Current Exhibition
Nov 14, 2025–Sep 13, 2026
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...
Studio Programs
Dates, times, and age/skill levels vary
Classes teaching animation are offered as eight weekly two-hour sessions and announced quarterly—typically with both youth and adult sessions available. Workshops—themed to topics relating to Walt's life and legacy—are offered as standalone sessions...
Featured Experience
Book Now
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.
Store Highlight
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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...
Enjoy the Museum from Anywhere
Navigate through all of our gallery spaces with our 360˚ museum tour.
Films
Special Events
Join us for a truly unique cinematic experience that blends storytelling, community, and Pride! In partnership with Frameline, the organization that...
Thu, Jun 11 | 6:30pm
Step inside the art vault at Walt Disney Imagineering to learn how Imagineers preserve the artwork that brings your favorite Disney experiences to...
Sat, Jun 13 | 1pm
Summer Classes
Classes
Bring your imagination to life in this hands-on experimental animation Class at The Walt Disney Family Museum. Participants will explore...
Mon–Fri, Jun 15–26 (no class Jun 19)
9am–3pm
9am–3pm
During the run of the special exhibition, we will have regular screenings of a new featurette, Happiest Place on Earth: Walt’s Disneyland (2025)...
Thu–Sun, Nov 2025–Sep 13, 2026 | 1pm & 3pm
Mon, May 25–Sep 13, 2026 | 1pm & 3pm
No screenings May 22, 30, & 31
No 1pm screening Jun 22
Mon, May 25–Sep 13, 2026 | 1pm & 3pm
No screenings May 22, 30, & 31
No 1pm screening Jun 22
Nerdy cartographer and linguist Milo Thatch is constantly ridiculed by his bosses for his obsession with the mythical lost city of Atlantis. When he...
Thu-Mon, Jun 1–29 | 3pm
No screenings Jun 4, 5, 6, 13, & 18
No screenings Jun 4, 5, 6, 13, & 18
Talks
Virtual
Landscape architect Ruth Patricia Shellhorn—known for her work on Bullock’s department stores, Fashion Square shopping centers, and the original...
Wed, Jun 17 | 5:30pm PT
Summer Classes
Classes
Procreate offers a variety of powerful features that any artist can use! Join us in this two-week course to learn how to animate on an iPad using...
Mon–Fri, Jun 29–Jul 10 (no class Jul 3)
9am–3pm
9am–3pm
Summer Classes
Classes
Spark creativity and imagination in this youth imaginative environment Class at The Walt Disney Family Museum! Young artists will design their own...
Mon–Fri, Jul 13–24
9am–3pm
9am–3pm
Summer Classes
Classes
In this digital animation Class at The Walt Disney Family Museum, students will be introduced to important digital software and learn the core...
Mon–Fri, Jul 27–Aug 7
9am–3pm
9am–3pm
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.
For celebrated artist Josh Agle, growing up with annual visits to Disneyland® Park helped shape his literal world view. “I’m a really visual person,” he explains, “so I think in images more than words...
“Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me)”—the musical anthem of those many rascals and scoundrels we have adored for almost sixty years—is undoubtedly one of the most iconic Disney Parks songs. But how did this famous tune and its accompanying lyrics come to be? Hop in, landlubbers, and hold on tight—let’s take a little boat trip to find out…
Disney Legend Mary Blair was one of Walt Disney’s finest stylists—a visualizer of characters and worlds—but her work was not self-contained: it added up to something larger: a story. “Walt responded...
Opening more than a half-century ago in 1975, the iconic attraction was first envisioned by Walt Disney more than a decade earlier.
The longtime designer and historian is peeling back the layers of how Walt Disney recruited a distinctive team of artists and set designers to build his 1955 theme park.
In November 1918, a young Walt Disney stepped onto a ship named the Vauban, which was set to take him and his Red Cross Ambulance Corps unit from the United States all the way to France. For a 16-year...
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.
Overture
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...
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...