The exhibition will also include maquettes (production models) from the movies "Frozen" and "Peter Pan" as well as super hero costumes, and sketches for "Fantasia" and ghouls from the "Haunted Mansion" attraction.

Varge said the archives is Disney's historical repository, from correspondence to script notes, from oral histories to personal effects, which has served as a vital resource pool for historians and filmmakers for decades.

Peter Keller, president and CEO of the Bowers Museum, told Xinhua that the museum expects to bring to the public traditional art treasures, many of which have never been on display before.

The museum has kept close exchanges with its Chinese partners, including museums in the Chinese cities of Nanjing, Xi'an and Kunming, according to Anne Shin, chairwoman of the board of governors of the museum.