Come explore the history of dinosaurs within animation while trying your hand at bringing your own brontosaurus to life, focusing on the principles of proportion, appeal, and solid drawing.
In this workshop, join us as we look into the history of iconic Martians in film and animation and utilize drawing principles such as appeal, timing, and exaggeration. Then take pencil to paper and animate your own otherworldly character sneaking around our planet.
In this workshop, join us as we look into the history of iconic Martians in film and animation and utilize drawing principles such as appeal, timing, and exaggeration. Then take pencil to paper and animate your own otherworldly character sneaking around our planet.
Take a journey with us as we look at Walt’s work involving the natural world and the history of badge icons, symbols, and design elements. Then take on a new challenge and create and stitch your very own wildlife badge.
Join us in this workshop as we delve into the history of poster design and showcase how a single image can describe an entire film. Using shapes, tones, and unique aesthetics, you will then illustrate a dynamic movie poster of your own.
Join us at The Walt Disney Family Museum to celebrate Earth Day with a replay of three events previously recorded during our October 2020 Virtual Community Day, The Big Green Draw: A Climate for Change.
Join us as Ron Diamond, Executive Producer of Acme Filmworks, hosts the annual Oscar® Showcase Tour. Watch a screening of this year’s Best Animated Short Film nominees and hear stories from some of the talented artists behind these spectacular movies.
We are thrilled to welcome you back to our Main Museum galleries beginning Thursday, April 22. Experience Walt Disney’s uplifting life story showcased through our state-of-the-art galleries, which house hundreds of memorable artifacts, original artworks, and a spectacular miniature model of...
Join Disney Legend and voice actor Bill Farmer for behind-the-scenes stories from voicing the beloved and iconic characters of Walt Disney’s Goofy and Pluto.
Join Broadway and voice actress Susan Egan as she discusses her experiences as the original Belle in Broadway’s Beauty and the Beast, Megara in Disney’s Hercules (1997), and other impactful acting roles.
Join Screenwriter Rita Hsiao as she shares behind-the-scenes stories from Walt Disney Feature Animation’s Mulan (1998) and Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 2 (1999).
Walt Disney is celebrated not only for his transformative and lasting impact on our culture through the pioneering and perfecting of animation, family entertainment, and theme parks, but also for his reverence of nature and support for habitat conservation. Consistently ahead of his time, Walt...
Join us in this workshop as we explore the history of the Park and of elephants within the animated world. Then, using animation principles, create and animate your own elephant swinging its trunk to give itself a shower.
Join us in this workshop as we explore the history of the Park and of elephants within the animated world. Then, using animation principles, create and animate your own elephant swinging its trunk to give itself a shower.
This class is currently sold out, however, if you would like to be placed on a waitlist, please email studio@wdfmuseum.org.
Scholarships for this class are also still available. Please see Scholarship Opportunities below for more information.
In this two-week class, students explore character...
In honor of Women’s History Month, join Ann Shen—Author and Illustrator of Chronicle Books’ Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World—for a workshop celebrating the legacy of one of Walt Disney’s most influential concept artists, Mary Blair. Hear about Blair’s...
We invite you and your family to celebrate Women’s History Month with a Virtual Storytime of Star Wars: I Am a Padawan with Actress and Author Ashley Eckstein. In this special presentation, learn about Eckstein’s path to bringing the story of Star Wars’ Ahsoka Tano to readers around the globe.
As a former Disney Channel sitcom actress, a current voice talent for Star Wars and Sofia the First projects, and now, as the designer behind a sci-fi/fantasy-inspired fashion company for women, Her Universe, Ashley Eckstein has made a name for herself across the Disney landscape in a unique way...
The Walt Disney Family Museum is pleased to announce the opening of our new special exhibition, The Walt Disney Studios and World War II, on Thursday, March 18, 2021 for members only and to the general public the following day, Friday, March 19.
Join DreamWorks Animation Executive Producer Aliki Theofilopoulos as she shares behind-the-scenes stories from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998), Tarzan® (1999), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), and Treasure Planet (2002), Disney Television Animation’s Phineas and Ferb ...