News

The National WWI Museum and Memorial today announced that President and CEO Matthew Naylor will conclude his tenure in 2027 after 14 years of leadership, relocating to his native Australia to be closer to family. The Museum's Board of Trustees has initiated a search for the institution's next leader, with the goal of welcoming a new President and CEO by early 2027. Naylor has committed to guiding the Museum and Memorial through its 2026 centennial and remaining through June 2027 to ensure a smooth and thorough transition.

New exhibition about football (soccer) during WWI will be open the same year that the Museum and Memorial is hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup Fan Festival in Kansas City.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial will be open every day between March 6-22, 2026 while the “Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents that Forged a Nation” is in town – here’s how to get tickets.

Original founding-era documents will tour the country together for the first time in history for America’s 250th anniversary.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial Writing Award recognizes a nonfiction book or article on the Great War and its enduring impact on the global community. Submissions are due June 1, 2026.

Looking for gift ideas for the history and museum buffs in your life? Look no further than these five bestsellers – time-tested and audience-approved.

Follow the lives of Parisians as World War I transforms their city: from the flourishing days of the French empire to wartime hardships, to the signing of peace treaties that still echo around the world today.

Audio tours, gallery maps, transcripts and more in the refreshed audio guide tablets that are now available to Museum guests.

Visiting the Museum and Memorial the first week of October 2025? Here's what you need to know about parking, open hours and more.

Hero Sponsor nbkc bank is helping to support discount admission and free activities during the 2024 Memorial Day Weekend.

Residents of six surrounding counties will be able to see the entire Museum and Memorial with a special $10 combo ticket.

Using cutting-edge visual storytelling, ‘Encounters’ tells the stories of 16 individuals using first-person accounts from diaries, letters and photos.

Starting in January 2025, the special effects lighting and projector systems in Kemper Horizon Theater will be undergoing important and exciting upgrades.

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

Since 2023, the Museum and Memorial has been carrying out a multi-year upgrade plan, the most expansive changes to the buildings and grounds since opening in 2006.