We are pleased to welcome back a very special guest this holiday season! Santa J Claus will be joining us to read “T’was the Night Before Christmas” and share his favorite Disney memories and holiday traditions. Santa J Claus will be joined by Ethan Reed, author and illustrator of Santa Stops at...
Emmy Award®-winning creator of Disney’s Teacher’s Pet (2000-05) Gary Baseman has long created art inspired by his furry best friends—both cats and dogs. In this workshop, use your own real or imaginary pets as inspiration to develop a unique character with a distinctive personality. Feel free to...
Do you ever wonder what your toys are up to when you’re not looking? Or if the new toys you get this holiday season will get along with your old toys? Find out by joining us this December for a special month-long screening of Disney and Pixar’s first feature-length collaboration, Toy Story (1995)...
Do you ever wonder what your toys are up to when you’re not looking? Or if the new toys you get this holiday season will get along with your old toys? Find out by joining us this December for a special month-long screening of Disney and Pixar’s first feature-length collaboration, Toy Story (1995)...
Tales of owls and magic have been told many times over the decades. They have been spoken, written, illustrated, and of course, animated! From the early days of hand-drawn techniques to stop-motion and even 3D animation, these whimsical birds come in all shapes and forms to display their mystical...
Folklore tells of creatures with wings and mysterious magical powers—the fluttering friends we call fairies. But not all fairies are easy to spot, let alone catch. Join us for this Pop-Up to see how these legendary beings have been portrayed in film from the earliest days of drawings to present-day...
As the days become shorter and cold nights grow longer, it is common to search for something to light up our lives. Whether it be the flame of a candle in a dark room or the spirit of the season that surrounds us. In this Pop-Up, spend a cozy morning with us as we build a Winter-themed lantern. We...
Dearly departed, we invite you to join us for an eerie Enchanted Evening at The Walt Disney Family Museum. 13 (un)lucky guests will immerse themselves in a private screening of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) while enjoying exclusive access to our latest exhibition Disney Cats &...
In celebration of The Walt Disney Company’s 100th anniversary, enjoy an exclusive screening of Westward Walt (2023), a new documentary from Disney Legend Don Hahn that chronicles the incredible events that led Walt and his brother Roy to Hollywood to open their animation studio 100 years ago. The...
Join us on International Animation Day as we celebrate more than 100 years of animation history, honor the artists of the past and present, and create animation of our own. In this drop-in activity, we will experiment with stop-motion animation using a miniature multiplane camera setup to explore...
Join us for a special presentation of I’m Hip (2023), an animated short film directed by veteran former Disney director and animator John Musker. I’m Hip tells the story of a cat who expresses his “hipness” to the world through jazz music.
This special film screening is presented in conjunction with our Talk | Growing Up Sherman with Sons of the Sherman Brothers Gregg and Jeff Sherman on Sat, Nov 4. This screening will include a special introduction from Richard Sherman's son, Gregg Sherman.
Join us for a special month-long screening of 101 Dalmatians (1996) and see how many familiar characters from the 1961 animated classic you can “spot” in this live-action reimagining featuring Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil, 101 Dalmatians, and a superb cast of talented humans including Jeff Daniels...
Just remember to leave the night light on for this Studio Series! The closet at home can feel like a simple place to store your stuff, hang clothes, or hide your laundry in, but at night it becomes a doorway into another world. For this ghastly workshop, we examine the lore of monsters in the closet...
Just remember to leave the night light on for this Studio Series! The closet at home can feel like a simple place to store your stuff, hang clothes, or hide your laundry in, but at night it becomes a doorway into another world. For this ghastly workshop, we examine the lore of monsters in the closet...
‘Tis the season to be spooky! And what would a lovely October day be without at least one journey through the forest? The woods are a wonderful location for storytelling and venturing into the unknown. Often used as a place for witches, monsters, and darkness, trees are also vehicles for thought...
The act of humans shifting into creatures has been a feature of our folklore for as long as we have been sharing stories. Whether passed down from generations through conversation or in books, images, television, or film, the act of transformation has a deeper meaning than simply changing form—and...
The act of humans shifting into creatures has been a feature of our folklore for as long as we have been sharing stories. Whether passed down from generations through conversation or in books, images, television, or film, the act of transformation has a deeper meaning than simply changing form—and...
As the winter season starts to roll in this month, so do some of our favorite animated character birthdays! From deep breaths to excitedly blowing out candles, examine the techniques artists use to simulate lungs filling with air and escaping our lips. Join us for a happy day of animating as we use...
As the winter season starts to roll in this month, so do some of our favorite animated character birthdays! From deep breaths to excitedly blowing out candles, examine the techniques artists use to simulate lungs filling with air and escaping our lips. Join us for a happy day of animating as we use...