline for this event is: Friday, November 4.

Due to an overwhelming response for this trip, we are no longer taking orders.

A public conference sponsored by the Benson Ford Research Center and the University of Michigan Museum Studies Program.

Plus an opportunity to visit the new temporary exhibit, Behind the Magic: 50 Years of Disneyland, a behind-the curtain look at the legacy of Walt Disney and Disneyland, created through the combined resources of The Henry Ford and Walt Disney Imagineering.

SPEAKERS AND SCHEDULE

8:30am-9am
Registration in Henry Ford Museum's Prechter Promenade

9am-9:15am
Welcome and Introduction
Steven K. Hamp
President
The Henry Ford

9:15am-10:15am
Marty Sklar
Vice-Chairman and Principal Creative Executive
Walt Disney Imagineering
"500,000,000 People in an Orange Grove: The Disneyland Story"

10:15am-10:30am Break

10:30am-11:15am
Donna Braden
Lead Experience Developer
The Henry Ford
"What Inspired Walt?"

11:15am-Noon
Linda N. Groat
Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning and Women's Studies
University of Michigan
"Lessons from Disneyland: The Experience of Place in People's Everyday Urban Environments"

Noon-1pm Lunch (Box lunch optional)
*(Lunch will also be available on your own in the Michigan Cafe or you may bring a bag lunch.)

1pm-1:45pm
Karal Ann Marling
Professor of Art History and American Studies
University of Minnesota
"Myth, Memory, and Magic: What Does Disneyland Mean?"

1:45pm-3pm Introduction to the exhibit
Scott Mallwitz
Director, Experience Design
The Henry Ford
Visit to the exhibit

3pm-3:45pm
Tom Fitzgerald
Senior Vice-President Creative Development,
Walt Disney Imagineering
"From Mickey Mouse to Tomorrow ...the Evolution of Disney Theme Park Storytelling"

3:45pm-4:30pm Concluding panel
Speakers present their final thoughts; audience questions and discussion

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY
Co-authors Karal Ann Marling and Donna Braden will be available to sign the exhibit catalog during the conference. This book and others about Disneyland will be available at the Henry Ford Museum store.

COST (includes the conference and admission to Henry Ford Museum and Behind the Magic-50 Years of Disneyland)

For more info:

http://www.thehenryford.org/research/Disney/
http://www.thehenryford.org/museum/disney/default.asp