Local to Kansas City? Save on admission this summer Learn more Celebrate a Kansas City Treasure: Night at the Tower 2025 Get tickets The world's most comprehensive WWI collection Plan your visit Join our community and support this national landmark Become a Member Explore the history of a war that changed everything Learn more Summer 2025 Local Discount Night at the Tower 2025 Plan your visit Become a Member About WWI Exhibitions All Exhibitions Paris at War Opening November 6, 2025: Follow the people of Paris through the twists and turns of World War I: fr... Visit Exhibition The Beautiful Game Open February 25, 2026: Journey through the story of football's impact on WWI and explore the poigna... Visit Exhibition The Little War Open through November 11, 2025: Explore the lives of children swept up by the storms of World War I ... Visit Exhibition Encounters Through cutting-edge audio/visual storytelling, visitors meet 16 individuals and hear their intimate... Visit Exhibition Sacred Service Open through September 8, 2025: Rabbis, pastors, monks, imams, priests and more served with the figh... Visit Exhibition Virtual Reality Experiences Experience the Great War like you never have before in 3D virtual reality: A battle in a trench on t... Visit Exhibition Iron Harvest Explore the open wounds that WWI battles left in the fields of northeastern France and Belgium, conf... Visit Exhibition Bergman Family Gallery and Open Storage Center Included with your General Admission ticket, the Lower Level features the Bergman Family Gallery and... Visit Exhibition Main Gallery: The World War, 1914-1919 Included with your General Admission ticket, the Main Gallery of the National WWI Museum and Memoria... Visit Exhibition 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Upcoming Events All Events Live Demonstration Wednesdays and Saturdays | 11 a.m. Hands-on History History is brought to life in this family-friendly program in which guests of all ages are invited to handle Great War artifacts. Special Hours Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 | 5:30-9:30 p.m. Tower After Hours Go up Liberty Memorial Tower after hours for the rare opportunity to take in the evening Kansas City skyline from the top. (Weather permitting) Guided tour Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025 | 2:30 p.m. ASL Guided Tour Explore the Main Gallery with one of our knowledgeable Museum Guides on a tour translated by an ASL interpreter. Conversation and reception Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025 | 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. program Ring of Fire: A New History of the World at War: 1914 Over the last century, WWI’s impact and scale has been oversimplified and underestimated. Historian Alexandra Churchill and archivist Nicolai Eberhols... Special Hours Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025 | 5:30-9:30 p.m. Tower After Hours Go up Liberty Memorial Tower after hours for the rare opportunity to take in the evening Kansas City skyline from the top. (Weather permitting) Friday, Sept. 5 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Red Cross Blood Drive Donate blood to support those in need, in honor of the WWI doctors and soldiers who first stored blood for future transfusions. Welcome to the National WWI Museum and Memorial From Research & Education, to our Collection & Exhibitions. We offer a variety of ways to Learn About WWI. Explore everything WWI Sort by Shuffle Order AscDesc Shuffle Explore About WWI Collection Australian Infantry Uniform and Equipment Article Welsh Women's Peace Appeal Exhibitions Introduction to the Museum and Memorial Collection U.S. Army Nurse Corps Baseball Uniform Collection Blue Star Mothers Painting Article African American History and WWI Collection Armenian and Syrian Relief Fund Collection French Mascots - Orphans of the War Exhibitions Main Gallery: The World War, 1914-1919 Video #USWW100 - Building an American Military Video Museum Minute: African American Insignias Video The West and Conflicting Promises in the Middle East - Christopher Rose Article WWI Books and Games All About WWI WWI Articles Interactive Timeline Online Collections Database Online Exhibitions YouTube Channel Teaching Resources Virtual Events Support the Museum and Memorial Become a Member Ways to Give Volunteer