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FIELD TRIPS

AT&T ParkMonday, February 13, 2012

The Walt Disney Museum
The fascinating and inspiring story of Walt Disney, whose artistry, imagination and vision helped define 20th-century America, has been brought to life at The Walt Disney Family Museum in The Presidio of San Francisco. The Museum illuminates Walt Disney’s tremendous successes, disappointments, and unyielding optimism as he worked tirelessly to enhance the art of animation. The creator of Mickey Mouse, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disneyland and much more, he was a risk-taker who influenced popular culture through animated and live-action films, television programs, theme parks and new technologies. Co-founded by Walt’s daughter, Diane Disney Miller, and grandson, Walter E.D. Miller, the Museum is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Family Foundation, a non-profit foundation.

Museum Exhibits: Located in a historic brick building, once a barracks, on the main post of San Francisco’s Presidio, the 40,000 square foot Museum features the newest technology and historic materials and artifacts to bring Disney’s achievements to life, with interactive galleries that include early drawings and animation, movies, music, listening stations, a 14-foot model of Disneyland and much more. The Museum tells the story of the man behind the myth in Disney’s own voice and in contemporary exhibits that feature state-of-the-art technologies, listening stations, more than 200 video screens and a 14-foot model of Disneyland. Visitors can also enjoy the Museum store, and the 114-seat, Fantasia-themed theater, which shows Disney classics six days a week.

THE DETAILS:
Where:
Walt Disney Family Museum, 104 Montgomery St., The Presidio, San Francisco (get map & directions)
When:
Monday, February 13, 2012. Meet at 9:30am SHARP! at the Corte Madera Community Center parking lot, 498 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera, CA 94925
Cost: $20 general admission; $15 for seniors over 65
Lunch options: (just make sure you carpool with people with the same plans as you have):
- Cafe operated by Wolfgang Puck in the museum
- Liverpool Lil's across the street
- Bring your own picnic on the grounds of the Presidio.
RSVP by Thursday, Feb. 9 to Linda Varonin, coordinator, email: fieldtrips@cmwomensclub.org

NOTES
— For more information, visit the Disney Museum website
— We do encourage you to join the Women’s Club now and enjoy all the benefits of membership.

   

Corte Madera Women’s Improvement Club
PO Box 486, Corte Madera, CA 94976 • email: info@cmwomensclub.org