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Paris Johnson Jr., Draft prospect and founder of the Paris Johnson Jr. Foundation, will lead the lighting of the National WWI Museum and Memorial’s special ephemeral art installation, on the iconic...

"From the Sidelines to the Front Lines" was installed in the main corridor of the Museum and Memorial in time for the 2023 NFL Draft.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial is proud to host a special ephemeral art installation, “Horizons”, on Liberty Memorial Tower and the North Terrace wall during April 24-29, 2023.

The Lower Level reopens on May 19, completing Phase I. A new gallery and touch tables are announced for Phase II.

Boosting the internet from "fast" to "five times as fast" – that’s what a couple Google Fiber specialists were busy doing on March 29 in a cramped room filled with blinking server lights and snaking cables, as several TV news crews clustered around them.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial is pleased to announce that the display of the original painting of Saint Javelin has been extended to Sept. 10, 2023.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial is undergoing major updates. You will notice some changes over the next year, including the temporary closure of the Lower Level and the Edward Jones Research Center, with a planned reopening of an expanded research and collections space in early 2023.

In conjunction with events occurring downtown on Wednesday, Feb. 15 to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl LVII win, the National WWI Museum and Memorial will be open from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. and is offering a special discount admission rate of $10.

The next exhibition to open at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, "Entertaining the Troops", gives a peek into the spare hours in the life of a WWI soldier on and off the battlefield.

Beginning June 8, 2023, in collaboration with Design Museum Everywhere, the National WWI Museum and Memorial will explore prosthetic design and its critical role in humanizing new technologies for individuals living with limb loss or limb difference.

"Fighting with Faith: a WWI POW Camp of Propaganda" is the untold story of a mosque built at a German prisoner of war camp – the first mosque on German soil.

Cart stewarded the collection to be the most comprehensive collection of WWI objects in the world. His last day will be Dec. 31, 2022.

Nonprofit Connect, an organization dedicated to helping nonprofits in Kansas City, awarded the 2022 Philly Award gold medal for 'Website' to theworldwar.org.

Looking for gift ideas for the history buff, the Kansas City local or any other kind of person in your life? You've come to the right place.

Special hours and holiday hours for the National WWI Museum and Memorial in 2023.