Day in the Life: Gas Warfare (Sept. 2024)

The Living History Volunteer Corps will be onsite to share stories of the Great War era and make history come to life! This month will focus on the impact of gas upon life for soldiers and civilians. Learn about the ways people dealt with this new technology, and the influence it has on our remembrance of World War I. Guests will have the opportunity to closely view and ask questions about non-accessioned WWI objects.

FREE to the public | Auditorium Lobby

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First Usage of Poison Gas

Collections Spotlight on the letters and papers of Kurt Eduard “Fritz” Sabersky, a German officer and gas school instructor.

John Singer Sargent - “Gassed”

Archived Exhibition on the monumental painting “Gassed” (more than nine feet tall and 21 feet long) by famed American artist John Singer Sargent, plus more gas warfare-related artifacts.