May 16, 2019–Jan 6, 2020 Member Preview Night: Wed, May 15 | 6–8:45pm
Celebrate animation’s most beloved and recognizable character with this original exhibition. Explore Mickey’s influence on art and entertainment over the past nine decades and the story of his origin, rise to fame, and enduring world-wide appeal.
Enjoy light refreshments and connect with other educators while exploring the museum’s galleries. Take an interactive tour of our special exhibition Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men: Masters of Animation and then visit the Learning Center to preview the Education Department’s newest school experience offerings for the 2018–19 academic calendar.
Learn more about Alice in Wonderland (1951) in Gallery 7, and then practice thinking in three dimensions as you use translucency to animate a creature...
This month, we are screening two Academy Award ®-winners from Walt Disney’s True-Life Adventures series. First, explore the world of Alaskan wildlife...
September | Sat & Sun: 1pm & 4 pm No 1pm screening Saturday, September 14 & 28
Join Vice President of Disney Marketing and Disneynature Creative Lead Paul Baribault as he discusses his own contributions to documentary filmmaking...
Join us as we celebrate Walt’s original Magic Kingdom on Home Movie Day® with Randy Haberkamp and Lynne Kirste of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts...
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.
On November 30, 1955, Walt Disney’s Disneyland television program aired “The Story of the Animated Drawing,” an hour-length exploration of the medium that had made Walt famous. The show presented a documentary of the history of animation—from its ancient origins to its more modern innovations. During the 1910s and 20s, one of the medium’s dominant artists was renowned cartoonist Winsor McCay.
Tennessee Loveless is an artist currently based in Chicago, Illinois. Being colorblind, Loveless understands hues in a conceptual way, often making choices based on the fundamentals of color theory, word association, and color psychology, instead of considering the color itself.
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.
Former Disney artist Willie Ito recalls his first visit to the Studios 65 years ago, including a chance encounter with Walt Disney on an elevator, and his time working on Lady and the Tramp (1955).
Alice’s Wonderland—the last film Walt Disney made in Kansas City, Missouri—depicts the animated adventures of a true-to-life young girl in a make-believe world. In the original 1923 short film, Alice arrives by train in “Cartoonland.” A large welcoming committee of animated animal characters greets her with excitement and adoration. Walt’s subsequent arrival in Hollywood, also by train, was a bit humbler.
