“One reason the Christmas season appeals to me is that it makes us suspend business-as-usual routine and lets our minds soar for a while… It is natural, of course, that I should think of Christmas in terms of imagination, for imagination is my business.” –Walt Disney
“Now, to tell you the truth,” Walt Disney said, “I was never a good artist. I was never satisfied with what I did, but it was a means to an end.” For a man who maintains a reputation as one of the world’s great artists, that thought is both a humble one, and an explanation of the place of art in his life.
"Disney Artists' Holiday Wis hes," a special collection of personal Holiday Greeting Cards—created by Disney Studio animators, comic strip artists, story men, a "Mooseketeer," and even the creator of the voice of Donald Duck—is our special holiday exhibition, and will run through December 31 this year. The delightful holiday exhibit features more than 50 hand-drawn cards, created from 1937-1970, by many of the most creative and well-known Disney talent. Today, we'd like to highlight the WDFM's...
Before the hustle and bustle of the Holiday Season, The Walt Disney Family Museum would like to thank our Volunteer Team for sharing your time and passion with us. The broad support of our growing Volunteer Team contributes directly to the success of our mission and supports every department at our museum.
Continuing Walt Disney’s legacy of support for Toys for Tots, The Walt Disney Family Museum is again collecting toys for children and young people throughout the Bay Area.
Throughout the month of December, The Walt Disney Family Museum screens Christmas with Walt Disney, a museum-exclusive film that looks back at the various ways Walt celebrated the holidays over the years—with his family, in his films, and at Disneyland.
Each month, we ask a musuem staff member to answer five questions about their position at The Walt Disney Family Museum, their fondest Disney memories, and personal tidbits. This month, for the first time, we're highlighting someone from the Communications & Marketing team—on her birthday, too! So, Andi Wang, what do YOU do?!
Can a man who was born more than a century ago still influence the best and brightest of his craft’s latest generation? He sure can…especially if he’s Walt Disney.
“And now comes Christmas, when merchandise as Christmas gifts can be sold in large quantities. What would be more acceptable than a ‘Mickey Mouse’ gift?”
In celebration of our special exhibit, we asked YOU to design, draw, sketch, paint, or create YOUR very own holiday card to send to us. As all the holiday cards in our special exhibition are seen as a reflection of each artist’s distinct creative and artistic style that made them a Disney Studio great...
How could such a man really exist? In a way, there is a prevailing doubt that is pretty easy to understand. No one man could have given so much to the world, so consistently, and over so much time. No one man could have that huge a creative spirit. No one man could have that kind of vision for the future...
On Friday, December 2, members of The Walt Disney Family Museum enjoyed the exclusive Members Holiday Party. The Museum galleries were open late for Members and their families and friends to enjoy. Famed Disneyland pianist Rod Miller played jolly Disney tunes in the Lobby, a caricature artist created portraits...
Countdown to midday, not midnight at The Walt Disney Family Museum’s ‘Noon Year’s Eve Celebration,’ 10am-12pm, December 31, 2011. Designed specifically for families, the two-hour Celebration includes a special showing of Disney’s beloved The Love Bug, the opportunity to take pictures with an original Herbie...
The movie poster made its point in one exclamatory word: “Breathtaking.” That’s Walt Disney’s Third Man on the Mountain (1959), the compellinglive-action feature about young mountain climber Rudi Matt (James MacArthur) and his quest to conquer the “killer” mountain that towers above his village in 1865 Switzerland...
Museum Members and visitors celebrated ‘Noon Year’s Eve’ yesterday, ringing in the New Year at the far more respectable hour of 12 noon rather than 12 midnight...
According to legend, in 1842, seven years before California’s famous gold rush, a rancher named Francisco Lopez fell asleep beneath a large oak tree on his Placerita Canyon ranch and dreamed of finding gold. When Lopez awoke, he pulled up wild onions to eat that were growing underneath the oak and found gold nuggets in the roots of the onions...