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Disney Style has been our focus here at The Walt Disney Family Museum throughout April as we look into the evolving design sophistication of Disney animation--specifically brought to the fore with the production of Cinderella. In celebrating the evolution of creativity and design, we were thrilled to get the chance to sit down with Disney Fairy Tale Weddings designer Michael Shettel--Vice President of Design for Alfred Angelo--and pick his brain on what sparks his creativity, and how these beautiful Disney Princess-inspired gowns get translated from off the easel and down the aisle.

Now that you've read what inspires the designers at Disney Bridal, we'd love to see what inspires YOU. Sketch/design/draw up your own Disney Princess-inspired gown, and send us your artwork storyboard@wdfmuseum.org. We'd love to see where your imagination takes you!

In the late 1940s, Walt Disney was considering whether to continue with feature animation. The studio was deeply in debt after World War II. The war had dried up foreign revenues for features released during the early ‘40s. Animated features were suspended when the United States entered WW II.

Each month, we introduce you to one of our Members, so you can see the varied and frequently fascinating people who have come together to learn and experience more about the life, work, philosophies, and ideals of Walt Disney. This month, we’d like you to meet member Marty Fung!

Inspiration comes from many places. This Arbor Day we celebrate Walt Disney’s Dreaming Tree, where as a child he found much of his inspiration. A large Cottonwood tree located on the family farm in Marceline, Missouri, it was said that Walt and Ruth would spend warm days enjoying the shade of the towering canopy...

A stone's throw from the Museum is a stretch of highway that connects San Francisco with the Golden Gate Bridge. Locals call this road Doyle Drive and it's being slowly transformed into what will eventually be known as Presidio Parkway. After the dust settles, we'll have a thoroughfare that improves traffic and is more seismically stable...

On Saturday April 14, we invited our Members and other esteemed guests to our annual Mad Hatter's Tea Party. Here's a brief photo recap of the highlights...

“It’s always a challenge bringing a great story classic to the screen,” Walt Disney once said, “giving visual form to characters and places that have only existed in the imagination. But it’s the kind of challenge we enjoy.”

The moment when Cinderella is transformed from her tattered rags into her shimmering ball gown is said to have been one of Walt Disney’s favorite pieces of animation. The significance and legacy of the treasured Disney animated feature Cinderella are indisputable. The film was the studio’s first unqualified hit since 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , and restored financial stability to the debt-ridden postwar studio.

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. We've asked our special Heinrich Kley: From Fantasy to Fantasia exhibition's co-curator Michael Labrie... what do YOU do?

Walt Disney’s second live-action feature produced in England,The Story of Robin Hood, differed from the first, Treasure Island, in some important ways. Legends involving the mythical character of Robin Hood had circulated for hundreds of years, and by the time Walt tackled his film, many of those legends had already found their way to the screen in numerous film adaptations.

Having formed RKO-Walt Disney British Productions Lts., and succeeded in filming a most creditable live-action feature, Walt Disney decided to continue making films in England, with Perce Pearce as his producer. They decided to continue in the action-adventure genre, and chose as their next project Robin Hood...

The Walt Disney Family Museum is looking for volunteers to help share the history of animation, film, and the life and legacy of Walt Disney with guests from around the world. Volunteers work directly with visitors sharing the inspirational and interactive experience of 10 galleries that narrate the life and work of Walt Disney. We are currently seeking volunteers to help grow our Gallery Attendant and Special Event Assistant rosters.

The San Francisco Arts Education Project, in cooperation with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, presents INTERNATIONAL ORANGE: The Bridge Re-imagined , an exhibition featuring artwork created by students from San Francisco public schools to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.

In honor of the Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary, we're presenting--in conjunction with The Presidio Trust--a special film series The Bridge on the Big Screen: Movies Starring the Golden Gate Bridge, here at The Walt Disney Family Museum.

In observance of Memorial Day today, Diane Disney Miller--The Walt Disney Family Museum's co-founder and daughter of Walt Disney--penned this entry about a trip she took to the National World War I Museum to celebrate their acquisition of a WWI Ford ambulance--similar to the one her father drove in the first World War. Happy Memorial Day!

Each month, we introduce you to one of our Members, so you can see the varied and frequently fascinating people who have come together to learn and experience more about the life, work, philosophies, and ideals of Walt Disney. This month, we’d like you to meet FOUNDING MEMBER Walt Blanchard!

Celebrate the start of summer by going on a trip to The Walt Disney Family Museum for the film of the month: Walt Disney’s Bon Voyage! This summer marks the 50th anniversary since the film’s original theatrical release in 1962, and will be screened daily at 1 and 4 p.m. in The Walt Disney Family Museum’s state-of-the-art digital theater this June.

Starting this Summer, Museum staffers Andi Wang (right) and Anel Muller (left) will be reviewing movies--past and present--inspired by, related to, or produced by Disney. Today, we kick-off the "Wang and Muller, Watching Movies" series with a look at the new Snow White and the Huntsman, which is out in theaters today!

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. This month, we're asking our very own Byron Larsen... what do YOU do??