Learning event Exhibition Access Tour
Audio-Described Tour of Wes Anderson: The Archives
Join us for a group tour of highlights of the exhibition Wes Anderson: The Archives for blind and visually-impaired visitors and their companions.
What to expect
Join an audio-described tour of our exhibition Wes Anderson: The Archives .
The Design Museum has been granted unprecedented access to Wes Anderson’s personal archives, which the filmmaker has built up over three decades. This is the first time most of these objects will be displayed in Britain.
This landmark exhibition will chart the evolution of Wes Anderson’s films from early experiments in the 1990s to recent productions as well as collaborations with key long-standing creative partners. Explore the design stories behind award-winning and iconic films such as ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’, ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’, ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ and ‘Isle of Dogs’.
This group tour will explore selected highlights from the 600 works in the exhibition, revisiting finished props and sets, work-in-progress material and maquettes, and a variety of traditional and hand-made film-making techniques that the director continues to celebrate through his work, especially connected to puppets and stop-motion animation.
This tour is suitable for blind and visually-impaired visitors and their companions.
Wes Anderson. Copyright Searchlight Pictures. Photo Charlie Gray
Model of THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL © Thierry Stefanopoulos – La Cinémathèque française
Vending machines, Atelier Simon Weisse, ASTEROID CITY. Photo Richard Round-Turner. © the Design Museum
Tracy's puppet (detail), Arch Model Studio, ISLE OF DOGS. Photo Richard Round-Turner. © the Design Museum
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Booking information
Adult: £5
Student: £5
Concession: £5
Members*: £5
*Please note that this benefit only applies to the cardholding Member’s ticket and not those of additional guests.
Pre-booking is required as places are limited
Individuals can purchase a maximum of 4 tickets. If you require a sighted companion, please add a Carer ticket to your order (free)
Suitable Age: 18 +. Young people aged 16 – 17 can attend with a responsible, ticket-holding adult, and must have a ticket
Assistant dogs are welcome but must be on a lead
Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Visit our Terms & Conditions page for further information.
The exhibition
Background image: “François Voltaire” suitcases of the Whitman brothers. Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton. “wildlife” print designed by Eric Chase Anderson. THE DARJEELING LIMITED. Photo Roger Do Minh. © the Design Museum