Wishing you a [name of dwarf] holiday season from The Walt Disney Family Museum.
Of the hundreds of awards received by Walt Disney throughout his career, the most impressive and celebrated are arguably his collection of Academy Awards. Commonly known as Oscars, several examples stand out as testaments to some of the key moments of Walt’s filmmaking career.
Each month, we ask a staff member to answer five questions about their position at The Walt Disney Family Museum, their fondest Disney memories, and personal tidbits. This January, we ask Mary Beth Culler... what do YOU do?
In honor of President's Day, let’s take a look at a few instances that illustrate Walt Disney’s respect for the office of the presidency and his veneration for his favorite President, Abraham Lincoln.
Huell Howser, the host of TV series "California's Gold", passed away on January 7 earlier this year from prostate cancer. We were so saddened to have read this in the LA Times...
Walt Disney and the Story Department tweaked stories to make them as strong as possible for an animated film and its audience. Sleeping Beauty is no different, drawing influence from French writer Charles Perrault's story with the same name. Here are just a few differences we found between Disney’s Sleeping Beauty and the Grimm fairy tale on which it is partially based: “Briar Rose.”
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 other personal tidbits. If you live in San Francisco, you might have seen our month's "What Do YOU Do?" subject's work lining the streets, and zooming around on the side of public transportation. So today, we're asking Nancy Yee-Chan... what do YOU do??
This Fourth of July, Guest Operations Manager Chrysann Zongus takes a look at a few examples of Walt's devotion to America.
To celebrate Christmas in July, member Les Mize and his family update us on their Mickey Mouse Christmas House in Marinwood.
Join us at the Lucasfilm/ILM Premier Theater for an in-depth discussion about Walt's contributions to the 1964 New York World's Fair.
This month, we’d like you to meet our member Trish Healey!
Learn a little bit about The Walt Disney Family Museum's newest summer interns, in their own words!