A grand exhibition of the Walt Disney Archives was launched on Saturday at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California, in celebration of 50 years of Disney history.

The exhibition, named "Inside the Walt Disney Archives: 50 Years of Preserving the Magic", features 465 items ranging from important memos to books to surveying tools used to plan the first Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

It covers the history of the company to date, with 218 original props and nine pieces of vintage merchandise, including early hand-sewn Mickey and Minnie Mouse dolls.

The exhibition will run through the end of August.

"The exhibit is an exciting opportunity for Disney fans of all ages to view some of the special treasures housed at the Walt Disney Archives, as well as discover what the archives is and what it does within The Walt Disney Company," said Michael Varge, vice president of corporate communications of the company.