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In this special exhibition edition of Collections Clash, Chris and Bri select objects currently on display in Happiest Place on Earth: The Disneyland Story. ✨ Visit our Instagram Stories to cast your vote on your favorite objects. bit.ly/4gimtGc
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It is with great sadness we hear of the passing of Margaret Kerry. Margaret served as the life-action model of Tinker Bell in the Disney animated classic Peter Pan (1953), pantomiming the pixie for animators to use as reference. ✨ bit.ly/4uy5d3o
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On this date 98 years ago, Disney Legend Richard Sherman was born. In 2015, The Walt Disney Family Museum honored the renowned songwriter and composer with the inaugural Diane Disney Miller Lifetime Achievement Award. 🏆
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After the New York World’s Fair, Imagineers returned to a "Haunted Mansion" project suffering from a lack of a clear direction.
Disney Legend Rolly Crump decided to shake things up: “We needed to inject some weirdness.” Click to read our latest blog: bit.ly/4uAYNR3
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Happy anniversary to Donald Duck's first appearance! 🦆 What is your favorite Donald Duck adventure? We're quite partial to Donald serenading Daisy (debuting as Donna Duck) in "Don Donald" (1937). 🎸
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All aboard! 🚂 On this date 70 years ago, the Fess Parker-led live-action feature "The Great Locomotive Chase" (1956) left the station. Did you know that Walt Disney worked with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum to get an authentic locomotive for the Civil War-based film?
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Animation is a versatile medium that allows animators to explore storytelling beyond traditional drawing. Our upcoming six-week intensives include Color Theory (Saturdays, Aug 15–Sep 19) and Visual and Written Storytelling (Sundays, Sep 20–Oct 25). bit.ly/4x2Yn8v
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Join us for an evening of creativity, cocktails, and inspiration as our Education team guides you step-by-step through a themed sketching or painting activity. Upcoming 21 Sip and Sketch workshops include Painting a Western Landscape and Underwater Scene. bit.ly/4x2Yn8v
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Studio Series Workshops are 90-minute sessions that explore animation principles and techniques. Upcoming Workshops include Animate: a Deck of Cards, a Giant Peach Sailing Across the Sea, a Mouse Taking a Bow, and a Duck Trio. 🎨 bit.ly/4x2Yn8v
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Yeehaw! 🤠 Our current special exhibition Happiest Place on Earth: The Disneyland Story features props from Disney Legend Wally Boag, star of the "Golden Horseshoe Revue" in Frontierland—the longest running stage show ever at the time of its October 1986 closure.
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Happy National Dairy Month from The Walt Disney Family Museum! 🥛 This booklet featuring dairy recipes was presented by the American Dairy Association, who also sponsored the Dairy Bar at Disneyland Park from January 1956–September 1958.
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When cartographer and linguist Milo Thatch uncovers evidence of the lost city of Atlantis, he joins a rag-tag group of mercenary adventurers to find it. Join us this month for special 25th anniversary screenings of "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" (2001). bit.ly/4tTHWst
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"Open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur!" 🦖 Visit Happiest Place on Earth: The Disneyland Story by September 13 to see elements of the Primeval World Diorama that traveled from the 1964-65 New York World's Fair to be added along the "Disneyland Railroad".
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Operating hours update 🕓 Please note: The museum will be closing early at 4pm on Saturday, June 6—last entry into the galleries at 2:45pm—for a private event. For more information on our operating hours, please check our calendar. bit.ly/4qroDVP
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"There's so much that we share that it's time we're aware..." on this date 60 years ago, "it's a small world" opened at Disneyland Park! ✨ In celebration of the anniversary, we're sharing two Mary Blair set designs from our collection.
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Tickets still available! 🧜♀️ Join us on Monday, June 11 as we host a Pride screening of Disney's "The Little Mermaid" (1989) featuring activities, a deep dive on Howard Ashman, and espresso martinis from Equator Coffees and Griffo Distillery. bit.ly/3P2WMP2
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This Memorial Day, we reflect on and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. 🇺🇸
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On this date in 1913, Disney Legend Peter Ellenshaw was born. Credited on more than 30 features, Ellenshaw contributed to the Oscar®-winning special effects on "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1954), then a decade later won another Oscar® for his work on "Mary Poppins" (1964).
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For our last #MainStreetMay, we're taking it back to the beginning. Visit our special exhibition Happiest Place on Earth: The Disneyland Story to see concepts of buildings that would become part of the iconic Main Street, U.S.A. silhouette that we've come to know and love. 🏬
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Happy birthday Bobby Burgess! 🐭 In 2015, Bobby Burgess came to the museum to talk about his book "Ears & Bubbles: Dancing My Way from The Mickey Mouse Club to The Lawrence Welk Show". 🕺
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