Walt Disney Family Museum showcases Walt’s Oscar collection

Now that Oscar season is in full swing, it’s time for the reminder that Walt Disney still holds the record for most individual Academy Awards won. The number is 32. This includes the technical awards. If you’d like to see them you can – they are located at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.

The museum compiled some Walt Disney Oscars facts as well. Here they are:

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• In addition to holding the most individually won Oscars, Walt also holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations with 59.
• The first Oscar was for Animated Short Subjects, his Silly Symphony “Flowers and Trees” in 1932.
• Walt received an Honorary Oscar in 1932 for the creation of Mickey Mouse.
• In 1939, Walt received a custom-made Oscar statuette for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Honorary Award consisted of one standard Oscar statuette, standing above seven other miniature ones—representing each of the Dwarfs, placed on a stepped, 20-inch long base.
• The first ever nature documentary Academy Award was awarded to Walt in 1948 for Seal Island. 
• In the 1960s, Walt purchased 20 miniature Oscar charms, each engraved with the name of the work for which it was awarded. He created a  charm necklace and gave it to his wife Lilian, who then converted it into a charm bracelet, which is on view at The Walt Disney Family Museum.