The Smithsonian is looking for your Disneyland, Disney World photos

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is looking for images and stories that capture your personal experience as guests to Disneyland and Walt Disney World for a future project.

“If you submit a photo and/or story, they might appear in the museum,” the museum stated on its website.

Located in Washington, D.C., the museum is home to more than 1.8 million objects and more than three shelf-miles of archival collections. 

Here is the specific request:

Photos of you, your friends, and your families at Disneyland or Walt Disney World and the story of what the photograph and visit mean to you. When was the visit, and with whom? What feelings did it evoke for you?

We want to see photographs that show Disney Parks as you experienced them: posing with characters, kids worn out and sleeping, families, couples, individuals, people of all abilities, ethnicities, ages, on rides, eating together, looking at maps—everyday stuff! All decades and time periods, especially as Disney Parks change and evolve over time. We love candid and posed, even fingers on the lens are A-OK. We can crop photos for composition, so don’t hold back on blurry or double-exposed photos.

We won’t be able to use all the images we receive, as we have limited space. Privacy and permissions rules will also impact which images we can use. If you aren’t the child in the photo (or their guardian), we won’t be able to use photos in which a child’s face is identifiable. Same for Disney cast members.  

We would appreciate the highest-resolution images you have available—scans are fine. Please send images in jpg, pdf, png, or tiff format. We can’t wait to see your favorites!

Please send your photo/s to NMAH-DisneyStories@si.edu with a few sentences about the photo and your Disney Park story. Don’t forget to include your name and the best way to get in touch with you!