Current Exhibition Disney Cats & Dogs June 24, 2023?June 2, 2024 Disney Cats & Dogs ?explores the evolution and innovation of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ animal-inspired animation and storytelling through the decades, and the massive undertaking involved in bringing their iconic cats and dogs to life on screen. ... More Info Current Exhibition 100th Anniversary Pop-Up Objects Monthly Rotations To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Walt Disney Company, The Walt Disney Family Museum is showcasing objects from the museum’s collection which highlight important moments in Walt’s career. These objects, which include recent... Learn More Featured Experience Birthday Parties Book Now Choose between? The Jungle Book ?(1967)?or? Alice in Wonderland ?(1951) themes?to create a themed fairytale birthday party at The Walt Disney Family Museum. Learn More Enjoy the Museum from Anywhere Virtual Tour & Museum Highlights Anyone in the world can experience and enjoy the museum?with our Virtual Tour and Museum Highlights. Benefitting from a wide range of embedded digital media content, the Virtual Tour brings Walt’s inspirational message directly to people’s streamable... Learn More Featured Experience Spotlight Talks Weekends only, dates and times vary 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. Learn More Previous Next Featured Events Films Big Hero 6 (2014) Join us this May for a special month-long screening of the Academy Award®-winning animated feature Big Hero 6 (2014). Based on the popular Marvel... Sat & Sun, May 4?26 | 2pm No screenings May 18 Buy Tickets Special Events Community Day | Disney Cats & Dogs Closing Celebration Celebrate the closing of our special exhibition, Disney Cats & Dogs, with a very special Community Day event at The Walt Disney Family Museum. Join us... Sun, Jun 2 | 10am?2pm Read More Workshops In-Person Workshop | Digital Painting with Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay Walt Disney had many friendly felines grace the screen in his films, and today is no exception! Whether it be a mischievous mouser like Mittens from... Sat, Aug 3 | 10:30am?12:30pm Buy Tickets Classes Summer Class | The Story Quest Whether taking a trail into the dark woods, or a journey to a mysterious castle, or even a simple bike ride to school, stories can let your... Mon?Fri, Jun 10?21 (no class Jun 19) | 9am?3pm Buy Tickets Classes Summer Class | Charcoal Fundamentals: Light and Shadow At the heart of every great artist is a strong foundation of skills allowing them to take their ideas and turn the imaginary into reality. Join us... Mon?Fri, Jun 24?Jul 3 (no class Jul 4 & 5) | 9am?3pm Buy Tickets Classes Summer Class | Costume Design: Eras Fashion is a form of history we wear! Join us for this two-week intensive class as you learn how to design memorable and original costumes from the... Mon?Fri, Jul 8?19 | 9am?3pm Buy Tickets Workshops Studio Series | Animate a Boat (Adult Session) Make a splash at this Studio Series! From hand-drawn techniques in Walt Disney’s Pinocchio (1940) to 3D innovations in Walt Disney Animation Studios’... Sat, Aug 17 | 10:30am?noon Buy Tickets Workshops Studio Series | Animate a Spoonful of Sugar (Adult Session) This Studio Series is sure to be “practically perfect in every way”! Fly a (metaphorical) kite with us as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mary... Sat, Aug 31 | 10:30am?noon PT Buy Tickets Workshops Studio Series | Animate a Roller Coaster (Adult Session) Hang on tight for the “wildest ride in the wilderness!” During this western-themed workshop, we will celebrate the 45th anniversary of Disneyland’s... Sat, Sep 21 | 10:30am?noon Buy Tickets Previous Next 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. Explore Walt Disney The man. His story. His innovations. Read More Blog Log in or register to post comments Miniature Vase with Dragon Walt collected, crafted, and curated a breadth of miniatures, including ceramics, glassware, silver cutlery, paper books and magazines, wooden furniture, musical instruments, dolls, faux fruits, candelabras, checkers and playing cards, and working firearms. This vase?which stands at just one-and-a-quarter inches tall?is finely crafted of porcelain, enamel, and gilding. Some of the hand-painted brushstrokes are the width of a human hair. This is part of a set of miniature porcelain vessels by the same artist, each with a different shape and design. Read More Log in or register to post comments Walt Sets Sail: Disneyland’s Sailing Ship Columbia An oft-repeated story from the 1950s involved Walt Disney and Disneyland executive Dick Nunis. One day at the park, the pair stood along the Rivers of America with a view of the water traffic. The... Read More Log in or register to post comments The Happiest Millionaire and One of Walt Disney’s Last Known Appearances on Film In October 1966, Walt Disney filmed an introduction for a special invitational screening of Follow Me, Boys! (1966)?a live-action film notable for being the acting debut of future Disney Legend Kurt... Read More Log in or register to post comments 100 Years Ago: Walt Meets Hollywood 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... Read More Log in or register to post comments 100 Years Ago: The First Disney Bros. Movie 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. Read More Log in or register to post comments 100 Years Ago: Walt Goes West 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... Read More Log in or register to post comments Charitable Giving: Walt Disney and the John Tracy Clinic Throughout his life, Walt Disney was dedicated to giving back to his community and generously supported many charities, especially those that benefitted children. From Toys for Tots to the Jules Stein... Read More Log in or register to post comments Remembering Jim Korkis We are saddened to hear of the passing of Disney historian Jim Korkis. Jim interviewed Diane Disney Miller many times for his projects, and Diane shared, "I have not hesitated to correspond with Jim... Read More Log in or register to post comments “We’re Just Getting Started”: Disneyland’s Tencennial Anniversary in 1965 “Ten years of fantasy, ten years of fun, ten years of growing, and we’ve only just begun…” In its first decade of operation, Disneyland Park welcomed nearly 50 million guests, its attractions and... Read More Previous Next Diane Disney Miller About Our Founder Read More
Current Exhibition Disney Cats & Dogs June 24, 2023?June 2, 2024 Disney Cats & Dogs ?explores the evolution and innovation of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ animal-inspired animation and storytelling through the decades, and the massive undertaking involved in bringing their iconic cats and dogs to life on screen. ... More Info
Current Exhibition 100th Anniversary Pop-Up Objects Monthly Rotations To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Walt Disney Company, The Walt Disney Family Museum is showcasing objects from the museum’s collection which highlight important moments in Walt’s career. These objects, which include recent... Learn More
Featured Experience Birthday Parties Book Now Choose between? The Jungle Book ?(1967)?or? Alice in Wonderland ?(1951) themes?to create a themed fairytale birthday party at The Walt Disney Family Museum. Learn More
Enjoy the Museum from Anywhere Virtual Tour & Museum Highlights Anyone in the world can experience and enjoy the museum?with our Virtual Tour and Museum Highlights. Benefitting from a wide range of embedded digital media content, the Virtual Tour brings Walt’s inspirational message directly to people’s streamable... Learn More
Featured Experience Spotlight Talks Weekends only, dates and times vary 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. Learn More
Films Big Hero 6 (2014) Join us this May for a special month-long screening of the Academy Award®-winning animated feature Big Hero 6 (2014). Based on the popular Marvel... Sat & Sun, May 4?26 | 2pm No screenings May 18 Buy Tickets
Special Events Community Day | Disney Cats & Dogs Closing Celebration Celebrate the closing of our special exhibition, Disney Cats & Dogs, with a very special Community Day event at The Walt Disney Family Museum. Join us... Sun, Jun 2 | 10am?2pm Read More
Workshops In-Person Workshop | Digital Painting with Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay Walt Disney had many friendly felines grace the screen in his films, and today is no exception! Whether it be a mischievous mouser like Mittens from... Sat, Aug 3 | 10:30am?12:30pm Buy Tickets
Classes Summer Class | The Story Quest Whether taking a trail into the dark woods, or a journey to a mysterious castle, or even a simple bike ride to school, stories can let your... Mon?Fri, Jun 10?21 (no class Jun 19) | 9am?3pm Buy Tickets
Classes Summer Class | Charcoal Fundamentals: Light and Shadow At the heart of every great artist is a strong foundation of skills allowing them to take their ideas and turn the imaginary into reality. Join us... Mon?Fri, Jun 24?Jul 3 (no class Jul 4 & 5) | 9am?3pm Buy Tickets
Classes Summer Class | Costume Design: Eras Fashion is a form of history we wear! Join us for this two-week intensive class as you learn how to design memorable and original costumes from the... Mon?Fri, Jul 8?19 | 9am?3pm Buy Tickets
Workshops Studio Series | Animate a Boat (Adult Session) Make a splash at this Studio Series! From hand-drawn techniques in Walt Disney’s Pinocchio (1940) to 3D innovations in Walt Disney Animation Studios’... Sat, Aug 17 | 10:30am?noon Buy Tickets
Workshops Studio Series | Animate a Spoonful of Sugar (Adult Session) This Studio Series is sure to be “practically perfect in every way”! Fly a (metaphorical) kite with us as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mary... Sat, Aug 31 | 10:30am?noon PT Buy Tickets
Workshops Studio Series | Animate a Roller Coaster (Adult Session) Hang on tight for the “wildest ride in the wilderness!” During this western-themed workshop, we will celebrate the 45th anniversary of Disneyland’s... Sat, Sep 21 | 10:30am?noon Buy Tickets
Log in or register to post comments Miniature Vase with Dragon Walt collected, crafted, and curated a breadth of miniatures, including ceramics, glassware, silver cutlery, paper books and magazines, wooden furniture, musical instruments, dolls, faux fruits, candelabras, checkers and playing cards, and working firearms. This vase?which stands at just one-and-a-quarter inches tall?is finely crafted of porcelain, enamel, and gilding. Some of the hand-painted brushstrokes are the width of a human hair. This is part of a set of miniature porcelain vessels by the same artist, each with a different shape and design. Read More
Log in or register to post comments Walt Sets Sail: Disneyland’s Sailing Ship Columbia An oft-repeated story from the 1950s involved Walt Disney and Disneyland executive Dick Nunis. One day at the park, the pair stood along the Rivers of America with a view of the water traffic. The... Read More
Log in or register to post comments The Happiest Millionaire and One of Walt Disney’s Last Known Appearances on Film In October 1966, Walt Disney filmed an introduction for a special invitational screening of Follow Me, Boys! (1966)?a live-action film notable for being the acting debut of future Disney Legend Kurt... Read More
Log in or register to post comments 100 Years Ago: Walt Meets Hollywood 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... Read More
Log in or register to post comments 100 Years Ago: The First Disney Bros. Movie 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. Read More
Log in or register to post comments 100 Years Ago: Walt Goes West 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... Read More
Log in or register to post comments Charitable Giving: Walt Disney and the John Tracy Clinic Throughout his life, Walt Disney was dedicated to giving back to his community and generously supported many charities, especially those that benefitted children. From Toys for Tots to the Jules Stein... Read More
Log in or register to post comments Remembering Jim Korkis We are saddened to hear of the passing of Disney historian Jim Korkis. Jim interviewed Diane Disney Miller many times for his projects, and Diane shared, "I have not hesitated to correspond with Jim... Read More
Log in or register to post comments “We’re Just Getting Started”: Disneyland’s Tencennial Anniversary in 1965 “Ten years of fantasy, ten years of fun, ten years of growing, and we’ve only just begun…” In its first decade of operation, Disneyland Park welcomed nearly 50 million guests, its attractions and... Read More