Walt Disney's Burbank Offices Restored To 1966 Condition For Viewing

By: Dec. 07, 2015
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Variety reports that the Burbank offices where Walt Disney ran his legendary studios have been restored to the condition they were in when the innovative filmmaker died in 1966. The space, known as Suite 3H will be on permanent display, available to employees, special guests and gold members of Disney's fan club, D23.

As Disney celebrates the 75th anniversary of its move to Burbank, CEO Bob Iger said the Disney offices remind him, other employees and visitors of the founder's "devotion to his family, his CURIOSITY and his RELENTLESS creative passion."

The scripts that awaited his review at the time of his passing are stacked around his desk as they were in 1966 and a yellow legal sheet includes handwritten notes on upcoming projects and the name of a promising young actor, Kurt Russell.

"You could just feel the aura in here, the great man and all that he did," says the company's first archivist Dave Smith in a video introduction to the offices.

Granddaughter Joanna Miller recalled playing in the offices and around the Disney lot when she was in elementary school. "One thing you take from seeing it now," Miller said, "it's a humble place, a cozy place, with things that he loved in it."

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