Oct 8, 2025
Highly Recommended - Super interesting. Thanks for doing that!
We been there with our grandson. It is our third time there. Always great!
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Sep 29, 2025
Great Day at the Walt Disney Family Museum - Thoroughly enjoyed seeing all of the history of Walt Disney on these walls. It was a truly unique collection that reveals so much about Walt, his family, and his journey. The artwork alone is enough to keep you occupied for hours. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful. There is also a great museum shop with some unique Disney treasures to take home. Buy tickets in advance and entry is timed.
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Sep 19, 2025
All About Walt - Great experience if you want to know more about Walt the man and his history. Be sure to schedule at least 2 hours. And you can explore the Presidio too.
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Sep 17, 2025
Great places to learn about Walt Disney's life - It's a great place to learn about the life of Walt Disney! I thought it was far from the city, but you can get there by bus using a Munipass. The view around the museum is also natural and has a relaxed atmosphere. If you're traveling to San Francisco, you'll want to visit
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Sep 12, 2025
Loved it! - Great museum especially for any Disney fan. Great to get a look into Walts whole life and the making of Disney as a company
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Sep 3, 2025
Super cool/ informative - My mother, kids and I never knew this existed so once I saw it pop up for places to explore in SF I HAD to go! It's very informative with super cool originals of things Walt did/ wrote/ created. My fav part was that it's in an old Army barracks because it gives more history and they're really nice buildings in a great location. Parking was also very affordable compared to other parking lots. Everyone in my family loved it as well even my younger kids:)
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Aug 30, 2025
A marvellous place to visit. - What a marvellous place it is. We were amazed at the huge collection of material showing the history of Walt Disney himself. It took hours to soak it all in. We would definitely visit again. Thank you to the Disney family for creating this wonderful place and for letting us discover more about the man and his family.
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Jul 19, 2025
A must visit for any Disney fan! - This is a must visit for any Disney fan, fan of history or anyone in the San Francisco area looking for a great activity to do. Allow yourself at least 2 hours to properly explore the museum, there is a lot to see, read and learn and you don’t want to miss anything!
I recommend buying the tickets online before arrival, but there is the option to buy when you get there. There are several different price options for adults, kids etc. The museum itself is situated in a beautiful red building, close to the Golden Gate Bridge. It has two levels to it. It is wheelchair friendly and also has lifts inside, so you don’t have to take the stairs.
The museum takes you through Walt Disney and his family’s past, with historic items from his childhood to adulthood, and takes you through the journey he had to become the famous man everyone knows. You will see the various companies he worked for, his first drawings and designs, all the way up to the creation of Disneyland itself.
The museum boasts a massive replica model of Disneyland park which is fascinating to view and admire and there is so much detail shown about the park around it.
Overall an incredible visit. I learnt so much I didn’t know about Walt Disney and the history behind the parks and it is a really enjoyable experience. All staff are friendly and professional and there to help you with any questions.
The museum is easily accessible by car, with parking right outside, drop off via taxi or walking from nearby.
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Sep 28, 2025
Good Experience, Not for Kids, Parking is Hard - Longtime Bay Area resident, first time visitor as of yesterday! It had been on my to-do list all summer to check out the special exhibition on Mary Blair, the artist who created It's A Small World's iconic style, with my teenager. It's a project to get there from our house, and finding parking was quite difficult on a busy Saturday. But we made it, and as another reviewer already commented, it does not stand out from the outside. The aesthetics of the Presidio are lovely and uniform and I guess mouse ears was not an option for the facade. lol. The main entrance door is quite discreet. Admission is $25 adults and $15 youth. No need to buy in advance. You can enter the lobby and look around at a free area including seeing all the Disney Oscars! And there are many! They scan your ticket before entering the main galleries, which are chronologically organized, starting with Walt's ancestors. You can certainly move through these pretty quickly if you're not a completist. The exhibits covering the early days of the Disney Studios are honestly pretty fascinating. A lot of Hollywood bigwigs tried to cheat Walt Disney. Who got the last laugh? The galleries follow the growth of the company and the increasing interests and resources of the man, whose daughter spearheaded this museum. At a couple points, it shines through that this a museum with a viewpoint (the Disney family's) versus an objective scholarly presentation but the vast number of items in the collection only could have come from the family archives. The special exhibition area is in the basement, very dark and a little cramped feeling. I would have liked to see a better presentation of Mary Blair's work but I did learn a lot about her background and role with the Disney company. Unfortunately there is not one bit of It's a Small World design in the exhibit or any of her other work still in use in the parks... perhaps some corporate interference? I mean, they use her designs on the cups! The exhibit feels incomplete without this. The shop has some adorable items. The cafe is tiny, no meals, just snacks and a few tables and chairs. This is a very interesting museum even if you're not a Disney adult - if you have been to the parks and watched some movies, you'll get something out of it. NOT A KIDS MUSEUM! Would be very boring for kids, leave under 12s at home. We spent almost 2 hours and could have stayed longer but we were pressed because of the parking limit.
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Aug 18, 2025
Love this museum - It's so hot interesting to see all of this since my family sold the land to Disney many years ago. It can take quite a long time to go through all of the exhibits.
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