Ray Harryhausen: Myths in Motion opens in Winchester, with the original Trog model shown for the first time

Ray Harryhausen: Myths in Motion opened in the Gallery at The Arc, Winchester, on 26 September 2026 and runs until 16 February 2027. The Arc, part of Hampshire Cultural Trust, built the exhibition from the archive of the Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation. More than 70 objects were chosen with Harryhausen's daughter, Vanessa Harryhausen, whose personal contributions appear throughout. The venue says the show marks 45 years since the premiere of his last film, Clash of the Titans (1981).

Three of the stop-motion models are named on the venue page: the skeletons from Jason and the Argonauts (1963), the Minaton from Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) and Medusa from Clash of the Titans. The original Trog is also on display, and the venue says this is the first time it has been shown. The exhibition also includes the detailed drawings Harryhausen made to pitch ideas to producers, so visitors can see how a sequence was sold before anything was built. Hung alongside the models are paintings and sketches by John Martin, Gustave Doré and Joseph Gandy, which the venue presents as early influences on Harryhausen's art and storytelling. The Gandy works are on loan from Tate and Southampton City Art Gallery. Peter Jackson and Aardman Animations are among the filmmakers whose tributes appear in the show.

On the opening day The Arc held a family screening of Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger and guided tours led by Connor Heaney and Vanessa Harryhausen. There was also a workshop where children made a Harryhausen-inspired creature from air-dry foam clay. The day closed with a screening of The Valley of Gwangi (1969), followed by a conversation with Vanessa Harryhausen, Connor Heaney, John Walsh and Mike Hankin. What the exhibition shows about how a Harryhausen sequence began, on paper and drawing on Romantic painting, has been added to the Wiki's Dynamation page.