Events

This fall, see the National WWI Museum and Memorial in a way you never have before. Created in celebration of the Museum and Memorial's 100th anniversary and the nation's 250th, Liberty's Beacon transforms the Memorial into a canvas of light, sound and motion.

History is brought to life in this family-friendly program in which guests of all ages are invited to handle Great War artifacts.

Explore the Main Gallery with one of our knowledgeable Museum and Memorial guides on a tour.

This month, Living History Volunteers will focus on the people of various nationalities who served or were impacted by the fighting on the Western Front. Bring your questions and curiosity!

Enjoy a discount all week long (on days the Museum and Memorial is open) for any homeschool student 18 and under. Available at the Ticketing Counter only.

Explore how laws and communities fulfilled or failed on the promise that “all men are created equal.”

Go up Liberty Memorial Tower after hours for the rare opportunity to take in the evening Kansas City skyline from the top. (Weather permitting)

Return (with or without the King) for trivia night centered on the life and works of WWI veteran and author J. R. R. Tolkien. Teams and solo players welcome.

A free performance by the KKS Youth Jazz Orchestra from Käthe-Kollwitz-Schule in Hannover, Germany – named in tribute to WWI-era artist Käthe Kollwitz.

Dr. Mitch Klingenberg dissects the uniquely American way of theorizing and waging large-scale war, learned from the mixed lessons of the American Civil War.

During her wartime service as a nurse and pharmacist, author Agatha Christie encountered several substances and situations that would inspire the plotlines of her literature. Spiral down into the science with us!

History is brought to life in this family-friendly program in which guests of all ages are invited to handle Great War artifacts.

Explore the Main Gallery with one of our knowledgeable Museum and Memorial guides on a tour.

In an all-decades birthday bash on Kansas City’s Front Porch, celebrate what has sustained the Museum and Memorial as a beacon of remembrance and a cornerstone of community for the past 100 years: YOU!

Analyze the rights expanded, challenged and restricted during wartime, and how upheaval reshaped civic life in the United States.