To coincide with the release of Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, which takes place in 1920s N’awlins, the New Orleans Museum of Art will unveil their Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio showcase.

Visitors to the exhibition will encounter themed rooms showcasing artwork related to specific animated features. Arranged chronologically by year of release, the rooms will feature, in order: Silly Symphonies, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and The Princess and the Frog. Film clips will accompany the artwork to demonstrate how individual sketches and paintings lead to a finished celluloid masterpiece.

The museum will have over 600 original pieces of artwork on display beginning this Saturday and running through to March 14, 2010.

NOTE: All images associated with this post are for enhancement purposes only, and are not meant to represent the artworks which may be on display at the museum.

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Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio [NOMA]