Walt Disney World’s Epcot offers guests a new and exciting American experience with the National Treasures exhibit. Catch the spirit of imagination, of innovation, of possibilities — the spirit of America herself — at the new National Treasures exhibit that opens at Epcot® on September 28, 2007. Check out some of the spectacular and unique pieces of Americana that are on loan from a variety of prestigious institutions and private lenders.
This Orlando exhibit lets your imagination soar to a time when "The Union" was less than 100 years old and Abraham Lincoln, our 16th President, was struggling with ways to bring this young country together. Visualize Mr. Lincoln and no doubt you're picturing him wearing his stovepipe hat. Did you know he often stored important papers inside it? These papers, and the ideas written on them, helped shape and define the United States of America as we know it today.
Don't miss your chance to view Abraham Lincoln's hat — before now this iconic object has never been publicly exhibited anywhere but Hildene: The Lincoln Family Home in Manchester, Vermont.
Can you envision life without MP3 players, or movies without synch sound? The innovations that influence how we live, work and play today were once considered technological novelties. Come see one of Thomas Edison's first phonographs and motion picture projectors and be amazed at how far technology has advanced in just one century.
Spend time examining all the fascinating treasures on display and get a glimpse into the lives of the people who were guided by idealism and the belief in a better tomorrow — like Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson and many others. These people may carry titles such as humanitarian, scientist, artist, civil rights activist or athlete, but above all they were visionaries who worked hard to make their dreams come true — and it was on these dreams that this nation was built.
The exhibition will feature more than 40 spectacular and unique artifacts on loan to Epcot from a variety of prestigious institutions and private lenders: Hildene (the Lincoln family home), The Mark Twain House & Museum, The Henry Ford, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Keeper of the Word Foundation, Gregory J. Reed Esq., Sen. Daniel K. Inouye and Commander John B. Herrington. To avoid risking damage to the originals, some documents are reproductions and labeled as such.
The National Treasures collection will also be continually changed, so guests never know when they'll see something new. They'll see pieces of history that actually changed the world.
Information courtesy of Walt Disney World