The Walt Disney Family Museum is pleased to announce our next exhibition, Tomorrowland: Walt’s Vision for Today, open July 22 through December 7, 2015. Curated by Academy Award®-winning director, writer, and producer Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Tomorrowland), this engaging, multimedia exhibition showcases Walt Disney as a technological innovator, science fiction storyteller, and futurologist by spotlighting his vision for Disneyland’s groundbreaking Tomorrowland and its complete and revolutionary 1967 rebuild.
Through animated sequences, musical compositions, sound bites, graphics, audiovisuals, vintage posters, and more, Tomorrowland will immerse visitors in the story of Walt’s hopes and foresight for the future.
WALT AND THE MOON FROM “DISNEYLAND” TELEVISION SERIES, CA. 1954; COURTESY OF THE WALT DISNEY ARCHIVES PHOTO LIBRARY © DISNEY.
Exhibitions
Disney and Dalí: Architects of the Imagination
July 10, 2015–January 3, 2016
Guest-curated by filmmaker Ted Nicolaou, this extraordinary, immersive, and enriching experience tells the story of the unlikely alliance between two of the most renowned artists of the twentieth century: brilliantly eccentric Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí and American entertainment innovator Walt Disney. Presented through an interactive multimedia experience of original paintings, story sketches, conceptual artwork, objects, correspondences, archival film, photographs, and audio—many of which highlight work from Walt Disney Studios artists Mary Blair, Eyvind Earle, John Hench, Kay Nielsen, and more—this comprehensive exhibition showcases two vastly different iconic figures who were drawn to each other through their unique personalities, their mutual admiration, and their collaboration on the animated short Destino. Although the film was not completed during their lifetimes, the friendship between these two great men nevertheless endured.
Walt’s Circle donors and members at the Friend level and above are invited to the Thursday, July 9 VIP preview. To attend the VIP preview, become a member today.
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Programs and Films
TALK
A Date With Destino
Sat, Sep 5 | 1pm
$18 members | $12 student & youth members | $20 non-members | $15 student & youth non-members
Ted Nicolaou, guest curator of Disney and Dalí: Architects of the Imagination and producer of Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino and Dave Bossert, Destino Producer, Creative Director, and Head of Special Projects at Walt Disney Animation Studios discuss the making of Destino. Destino began in 1945 as a collaborative project between Walt Disney, John Hench, and Spanish Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. The animation features music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez, performed by Dora Luz.
The conversation will be followed by a reception featuring wine tasting of Spanish red varietals.
SALVADOR DALí AND WALT DISNEY, 1957; COLLECTION WALT DISNEY FAMILY FOUNDATION, GIFT OF DIANE DISNEY MILLER; © DISNEY.
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Crash Course in Surrealism
Sat, Sep 12 | 1pm
$18 members | $12 student & youth members | $20 non-members | $15 student & youth non-members
Surrealism brought the world melting clocks, illogical landscapes, and bizarre visions of the unconscious. In conjunction with the exhibition Disney and Dalí: Architects of the Imagination, John Zarobell, Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of San Francisco, tackles the entire Surrealist movement in one afternoon.
SALVADOR DALí, STUDY FOR SENTIMENTAL COLLOQUY (1946). © SALVADOR DALí. FUNDACIó GALA-SALVADOR DALI, [ARTIST RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS)], 2015. COLLECTION OF THE DALí MUSEUM, INC., ST. PETERSBURG, FL, 2015.
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Upcoming Film Screenings
See calendar for times, schedule subject to change
FREE for members or with paid admission
July
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Swiss Family Robinson
August
The Sword in the Stone
Sleeping Beauty
September
Treasure Island
COURTESY OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, © DISNEY.
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Disney and Dalí Film Series
FREE for members or with paid admission
This special film series, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Disney and Dalí: Architects of the Imagination, examines both artists’ relationship to film, to the influence of the Machine Age and the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud upon their work, in order to enhance our understanding of the cultural forces that brought these two iconic artists together.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound and Destino
Sun, Jul 12, 19 & 26 | 1:30pm
Marx Brothers’ Animal Crackers and Destino
Sun, Aug 2, 16 & 30 | 1:30pm
Silly Symphonies and Destino
Sun, Sep 6, 13, 20 & 27 | 1:30pm
SPELLBOUND,1945; © ABC
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Special Events
TEACHER PROGRAM
Storytelling in the Presidio
Thu, Jul 23 | 8:30am–4:30pm
FREE for educators
Spend a day discovering rich stories and resources for K-12 audiences in the Presidio of San Francisco. During this full-day program, participants will examine the process of storytelling in animation, conduct research while out on an excursion in the Presidio, and use the information gathered to create their own animated short. Light breakfast and lunch included. Space is limited, so reserve your spot today!
