The streamlined, easy-to-use WDFM mobile app has been carefully created to enhance the guest experience in a variety of ways—both for guests visiting The Walt Disney Family Museum in person and for the public to virtually enjoy from the comfort of...
"There is just one moon and one golden sun, And a smile means friendship to everyone. Though the mountains divide and the oceans are wide, it's a small world after all."
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...
In honor of Veterans Day, The Walt Disney Family Museum is pleased to debut its fifth Community Access Exhibition, Veterans’ Voices: Painted Realities, featuring original artworks by U.S. military veterans. The exhibition will serve as a platform for...
Join director, producer, and talent agent Richard Kraft for behind-the-scenes stories from his work at Kraft-Engel Management, including Tim Burton's...
Join Broadway actor and author Alton Fitzgerald White as he shares behind-the-scenes stories from originating the role of King Mufasa in Disney’s The...
Walt Disney always encouraged his animators to remain students and to continually learn and improve their craft with every project. Bring your art and...
Join director, effects animator, screenwriter, and story artist Mark Dindal for behind-the-scenes stories from his work on Disney’s Mickey’s Christmas...
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.
Need something to do while you are stuck inside? We have compiled ten articles exploring different facets of Walt's life for you to read, and are starting a Blog Club on our Facebook page to foster...
Former Disney artist Willie Ito was 5 years old when he was taken to a neighborhood theater to see Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Two years later, returning to San Francisco from a weekend family outing to Santa Cruz, “There were armed soldiers stopping some of the cars,” as Ito remembers. The United States had been attacked at Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan that morning.
In the history of The Walt Disney Studios, animator Fred Moore (1911–1952) is considered among the leading artists who helped originate and define the Disney style, matching appealing design with...
In the history of The Walt Disney Studios, animator Fred Moore (1911–1952) is considered among the leading artists who helped originate and define the Disney style, matching appealing design with...
Disney historian, musician, and composer Ross Care provides us with an in-depth look into the marvelous music of Walt Disney’s groundbreaking series of cartoon short subjects—the Silly Symphonies.
