Walt Disney Family Museum

The fascinating and inspiring story of Walt Disney, whose artistry, creations, and vision helped define 20th-century American culture, will be brought to life at The Walt Disney Family Museum, which opens in San Francisco in October 2009. The Museum will illuminate Walt Disney’s tremendous successes, disappointments, and unyielding optimism as he pursued innovation and excellence while entertaining and enchanting generations worldwide through his pioneering ventures.  

Press Releases and Event Notifications:

• 12/09/15 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents Mel Shaw: An Animator on Horseback
• 07/02/15 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents Tomorrowland: Walt's Vision for Today July 22–December 7, 2015
  
• 06/30/15 - Award-winning Actress SIGOURNEY WEAVER to narrate exclusive audio experience of Disney and Dalí: Architects of the Imagination at The Walt Disney Family Museum 
  
• 06/01/15 - June Calendar of Events
• 05/08/15 - PINOCCHIO: The Making of the Disney Epic
• 04/07/15 - Disney and Dalí: Architects of the Imagination Exhibit
• 04/01/15 - April Calendar of Events
• 02/03/15 - February Calendar of Events
• 01/07/15 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents Lights! Camera! Glamour! The Photography of George Hurrell
• 01/02/15 - January Calendar of Events
  
  
• 12/04/14 - December Calendar of Events
• 09/09/14 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents All Aboard: A Celebration of Walt’s Trains
• September Calendar of Events
• 07/24/14 - The Walt Disney Family Museum's Fifth Anniversary - Programs, Activities, Screenings, and Special Events
• 05/29/14 - From Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room to the Presidio: A Special Barker Bird Lands at The Walt Disney Family Museum 
• 5/7/14 - Walt Disney Family Foundation and Weldon Owen Press present The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis and The Secrets of Walt Disney’s Movie Magic 
• 4/08/14 -  Find out what is takes to be an animator at The Walt Disney Family Museum’s Animation Summer Camps! in the Presidio of San Francisco
  June, July and August 2014
• 3/26/14 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents Leading Ladies and Femmes Fatales: The Art of Marc Davis April 30 - November 3, 2014
  
• 12/19/13 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents MAGIC, COLOR, FLAIR: the world of Mary Blair
• The Walt Disney Family Museum Offers Free Admission and Extended Hours December 5 in Honor of Walt's Birthday
• November 2013 Calendar of Events
• October 2013 Calendar of Events
• 9/10/13 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents Bruno Bozzetto: Animation Maestro!
• September 2013 Calendar of Events
• 8/06/13 - Free Family Day Kite Festival Celebrates Opening of Tyrus Wong Exhibition Saturday, August 17, 2013
• August 2013 Calendar of Events
• 5/28/13 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents Special Exhibition -- Water to Paper, Paint to Sky: The Art of Tyrus Wong
• June 2013 Calendar of Events
• May 2013 Calendar of Events
• April 2013 Calendar of Events
• 3/11/13 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Reexamines Alice in Wonderland with Contemporary Artist Camille Rose Garcia alongside works by Disney Legend Mary Blair
• March 2013 Calendar of Events
• 02/25/13 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Boasts Record Numbers in 2012 Under CEO Gabriella C. Calicchio’s Direction
• 02/12/13 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons Special 50th anniversary exhibition only on view in San Francisco for six weeks
• 01/27/13 - The Walt Disney Family Museum February Calendar of Events
• 01/10/13 - Walt Disney Still Record-Holder for Most Won Academy Awards in History
  Walt’s Oscar Collection Showcased at The Walt Disney Family Museum
• 01/08/13 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Hosts Special Valentine’s Day Party
• January 2013 Calendar of Events
• December 2012 Calendar of Events
• 10/25/12 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Will Host a Series of Public Programs in Conjunction with Special Exhibition Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Creation of a Classic November
• 6/12/12 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with Special Exhibition Illustrating the Creation of the Classic Film
• November 2012 Calendar of Events
• October 2012 Calendar of Events
• 8/16/12 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents Special Exhibition on Stop Motion Animation
• September 2012 Calendar of Events
• 6/28/12 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents New Monthly After-hours Party
  Animate Your Night
• June 2012 Calendar of Events
• May 2012 Calendar of Events
• April 2012 Calendar of Events
• 01/31/12 - Walt Disney Family Museum Hosts Special Screenings of Bambi To Celebrate Film’s Entrance into National Film Registry Two Big-screen Presentations on March 3
  
• 01/31/12 - Disney Family Museum February Events Calendar
  
  
• October 2011 Calendar of Events
• The Walt Disney Family Museum Appoints Gabriella C. Calicchio Chief Executive Officer
• September 2011 Calendar of Events
• August 2011 Calendar of Events
• July 2011 Calendar of Events
• June 2011 Calendar of Events
• May 2011 Calendar of Events
• April 2011 Calendar of Events
• March 2011 Calendar of Events
• 1/27/11 - The Walt Disney Family Museum Along with KCBS AM/FM and KRON TV’S Jan Wahl Present REEL GLAMOROUS, February 20, 2011 
• 1/25/11 - You’ll Wish YOU Were a Kid Again at The Walt Disney Family Museum Discovery Summer Camp!
• February 2011 Calendar of Events
• January 2011 Calendar of Events
  
  
• December 2010 Calendar of Events
• November 2010 Calendar of Events
• 9/27/10 - What Would Walt Do? The Walt Disney Family Museum Celebrates First Anniversary with a Youtube Contest
• October Calendar of Events
• 9/08/10 - Dave Stevenson: The Art of the Map, New Exhibition at The Walt Disney Family Museum
• 9/02/10 The Walt Disney Family Museum to Celebrate First Anniversary October 1-3, 2010
• September 2010 Calendar of Events
  
• August 2010 Calendar of Events
  
• July 2010 Calendar of Events
  
• June 2010 Calendar of Events
  
• The Art and Practice of Puppetry on April 24, 2010
  
• Walt Disney’s Peter Pan to be Showcased in a Special Exhibit at The Walt Disney Family Museum April 7, 2010 – June 27, 2010
  
• Art Classes and Summer Camp Programs information (4/5/10)
  
• May 2010 Calendar of Events
  
• April 2010 Calendar of Events
  
• March 2010 Calendar of Events
  
  
• The Walt Disney Family Museum Premieres a Special Holiday Film Christmas with Walt Disney
  
• November 2009 Events Calendar
  
• 9/15/2009: Inaugural Screenings, Lectures, and Concerts Launch The Walt Disney Family Museum Public Event Programs
  
• 9/09/2009: The Walt Disney Family Foundation Provides Grant for the Preservation and Display of Disneyland Railroad Car

A look at the Galleries of the Museum (A series of pre-opening releases):

• Press Release that includes an overview of the Museum
• Gallery 1: Beginnings: Walt Disney’s Early Years (1901-1923)
• Gallery 2: Hollywood (1923-1928)
• Gallery 3: New Horizons: The Emergence of the Walt Disney Studio (1928 to 1940)
• Gallery 4: The Move to Features: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• Gallery 5: New Success and Greater Ambitions
• Gallery 6:  The Late ‘30s to Mid ‘40s  
• Gallery 7: Post-War Rebuilding: Mid-‘40s to the early 1950s
• Gallery 8: Walt and the Natural World
• Gallery 9: The 1950s and 1960s: The Big Screen and Beyond
• Gallery 10: Remembering Walt Disney