Image: Two people in WWI uniform stand silhouetted against a sunrise. Text: Day in the Life / The Holidays in WWI

Day in the Life: The Holidays in WWI (Dec. 2024)

Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Auditorium Lobby

The Living History Volunteer Corps will be onsite to share stories of the Great War era and make history come to life! This month, the volunteers will focus on how winter holidays were celebrated by soldiers and their families. Guests will have the opportunity to closely view and ask questions about non-accessioned WWI objects.

FREE to the Public | Auditorium Lobby

Plan your visit

 

 

Learn More: Winter Holidays and WWI

 

Fuzzy sepia picture of a group of soldiers seated around a table scattered with drinks and toasting the camera


Ghosts of Chrismukkahs Past

 

Black and white photograph of a large group of soldiers in uniform posing for the photograph behind a table full of food, in front of a decorated Christmas tree.


Christmas during World War I

 

Crop of a painting depicting five WWI soldiers standing outside bundled up in coats, scarves and uniform hats, laughing and smoking cigars.


The Christmas Truce, Winter 1914