Directing at Disney will spotlight many of the legendary directors whose creative talent and innovations made Walt Disney’s animated films possible, and will showcase an extensive selection of rare film artifacts from The Walt Disney Studios and...
Readers of all ages and backgrounds will be inspired and entertained by images and stories of the unique personal ephemera, artifacts, and treasures found in the book, which include Walt’s handwritten designs of EPCOT, the bronzed hat gifted to his...
Enjoy the perfect Disney celebration with a birthday party at The Walt Disney Family Museum! Choose from a selection of classic Disney movies to be inspired by and create the birthday party of your dreams.
New Object Every Two Months October 2024–September 2025
To celebrate the release of our new book, Walt Disney Treasures: Personal Art and Artifacts from The Walt Disney Family Museum, we are displaying rare and unique objects from the collection that are also featured in the book. Some of the artifacts...
Connect objects in our galleries with the stories behind them as we look closer at Walt Disney's life and legacy. Join a museum staff member for a brief exploration of topics central to Walt's life.
On March 18, 1967, the beloved attraction Pirates of the Caribbean opened at Disneyland. “Arrr you ready to sail on into our theater to celebrate this...
Sat & Sun, Mar 1–30 | 2pm No screening Mar 9 or 15
In conjunction with our current special exhibition, Directing at Disney, we are excited to present an in-depth conversation with Academy Award®, BAFTA...
“How curious”—and it will only get curiouser in this Studio Series! Pull up a chair and pour some tea with us to honor the 15th anniversary of Disney...
Join us for this magical workshop as story artist and art director Alessandra Sorrentino delves into the key aspects of crafting memorable and solid...
Join us for a very special Storytime with illustrator and art director Eliza Reisfeld, who will be reading <em>My Zoo: A Book of Feelings</em>, a book...
Join us for an exclusive conversation with Japanese American artist Willie Ito about his inspiring decades-long career in animation. After Ito and his...
Walt landed his first major contract, opened a new studio, and fell in love with an inker. A sudden turn of events would spark the idea for Mickey Mouse.
Since childhood, Walt Disney had been a fan of the works of Jules Verne, including the author’s classic 1870 science-fiction novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. But later, as a film producer, he was...
In honor of the opening of our latest special exhibition, Directing at Disney, exhibition co-curator and animation historian Don Peri shared his thoughts about his friendship and collaboration with to...
To celebrate the release of our new book, Walt Disney Treasures: Personal Art and Artifacts from The Walt Disney Family Museum, we are displaying rare and unique...
Watching Alice’s Wonderland, the short pilot cartoon Walt Disney carried with him on his journey west to Los Angeles in 1923, it's ironic to consider the character Alice’s own journey by animated...
Strolling the galleries at The Walt Disney Family Museum, visitors discover how brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney formed a business partnership in October 1923. They quickly began producing animated short subjects known as the Alice Comedies from a small office in Los Angeles.
It was late July 1923 and Walt Disney had failed. His Laugh-O-gram Films was headed for bankruptcy and, with little prospects left in Kansas City, Missouri, he was pulling up stakes. Hollywood was his...
It’s a story that has become almost legendary. But it’s much better, in fact, because it’s true. On many a Friday afternoon at the Walt Disney Studios during the mid-1960s, Walt Disney would call...
Ask any dedicated Disney fan and they will tell you: Walt loved trains. “Trains were a part of his whole psyche, I think,” Disney Legend Tony Baxter shared in the Disney+ Original Series Behind the...
Walt Disney was no stranger to London. Multiple visits to England between the 1930s and 1950s—often for on-set visits to his live-action films such as Treasure Island (1950), The Story of Robin Hood...
