In the 1950s, when Walt’s childhood hometown of Marceline, Missouri asked permission to name their new swimming pool and park after him, it triggered events, full steam ahead, toward a very historical event in the town’s history...
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 personal tidbits. Just in time for Halloween--and for all those trick-or-treaters out there--we've decided to highlight someone who's responsible for all the treats you'll find at our events: Carla Flores!
October 1, 2011 marked the Second Anniversary of our museum. There are various ways to celebrate an anniversary. Sometimes it is a big, blow-out party, other times its sitting in front of the TV watching a favorite film and eating popcorn. But if you are The Walt Disney Family Museum, you celebrate your anniversary with a Sing-Along!
Our thoughts go out to Steve Jobs’ family, friends and colleagues. A man ahead of his time, who left us before his time. His vision and legacy will always inspire.
One might have thought, in the fall of 1955, that Walt Disney might have had more pressing things to do than visit a film shoot in the remote backwaters of northeastern Georgia. After all, Disneyland had opened only a few months earlier and there was still a studio to run...
Disney fans from coast to coast will have reason to celebrate on October 1, 2011, as The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco marks its second anniversary—and the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida celebrates its 40th anniversary.
“I suppose I’ve always been in love with trains,” Walt wrote, and in October we will celebrate his lifelong locomotive love at The Walt Disney Family Museum, and here on Storyboard. This article appeared under Walt’s byline in the October 1965 issue of Railroad Magazine. Although certainly written by a Studio publicist or staff writer, it is factually correct, and communicates Walt’s thoughts and ideas authentically and accurately.
On Saturday night, September 24th, the Walt Disney Family Museum celebrated their loyal members and one of Walt’s favorite comfort foods, with "Chili & A Movie."
One of our most important jobs as Museum Educators is to help first-time visitors to The Walt Disney Family Museum understand that there is so much more to Walt Disney than what they’ve imagined—which is usually limited to Mickey Mouse, amusement parks, and cartoons...
A new audience-participation craze hit America in 2000 when the Academy Award®-winning film The Sound of Music packed theaters and concert halls with a version that had attendees wearing costumes and singing along with their favorite songs. Since then, many musical films have been given the sing-along treatment, including Walt Disney’s masterpiece, Mary Poppins.