With Bambi as the film of the month here--in celebration of our new exhibition Water to Paper, Paint to Sky: The Art of Tyrus Wong--at The Walt Disney Family Museum, this installment of Unusual Suspects turns its attention to a seldom discussed, yet important character—the Great Prince of the Forest.
In celebration of Disneyland’s birth month this past July, we focused our Spotlight Talks on one of The Walt Disney Family Museum’s most popular attractions, a model of “the Disneyland of Walt’s Imagination.”
Each month, we ask a museum staff member to answer five questions about their position at The Walt Disney Family Museum, their fondest Disney memories, and other personal tidbits. Today, we're asking Jeffrey Moffit... what do YOU do?
Join us as we continue to celebrate Disneyland's birth month with daily screenings from Walt's Disneyland television series. Click through for the history and genesis of Walt's series, which highlighted his Magic Kingdom and helped build it, too!
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival will be having a special presentation by John Canemaker on Windsor McCay's life and art.
Disneyland celebrates its 58th birthday today, July 17, 2013. In honor of this momentous occasion, let’s take at look back at some rare images from Disneyland’s birthday celebrations during its first fabulous decade.
Have you ever dreamed of designing your own theme park attraction? Come join us Saturday and Sunday, July 6-7 and 13-14 in the Learning Center for activities celebrating Disneyland’s birth month.
On June 23rd, 2013, Jose, Michael, Pierre, and Fritz celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room. We at The Walt Disney Family Museum would like to highlight the history of this landmark Disneyland attraction whose technological legacy continues to influence the world of themed entertainment around the globe.
Alex Kamer, Animation Supervisor at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios taught a wonderful hands-on workshop at the museum this last Saturday and gave participants the opportunity to bring to life some puppets from Robot Chicken!
With Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room's 50th anniversary celebration coming up at the end of this month, we take a look at the early day of Audio-Animatronics©, which includes the creation of Disney's very first mechanical robot: A Tiki Bird!