A new working home
Disney’s archive describes the move from cramped Hyperion quarters to a planned Burbank campus. Follow the change in working space through this studio location; it remains a workplace with restricted entry.
Producer · Cultural figure
Walt Disney
In early 1940, Walt Disney and his staff moved from Hyperion Avenue to a new studio campus in Burbank. The studio gives this first chapter a physical anchor.
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THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
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Walt Disney Studios · Burbank
Disney’s archive describes the move from cramped Hyperion quarters to a planned Burbank campus. Follow the change in working space through this studio location; it remains a workplace with restricted entry.
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Working studio property. View from public areas; access to the lot and stages requires authorization.
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