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More Info Current Exhibition 100th Anniversary Pop-Up Objects Monthly Rotations To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Walt Disney Company, is showcasing objects from the museum’s collection which highlight important moments in Walt’s career. These objects, which include recent... Learn More Featured Experience Birthday Parties Book Now Choose between The Jungle Book (1967) or Alice in Wonderland (1951) themes to create a themed fairytale birthday party at . Learn More Enjoy the Museum from Anywhere Virtual Tour & Museum Highlights Anyone in the world can experience and enjoy the museum with our Virtual Tour and Museum Highlights. Benefitting from a wide range of embedded digital media content, the Virtual Tour brings Walt’s inspirational message directly to people’s streamable... Learn More Featured Experience Spotlight Talks Weekends only, dates and times vary Connect objects in our galleries with the stories behind them as we look closer at Walt Disney’s life and legacy. Join a museum staff member for a brief exploration of topics central to Walt’s life. Learn More Previous Next Featured Events Films Big Hero 6 (2014) Join us this May for a special month-long screening of the Academy Award®-winning animated feature Big Hero 6 (2014). Based on the popular Marvel... Sat & Sun, May 4–26 | 2pm No screenings May 18 Buy Tickets Talks Artivism with Artist and Former Imagineer Nikkolas Smith Join us for a special presentation by artivist Nikkolas Smith as he shares his work at the intersection of art and activism, creating illustrations... Sat, May 18 | 2pm Buy Tickets Special Events Community Day | Disney Cats & Dogs Closing Celebration Celebrate the closing of our special exhibition, Disney Cats & Dogs, with a very special Community Day event at . Join us... Sun, Jun 2 | 10am–2pm Read More Talks Storytime for Kids | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: The Courage to Dream with Nikkolas Smith Join us in welcoming artivist, illustrator, and children’s book author Nikkolas Smith for a special reading of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: The... Sat, May 18 | 11am Buy Tickets Classes Summer Class | Dialogue Animation Early forms of animation amused audiences and allowed for creative experimentation within the medium for budding animators. When sound-on-film... Mon–Fri, Jun 10–21 (no class Jun 19) | 9am–3pm Buy Tickets Classes Summer Class | The Story Quest Whether taking a trail into the dark woods, or a journey to a mysterious castle, or even a simple bike ride to school, stories can let your... Mon–Fri, Jun 10–21 (no class Jun 19) | 9am–3pm Buy Tickets Classes Summer Class | Charcoal Fundamentals: Light and Shadow At the heart of every great artist is a strong foundation of skills allowing them to take their ideas and turn the imaginary into reality. Join us... Mon–Fri, Jun 24–Jul 3 (no class Jul 4 & 5) | 9am–3pm Buy Tickets Classes Summer Class | Costume Design: Eras Fashion is a form of history we wear! Join us for this two-week intensive class as you learn how to design memorable and original costumes from the... Mon–Fri, Jul 8–19 | 9am–3pm Buy Tickets Previous Next Gallery 2 The Move to Hollywood Walt landed his first major contract, opened a new studio, and fell in love with an inker. A sudden turn of events would spark the idea for Mickey Mouse. Explore Walt Disney The man. His story. His innovations. Read More Blog Log in or register to post comments Miniature Vase with Dragon Walt collected, crafted, and curated a breadth of miniatures, including ceramics, glassware, silver cutlery, paper books and magazines, wooden furniture, musical instruments, dolls, faux fruits, candelabras, checkers and playing cards, and working firearms. This vase—which stands at just one-and-a-quarter inches tall—is finely crafted of porcelain, enamel, and gilding. Some of the hand-painted brushstrokes are the width of a human hair. This is part of a set of miniature porcelain vessels by the same artist, each with a different shape and design. Read More Log in or register to post comments Walt Sets Sail: Disneyland’s Sailing Ship Columbia An oft-repeated story from the 1950s involved Walt Disney and Disneyland executive Dick Nunis. One day at the park, the pair stood along the Rivers of America with a view of the water traffic. The... Read More Log in or register to post comments The Happiest Millionaire and One of Walt Disney’s Last Known Appearances on Film In October 1966, Walt Disney filmed an introduction for a special invitational screening of Follow Me, Boys! (1966)—a live-action film notable for being the acting debut of future Disney Legend Kurt... Read More Log in or register to post comments 100 Years Ago: Walt Meets Hollywood Watching Alice’s Wonderland , the short pilot cartoon Walt Disney carried with him on his journey west to Los Angeles in 1923, it’s ironic to consider the character Alice’s own journey by animated... Read More Log in or register to post comments 100 Years Ago: The First Disney Bros. Movie Strolling the galleries at , visitors discover how brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney formed a business partnership in October 1923. They quickly began producing animated short subjects known as the Alice Comedies from a small office in Los Angeles. Read More Log in or register to post comments 100 Years Ago: Walt Goes West It was late July 1923 and Walt Disney had failed. His Laugh-O-gram Films was headed for bankruptcy and, with little prospects left in Kansas City, Missouri, he was pulling up stakes. Hollywood was his... Read More Log in or register to post comments Charitable Giving: Walt Disney and the John Tracy Clinic Throughout his life, Walt Disney was dedicated to giving back to his community and generously supported many charities, especially those that benefitted children. From Toys for Tots to the Jules Stein... Read More Log in or register to post comments Remembering Jim Korkis We are saddened to hear of the passing of Disney historian Jim Korkis. Jim interviewed Diane Disney Miller many times for his projects, and Diane shared, "I have not hesitated to correspond with Jim... Read More Log in or register to post comments We’re Just Getting Started”: Disneyland’s Tencennial Anniversary in 1965 Ten years of fantasy, ten years of fun, ten years of growing, and we’ve only just begun…” In its first decade of operation, Disneyland Park welcomed nearly 50 million guests, its attractions and... Read More Previous Next Diane Disney Miller About Our Founder Read More Location and Hours 104 Montgomery Street in the Presidio San Francisco, CA 94129 415.345.6800...