From The Hobbit, The Wizard of Oz and The Princess Bride to Harry Potter and Snow White and the Huntsman, Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic invites audiences on a fantastical journey to unearth the inspiration behind this genre’s most magnificent creations. Hands-on installations include world building and mapmaking, and legendary pop culture artifacts. See iconic costumes from TV and the silver screen including The Wizard of Oz, Xena: Warrior Princess, Labyrinth, and The Princess Bride; pet a dragon designed by Seattle Opera; sit atop the Iron Throne from HBO's Game of Thrones; and view original hand-edited manuscript pages from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Other attractions include:
- a lifesize animatronic dragon
- Manuscript pages from The Hobbit, Or There and Back Again, with handwritten edits by Tolkien that include changing the dragon’s name from “Pryftan” to “Smaug,” 1930.
- Cowardly Lion costume from The Wizard of Oz (1939).
- Jim Henson's notebook, originally dated March 1983, containing ideas and research notes for the film Labyrinth (1986).
- Goblin King costume worn by David Bowie in Labyrinth (1986).
- Wedding gown and crown worn by Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright) in The Princess Bride (1986).
- Field armor circa 1580, worn by Siegmund Friedrich, Freiherr von Herberstein (d. 1621), an aristocrat from Southern Germany.
- Xena costume, sword, and chakram worn by Lucy Lawless on the TV series, Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001).
- Feather cape and gold dress worn by Charlize Theron as Queen Ravenna in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), and designed by Colleen Atwood.
- Prison jacket worn by Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).
- Battle headdress and staff used by the White Witch (Tilda Swinton) in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005).
