The Walt Disney Family Museum continues its celebration of the 70th anniversary of Disneyland with the debut of Happiest Place on Earth: The Disneyland Story, an original special exhibition curated by award-winning producer and Disney Legend Don Hahn...
Available to the public August 1 exclusively at the Museum Store
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...
Classes teaching animation are offered as eight weekly two-hour sessions and announced quarterly—typically with both youth and adult sessions available.
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.
Join us for a virtual screening of a new animated short film, Two Ships (2025), followed by a Q&A with its creators. In this hand-drawn film, a couple...
Whether you have recently watched Walt Disney’s animated classic or have not seen it “in a dog’s age,” join us for a special celebration of the 70th...
As part of our ongoing celebration of the Disneyland Resort 70th anniversary, we invite you to join us for an exciting look at its newest attraction,...
Join us as we continue our celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Jim Henson Company with a deep dive into the life and legacy of Muppet performer...
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.
70 years after Walt Disney opened his dream park, we take a look at some attractions that have stood the test of time and others that still live in our memories.
The year is 1935. America is mid-way through the Great Depression. The Dust Bowl is devastating the prairies. A war-weary world, whether aware or not, is a few short years from one of its...
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...
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...
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...
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...
