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Find animation, innovation, and inspiration at The Walt Disney Family Museum
The Presidio of San Francisco
Joined May 2009
Join us for a conversation with award-winning director Brenda Chapman, who served as head of story on "The Lion King" (1994), helped launch DreamWorks Animation Studios, and wrote and directed Disney and Pixar’s award-winning feature film "Brave" (2012).
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We would like to congratulate Pete Docter and Don Peri for their Special Achievement Annie Award for their book "Directing at Disney: The Original Directors of Walt's Animated Films", the basis of our special exhibition Directing at Disney—on view through March 16. 🎬
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🎵Hi-diddle-dee-dee! An Academy Award® for me!🎵 On this date 85 years ago, "Pinocchio" premiered in New York, later winning the Academy Award for Best Song for "When You Wish Upon a Star".
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In conjunction with our new book, Walt Disney Treasures: Personal Art and Artifacts from The Walt Disney Family Museum, take a closer look at these artifacts from influential German artist Heinrich Kley in our Awards Lobby. 🔍 Read more here:
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We congratulate animation historian and friend of the museum John Canemaker on being inducted into ASIFA's Animation Educators' Forum Hall of Fame. Canemaker curated MAGIC, COLOR, FLAIR: the world of Mary Blair (2014) and Wish Upon a Star: The Art of Pinocchio (2016).
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✨We can fly!✨ On this date in 1953, Walt Disney’s "Peter Pan" first flew into theaters.
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✨We can fly!✨ On this date in 1953, Walt Disney’s "Peter Pan" first flew into theaters.
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On this date 70 years ago, "Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue" (1954) was released. Starring fellow Disney Legends Richard Todd and the late Glynis Johns, "Rob Roy" was the final film of the early 1950s run of Disney live-action features produced in England.
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They say we are birds of a feather! 🦜 On this date 80 years ago, "The Three Caballeros" (1945) was widely released after its earlier Mexico City world premiere in 1944.
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Tonight is the Grammys®! Did you know that "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) had the first commercially released motion picture soundtrack album? 💿 See the songsheets now at The Walt Disney Family Museum.
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Tonight's the Grammys®! Did you know that "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) had the first commercially released soundtrack album? 💿 See the songsheets now at The Walt Disney Family Museum.
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We might not be located “Down in New Orleans”, but you can feel like you are “Almost There” this February with a special month-long screening of "The Princess and the Frog" (2009), where a good time is just a bayou away. Join us on certain Sundays for sensory-friendly screenings.
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We’re excited to be a 2025 nominee for Best Pop Culture Museum as part of USA TODAY @10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards. Voting closes on Monday, February 10, with the top 10 winners to be announced on Wednesday, February 19. Vote:
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This January, we're bundling up some #SnowSightings in our galleries. It's time ⏰ for our last #SnowSighting with the icon herself, Snow White! Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered on December 21, 1937 at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles.
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Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧 🐍 As we enter the Year of the Snake, we are celebrating with one our favorite sssssslithery friends, Kaa from "The Jungle Book" (1967).
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On this date 60 years ago, a Disney film that's anything but a wild goose chase—"Those Calloways"—was released to theaters. The drama featured Disney veteran Brian Keith, multiple-time Academy Award®-winner Walter Brennan, Disney Legend Ed Wynn, and two Sherman brothers songs.
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✨ Join us for a Black History Month discussion of Groundbreaking Magic, a new book telling the story of how Disney Legend Martha Blanding became the first Black tour guide at Disneyland in 1971 and went on to have a half-century long career with Disney.
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✨ Join us for an exclusive talk with the sons of Disney Legend and influential director Wolfgang “Woolie” Reitherman about their father’s work, legacy, and lasting impact, in addition to their own involvement in the feature films that he directed.
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🐍 In celebration of the Lunar New Year, our Education team created Year of the Snake ornaments and polymer clay figures. Now available in the Museum Store, all proceeds go towards Education scholarships at The Walt Disney Family Museum. Available in-person only.
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This January, we're bundling up some #SnowSightings in our galleries. This issue of "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" was released 80 years ago this month! Donald is pushing Mickey in a sled—neither realizing that they're "sitting ducks" for Donald's nephew with a camera 🦆 📸
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