Upcoming Exhibition
Oct 23, 2026–Apr 18, 2027
Earle is best known as the color stylist—the artist determining not only the colors but the entire visual look—for Walt Disney’s classic feature Sleeping Beauty (1959). His evocative concept and background art also shaped such endearing films as Lady...
Studio Programs
Dates, times, and age/skill levels vary
Adult and youth sessions are available! Classes teaching animation are offered as eight weekly two-hour sessions and announced quarterly. Workshops—themed to topics relating to Walt's life and legacy—are offered as standalone sessions without any...
Featured Experience
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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.
Education
2026–27 school year
Our goal is to provide Bay Area students an opportunity to engage with art and animation in creative and inspiring ways within their school. Through hands-on activities related to the life of Walt Disney, students will explore important elements of...
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Explore how railroading influenced Walt’s films, theme parks, and personal life, as well as how he influenced the perception and preservation of railroading in America. From his miniature Lilly Belle locomotive to the iconic Monorail at Walt Disney...
Enjoy the Museum from Anywhere
Navigate through all of our gallery spaces with our 360˚ museum tour.
Join us for a special screening of Disney Worldbuilders (2026), the newest documentary from filmmaker and author Leslie Iwerks. Through in-depth...
Fri, Sep 25 | 6:30pm
“Hello ‘dere’!” Join us as we celebrate inventor Ludwig Von Drake’s 65th anniversary. We will discuss how this wonderful character came to be and...
Sat, Sep 26 | 10:30am–noon
Films
Special Events
How about “a smackerel of honey?” In celebration of the 100th anniversary of A.A. Milne’s classic book, Winnie the Pooh, join us for a special...
Wed, Sep 30 | 6pm
“Wishing” for something sweet this autumn while apples are in season? Join us this October for special screenings of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the...
Fri–Sun, Oct 2–31 | 3pm
This October, The Walt Disney Family Museum presents a special sensory-friendly film screening of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977). To...
Fri–Sun, Oct 2–31 | 1pm
Workshops
Virtual
In honor of the grand opening of our Awaking Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle special exhibition, you are cordially invited to this thrilling animation...
Sat, Oct 10 | 10:30am–noon
Storytelling is a centuries-old human tradition and the ability to effectively tell stories through visual and written media is a powerful asset. This...
Every Sun, Oct 11–Nov 15 | 1–3pm
Workshops
Join us for some spooky spirits in this fun hands-on workshop centered around the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland Park! Our Education team will guide...
Thu, Oct 22 | 5–7pm
Soar like never before as The Walt Disney Family Museum commemorates the 85th anniversary of Walt Disney’s Dumbo (1941). As we dive into the story of...
Sat, Oct 24 | 10:30am–noon
Gallery 2
The Move to Hollywood
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.
A new personalized decorative window on Main Street, U.S.A. honoring Lillian Disney and her contributions to Disneyland was unveiled in a private ceremony on July 13, 2025—which would have been Walt...
“I was born in 1955, which is appropriate, because that’s when Disneyland was born,” says Don Hahn, a Disney Legend and Academy Award® winning producer of beloved classics like Beauty and the Beast (1...
“I always liked to show him something he hadn’t seen before.” That’s how Disney Legend and former Imagineer Rolly Crump once described his working relationship with Walt Disney in an interview with historian Jeff Baham.
For celebrated artist Josh Agle, growing up with annual visits to Disneyland® Park helped shape his literal world view. “I’m a really visual person,” he explains, “so I think in images more than words...
“Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me)”—the musical anthem of those many rascals and scoundrels we have adored for almost sixty years—is undoubtedly one of the most iconic Disney Parks songs. But how did this famous tune and its accompanying lyrics come to be? Hop in, landlubbers, and hold on tight—let’s take a little boat trip to find out…
Disney Legend Mary Blair was one of Walt Disney’s finest stylists—a visualizer of characters and worlds—but her work was not self-contained: it added up to something larger: a story. “Walt responded...
Opening more than a half-century ago in 1975, the iconic attraction was first envisioned by Walt Disney more than a decade earlier.
The longtime designer and historian is peeling back the layers of how Walt Disney recruited a distinctive team of artists and set designers to build his 1955 theme park.
In November 1918, a young Walt Disney stepped onto a ship named the Vauban, which was set to take him and his Red Cross Ambulance Corps unit from the United States all the way to France. For a 16-year...