Ellis Gallery

Mail Call

On envelopes carrying letters to his son, John Ross Myers carefully painted cartoons, scenes of camp life, patriotic symbols, mythological figures and expressive scenes of the American Expeditionar

Pilates Session
Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024 - 8:45 a.m.

Sip and Stretch - Jan. 2024

Stretch out (like WWI POW Joseph Pilates) and sip some cold-pressed juice, all in one free session.
Saturdays at 11 a.m.

Hands-on History 2023

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

Algerian Spahis in Artois

Spotlight on an illustration by French artist Charles Huard depicting Algerian colonial soldiers known as Spahis.

Basketball and WWI

One of the stars of special exhibition "Entertaining the Troops" is a basketball uniform.

Exhibit Hall

Entertaining the Troops

Whether it was card games in the trenches or dancing in Paris, explore the varied ways soldiers devised to defeat boredom and keep morale up both on and off the battlefield.

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A WWI POW Camp of Propaganda

Fighting with Faith

"Fighting with Faith" explores the WWI alliance between Germany and the Ottoman Empire – how they used art, writing, architecture and special treatment to target prisoners in the Half Moon Camp, an

Enter the Exhibition

The Violin

Plaintive music wafts across a French compound where German prisoners of war are held behind the wire.

Knitting the Nation

American women had been knitting socks and sweaters for relief organizations overseas prior to the United States entering WWI, but when these women’s husbands, brothers and sons started enlisting i