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Celebrate the start of summer by going on a trip to The Walt Disney Family Museum for the film of the month: Walt Disney’s Bon Voyage! Based on the book by Marrijane and Joseph Hayes, Bon Voyage! stars Disney Legend and film celebrity Fred MacMurray, who had leading roles in seven Disney feature films. This summer marks the 50th anniversary since the film’s original theatrical release in 1962, and will be screened daily at 1 and 4 p.m. in The Walt Disney Family Museum’s state-of-the-art digital theater throughout the month of June...

Each month, we introduce you to one of our Members, so you can see the varied and frequently fascinating people who have come together to learn and experience more about the life, work, philosophies, and ideals of Walt Disney. This month, we’d like you to meet FOUNDING MEMBER Walt Blanchard!

Heinrich Kley’s influence on Walt Disney is undeniable. In 1935, Walt travelled extensively through Europe and returned with a handful of pieces by the German artist. Walt was drawn to the drama and emotion of Kley’s work, and wished to achieve a similar powerful visual narrative and sense of storytelling on screen...

In observance of Memorial Day today, Diane Disney Miller--The Walt Disney Family Museum's co-founder and daughter of Walt Disney--penned this entry about a trip she took to the National World War I Museum to celebrate their acquisition of a WWI Ford ambulance--similar to the one her father drove in the first World War. Happy Memorial Day! 

On Saturday, May 19, two-time Academy Award®-winning director Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) sat before a packed house at The Walt Disney Family Museum and discussed many of the stories Walt Disney adapted for the big screen. Author and Disney Historian Jeff Kurtti was on hand to moderate, and together the two speakers gave the audience fascinating insight into some of the movies many of us grew up watching...

In honor of the Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary, we're presenting--in conjunction with The Presidio Trust--a special film series The Bridge on the Big Screen: Movies Starring the Golden Gate Bridge, here at The Walt Disney Family Museum. These screenings will be free on a first come, first served basis--tickets will be handed out starting at 10AM at the Museum, on the day of each screening. 

In 1918, when George M. Cohan song “Over There” entreated young men to “grab your gun, on the run...do your bit, show your grit...make your Daddy glad ...make your Mother proud,” thousands heeded this call. Four years into World War I, a young Walt Disney was one of them. Filled with patriotic enthusiasm, and captivated by recruitment ads like “The Red Cross versus the Iron Cross,” young men barely past boyhood signed up to travel overseas and fight in The Great War...

The San Francisco Arts Education Project, in cooperation with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, presents INTERNATIONAL ORANGE: The Bridge Re-imagined, an exhibition featuring artwork created by students from San Francisco public schools to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.

The Walt Disney Family Museum is looking for volunteers to help share the history of animation, film, and the life and legacy of Walt Disney with guests from around the world.  Volunteers work directly with visitors sharing the inspirational and interactive experience of 10 galleries that narrate the life and work of Walt Disney.  We are currently seeking volunteers to help grow our Gallery Attendant and Special Event Assistant rosters. 

Having formed RKO-Walt Disney British Productions Lts., and succeeded in filming a most creditable live-action feature, Walt Disney decided to continue making films in England, with Perce Pearce as his producer.  They decided to continue in the action-adventure genre, and chose as their next project Robin Hood...