No screening Sat, Sep 14, 21, & 22
Join us in celebrating going back to school this September with a month-long screening of Disney and Pixar’s Monsters University (2013), a fun-filled prequel that tells the story of how beloved Monsters Inc. (2001) stars Mike and Sully became best friends and the top scare team in the business!
Join us for a comprehensive discussion of the intersection of Walt Disney Imagineering and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) with Disney Research Fellow and recent National Inventors Hall of Fame® inductee Lanny Smoot, whose inventions have been featured in Disney attractions...
Thirty years since its contentious opening, Disneyland Paris has cemented its place among Disney Parks worldwide and other premier European attractions. Join former Walt Disney Imagineering executive designer Eddie Sotto as he revisits how Imagineers translated Main Street U.S.A. for a European...
In this fun and hands-on session, learn how to make your drawings truly come to life and put your creativity in the spotlight! For artists of all ages, join us in our Art Studio where an instructor will teach you step-by-step instructions on how to draw a unique cartoon character.
Hang on tight for the “wildest ride in the wilderness!” During this western-themed workshop, we will celebrate the 45th anniversary of Disneyland’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and look at the making of this beloved attraction. Mine your way through animation history as we uncover how animators...
Hang on tight for the “wildest ride in the wilderness!” During this western-themed workshop, we will celebrate the 45th anniversary of Disneyland’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and look at the making of this beloved attraction. Mine your way through animation history as we uncover how animators...

On view in August 2024.
To celebrate Walt's South America Goodwill trip taken in 1941, we have Walt and Lillian's passports on display for a limited time in our Awards Lobby. The passports include country stamps and Uruguayan money from their trip.
Join us for an in-depth conversation with Visual Development Artist Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay about designing unique costumes for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 2023 feature film, Wish. In addition to her work on Wish, Sastrawinata-Lemay has designed costumes for various Frozen projects, Raya and...
No screening Sat, Aug 4
Join the Banks children on a whirlwind adventure with their practically-perfect nanny Mary Poppins and her chimney-sweep pal, Bert, as they soar off to magical lands full of imagination, whimsy, and a bit of mischief. Slide up the banister and fly down to our theater to celebrate the 60th...
The Walt Disney Family Museum presents a special sensory-friendly film screening of the classic film One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). To make this film a comfortable experience for all, lights will be dimmed instead of off, volume will be slightly lowered, and closed captioning will be turned...

On view in July 2024.
This invitation to the Disney’s’ “Tempus Fugit Celebration” is addressed to Diane and Ron Miller—their eldest daughter and son-in-law—and features a hand drawn map in colored pencil showing their guests how to navigate the newly-built park.
“Hakuna Matata” is the motto in this workshop! Join us in this Studio Series as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Disney’s The Lion King (1994). Take a look behind the scenes of this beloved and acclaimed production and learn how reference material is pivotal to the process of animation. After...

Nancy Wolf, former Director of Facilities & Operations at The Walt Disney Family Museum, passed away on December 29, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Florida, surrounded by her family and friends.
Walt Disney had many friendly felines grace the screen in his films, and today is no exception! Whether it be a mischievous mouser like Mittens from Disney’s Bolt (2008) or a puzzling guide like Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland (1951), each one of these whiskered pals has their own look...
Walt Disney’s journey into the field of animation began with the stop-motion method. Before he started producing his own Laugh-O-gram short films, he worked for the Kansas City Film Ad Company, where he produced stop-motion commercials using paper cut-outs. Join us for this eight-week course and...

On view in June 2024.
Illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) and Walt Disney maintained a friendship and correspondence for many years. This 1935 edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which features eight oil painting illustrations by Rockwell, is inscribed: “To Walt Disney, with sincere respect for his great art, Norman Rockwell.”