Please join us for a special Virtual Artists’ Reception for Veterans' Voices: Painted Realities on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31 at 11am Pacific Time. Hear comments from museum Executive Director Kirsten Komoroske, Director of Collections and Exhibitions and Exhibition Co-curator Marina Villar
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San Francisco, May 24, 2021—A new, 360-degree virtual recreation of The Walt Disney Family Museum’s current community outreach exhibition, Veterans Voices: Painted Realities, will be available to view for free starting on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31.
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Come explore the history of dinosaurs within animation while trying your hand at bringing your own brontosaurus to life, focusing on the principles of proportion, appeal, and solid drawing.
In this workshop, join us as we look into the history of iconic Martians in film and animation and utilize drawing principles such as appeal, timing, and exaggeration. Then take pencil to paper and animate your own otherworldly character sneaking around our planet.
Join us in this workshop as we explore the history of the Park and of elephants within the animated world. Then, using animation principles, create and animate your own elephant swinging its trunk to give itself a shower.
Join us in this workshop as we delve into the history of poster design and showcase how a single image can describe an entire film. Using shapes, tones, and unique aesthetics, you will then illustrate a dynamic movie poster of your own.
Take a journey with us as we look at Walt’s work involving the natural world and the history of badge icons, symbols, and design elements. Then take on a new challenge and create and stitch your very own wildlife badge.
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Plan your route by car, bus, or bicycle to the museum, which is located at 104 Montgomery Street in the historic Presidio of San Francisco.
Located in the Presidio of San Francisco, The Walt Disney Family Museum is one of the Bay Area’s most memorable event and meeting venues. Explore the unique opportunity to host your custom gathering with us by contacting our Events Team today.
We are excited to welcome you back to The Walt Disney Family Museum for fun-filled activities this summer. Both our Summer Adventures and Summer Mini Mysteries in-person programs are designed to accommodate best COVID safety practices. Program schedules are developed to include a balance between inside and outside time to offer socially-distant inspiring and engaging activities. Please see below for further information about what to expect this summer. A Welcome Packet will be sent out to participating families with additional information once they have registered.
Join Screenwriter Rita Hsiao as she shares behind-the-scenes stories from Walt Disney Feature Animation’s Mulan (1998) and Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 2 (1999).
Time for this month's WD-FM Museum Musings! Hear Chris and Bri discuss upcoming important dates in Disney history, ways to prioritize your mental health like Walt during Mental Health Awareness Month, and Asian American artists that worked at The Walt Disney Studios during Walt's lifetime. Director of Exhibitions and Collections Marina Villar Delgado rejoins the podcast to discuss virtual exhibitions and some of her favorite objects in the museum's collection.
Join Broadway and voice actress Susan Egan as she discusses her experiences as the original Belle in Broadway’s Beauty and the Beast, Megara in Disney’s Hercules (1997), and other impactful acting roles.
Join Disney Legend and voice actor Bill Farmer for behind-the-scenes stories from voicing the beloved and iconic characters of Walt Disney’s Goofy and Pluto.
This class is currently sold out, however, if you would like to be placed on a waitlist, please email studio@wdfmuseum.org.
Scholarships for this class are also still available. Please see Scholarship Opportunities below for more information.
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When the Disneyland TV show first flashed across the nation’s television screens on October 27, 1954, the animated opening sequence promised that viewers would occasionally be welcomed into Adventureland, “the wonder world of nature’s own realm.” This came as no surprise to the audience watching that night...
As early as 1942, Walt Disney had considered the possibilities of making a live action nature film. He had gone so far as to engage in discussions with the New York Zoological Society in 1944. At this time, the Walt Disney Studio was occupied by the military, and commercial film production had given way to making military training films. With war raging, the nature film became one of many of Walt’s dreams that were put on hold for the duration...
Spring has sprung and the hills are again full with flowers. Celebrate Earth Day with a fun and interactive workshop with nature artist John Muir Laws and learn how to block in the basic shapes, foreshorten flowers, and use watercolor or colored pencils to bring out the beauty in your own nature
Wish upon a star with WD-FM as Chris and Bri take a deep dive into Walt Disney's second animated feature film, Pinocchio (1940). An epic of animated cinema, Pinocchio is full of moments of artistic beauty and fun entertainment. Learn how this film was developed and some fun facts about the technology used to bring the film to life.
Walt Disney is celebrated not only for his transformative and lasting impact on our culture through the pioneering and perfecting of animation, family entertainment, and theme parks, but also for his reverence of nature and support for habitat conservation. Consistently ahead of his time, Walt