Walt Discovers Animation
WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast
Release Date: 02/20/2019
WD-FM Museum Musings (March 2024) Interview with Junior Conservator Katherine Langdon
WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast
For this month's WD-FM Museum Musings episode, join Chris and Bri as they interview Junior Conservator Katherine Langdon about a recent conservation treatment in the museum galleries. For this month's Collections Clash, the theme is green. 💚 Head to our Instagram Story to green-light your favorite objects presented.
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WD-FM Museum Musings (February 2024)
WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast
For this month's WD-FM Museum Musings episode, join Chris and Bri as they celebrate Lunar New Year with their favorite Disney dragons and hear clips from an archived interview with Disney animator Ron Husband. For this month's Collections Clash, the theme is love. ❤️ Head to our Instagram Story to vote on your favorite objects presented.
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WD-FM Museum Musings (January 2024)
WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast
This month on WD-FM, Bri and Chris celebrate the new year by rounding up important January Disney history anniversaries and other upcoming events at The Walt Disney Family Museum. Then, they face off in a Collections Clash with three of their favorite objects that represent resolutions made throughout Walt's life. 🎉 Cast your votes for your favorite objects in our Instagram Story today.
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WD-FM Museum Musings (December 2023)
WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast
This month on WD-FM, Bri and Chris celebrate the debut of Christmas with Walt Disney on Disney+ with some of their favorite moments from the film, then face off in the final Collections Clash of 2023 with three of their favorite objects that feature the color red. ❤️ Vote for your favorite objects via our Instagram Stories today.
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WD-FM Museum Musings (November 2023)
WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast
This month on WD-FM, Bri and Chris celebrate the 95th anniversary of the debut of Mickey and Minnie Mouse and ✈️travel🧳 through the galleries for this month's Collections Clash. Bri and Chris face off with three of their favorite objects that celebrate Walt's travels throughout his lifetime. Vote for your favorite objects via our Instagram Stories today, Thursday November 17.
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WD-FM Museum Musings (October 2023)
WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast
We are celebrating the 100th anniversary of The Walt Disney Company with a special episode of WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast! Bri and Chris share their own magical Disney memories and face off in a 100th anniversary themed Collections Clash. The hosts pick their favorite objects in the museum that celebrate the start of something new at The Walt Disney Company.
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Bill Farmer and Guide Dogs for the Blind Program Recap
WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast
On this special episode of WD-FM, Chris and Bri share highlights from a recent program featuring Disney Legend Bill Farmer, the voice of Goofy and Pluto, and special guests from Guide Dogs for the Blind. Bri and Chris then interview Guide Dogs for the Blind President and CEO Christine Benninger about the mission of the organization and the importance of guide dogs on the lives of people who are visually impaired or blind. 🦮
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WD-FM Museum Musings (September 2023)
WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast
🎙️ Say "cheese!" Join us for a new episode of WD-FM as Chris and Bri talk about their favorite Disney elephants in celebration of World Elephant Day, share museum updates, then face off in a Collections Clash where they highlight their favorite cameras and photographs in the museum's collection. 📸 Head to our Instagram Story @wdfmuseum to vote on your favorite objects.
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Walt Disney's South America Tour
WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast
“Saludos amigos, a fond greeting to you!" Join us as Bri and Chris take a closer look at Walt’s 1941 South America Goodwill Tour and the resulting films Saludos Amigos (1943) and The Three Caballeros (1945) in the newest episode of WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast. Learn more about how this timeframe was the "toughest period" of Walt's life, why the FDR administration wanted Walt to be a cultural ambassador, and how Disney Legend Mary Blair's art style was transformed by this trip.
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WD-FM Museum Musings (August 2023)
WD-FM: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast
🎙️Time for a new episode of WD-FM! Join us as Chris and Bri talk about the recent Haunted Mansion anniversary, share museum updates, then face off in a Collections Clash where they highlight objects in the museum's collection that showcase Walt's love of (non-Disney Cats & Dogs-related) animals. 🐭 Head to our Instagram Story @wdfmuseum to vote on your favorite objects.
info_outlineJoin our hosts as they flip through Walt's early beginnings into animation. From early stop motion to hand drawn animation, learn more about how Walt discovered how to bring his drawings to life.