Find animation, innovation, and inspiration at The Walt Disney Family Museum Walt Disney Family Foundation (“WDFF" or “the Foundation") is a private operating foundation incorporated as a nonprofit public benefit corporation in 1997 in the State of California. The specific and primary purpose of the Walt Disney Family Foundation is to assemble material, study, teach and preserve, and publish and display material appropriate to communicate the vision and legacy of Walt Disney within a historical context. The Walt Disney Family Museum, Inc. (“WDFM"), is a charitable organization which owns and operates the Walt Disney Family Museum (“the Museum"). The two entities are closely related through common purposes, shared facilities and management, and common control of the two entities' boards. They work closely together to preserve, enhance and display the collection of art and historical items related to their missions and to ensure the continued maintenance and operation of the Museum and related educational and public programs. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area classes and programs serve a broad spectrum of bay area youth and adults while museum visitors come from across the country and beyond.