Explore everything WWI

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

The greatest killer of WWI was modern artillery. Investigate the unforeseen consequences that contributed to the ugly attritional character of the Great War.

Baseball players during the Civil War and WWI charged off base onto battlefields. Others played at home to boost morale – but racism divided the sport. Find out how baseball mirrored the issues and hopes of the United States.

Ring in the New Year with The Modernists with drinks, general revelry and an optional book exchange.

Join the Modernists to explore the life and legacy of one of Kansas City’s most prolific leaders and WWI veterans at Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

In a beautiful landscape immortalized by Lt. Col. John McCrae’s iconic poem “In Flanders Fields,” explore the gateway of the Western Front with the Museum and Memorial in Belgium.

In 1914 many of WWI’s iconic technologies and tactics were still in early stages – or yet to be developed. Explore the opening action on the Western Front in this exclusive preview of 2025’s upcoming battlefield tour to Belgium.

Sail with John T. Kuehn through the history of the German East Asian Squadron, from its port in Qingdao, China to its defeat in the 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands.

Celebrate National Winnie-the-Pooh Day with cake, crafts, story time and a film screening – and learn all about the real-life WWI bear who inspired the “tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff.”

The worldwide scouting movement began in the years leading up to the Great War. On Scout Day at the Museum and Memorial, Scouts and Scout Leaders receive $5 admission.

From drill to first aid to cooking with what the army gave you, the Living History Volunteers will teach you the lessons that soldiers and civilians needed to know in basic training.

Along with concurrent ceremonies across the nation, Wreaths Across America volunteers will lay wreaths on Memorial Courtyard to remember the fallen and honor those who serve.