The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents New Monthly After-Hours Party: Animate Your Night
(June 28, 2012) The Walt Disney Family Museum presents Animate Your Night—a new Museum-wide monthly after-hours party. Experience the galleries in a whole new light and illuminate your imagination with music, performance, film screenings, and hands-on art activities. Each evening has a unique theme relating to the Museum’s exhibitions and programs. With complimentary bites, a cash bar featuring a thematic signature cocktail, and much, much more.
On Friday, July 27 from 7 to 10pm, Animate Your Night: Ready, Steady, GO! celebrates the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Join us for an evening of animation, innovation, and imagination.
- Immerse yourself in an animated environment using green screen technology
- Dance amongst Walt’s celebrated awards while DJ Syl the Thryl spins British beats all night long
- Munch on pub grub and treat yourself to our signature cocktail—The Olympian
- Enjoy Disney Olympic classics on the big screen
- Look closer at an Olympic Torch—join us for a short gallery talk about the Museum’s 1960 Olympic Torch from the Squaw Valley Olympic Games
Tickets for Animate Your Night: $10 general; $5 Museum members.
Upcoming Animate Your Night Events
- Friday, August 24, 7–10pm – Hippos, Demons, and Mice…oh Kley!
- Celebrate the dark side of Disney with Heinrich Kley, Walt’s favorite European illustrator.
- Friday, September 28, 7–10pm – Best in Show!
- Join us as we unleash Disney dog films such as Lady and the Tramp, The Shaggy Dog, and Greyfriars Bobby and come dance to the live band Big Dog Trouble.
- Friday, October 26, 7–10pm – Halloweentown!
- Don your best Disney-themed costume and join us for Halloweentown in celebration of the exhibitionBetween Frames: The Magic Behind Stop-Motion Animation. We’ll be screening Nightmare Before Christmas in our theater!
- Friday, November 30, 7–10pm – Snow White Opening Celebration
- Come celebrate the opening weeks of the Museum’s major exhibition Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Creation of a Classic. We’ll be serving Poison Appletinis!
- Friday, December 21, 7–10pm – Snow White Old Hollywood Red Carpet Premiere
- Animate You Night in old Hollywood style with a special 1930s 75th anniversary premiere party for Snow White. Join us for a soiree of glitz and glamour.
- Media sponsor for Animate Your Night: 7x7 magazine.
-- Posted June 29, 2012