Donate blood
Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 | 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Red Cross Blood Drive

Donate blood to support those in need, in honor of the doctors and soldiers who first stored blood for future transfusions in WWI.

Discount Admission
Tuesday, Feb. 25 - Sunday, March 2, 2025 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Homeschool Week

Enjoy a discount all week long for any homeschool student 18 and under. Available at the Ticketing Counter only.

Living History
Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Day in the Life: Fun and Games

This month, Living History volunteers will share how soldiers entertained themselves when not in battle. Bring your curiosity and questions!

Live Demonstration
Saturdays | 11 a.m.

Hands-on History

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

Field Communion set

Portable Communion sets allowed chaplains to bring the spiritual comfort of sacraments to service members wherever they were stationed, even under active bombardment.

Conversation and reception
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 | 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. program

Home Run History: Baseball and 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.

Happy Hour and Book Exchange
Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 | 5:30 p.m.

Modernist Happy Hour and Book Exchange

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

Members Exclusive
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 | 5:30 p.m.

An Evening at Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

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.

Battlefield Tour
Monday, Sept. 8 - Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025

2025 Battlefield Tour

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.

Lecture
Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025 | 2 p.m.

Battle of the Frontiers, 1914

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.

Lecture
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.

The Last Cruise: German East Asian Squadron

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.

Family-Friendly Activities
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 | 11 a.m.

Winnie-the-Pooh Day 2025

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.”