Exhibit Hall

The Beautiful Game

Open February 25, 2026: Journey through the story of football's impact on WWI and explore the poignant influence of “the beautiful game” on people living during wartime.

Wylie Gallery

Paris at War

Opening November 6, 2025: Follow the people of Paris through the twists and turns of World War I: from pinnacle of the French empire, to hunger and terror as German shells fell, to social and polit

Main Gallery

Encounters

Through cutting-edge audio/visual storytelling, visitors meet 16 individuals and hear their intimate first-person accounts crafted from diaries, letters and photos.

West Lobby Gallery

Iron Harvest

Explore the open wounds that WWI battles left in the fields of northeastern France and Belgium, confronting a lingering legacy of war that outlasts conflicts by generations.

Coffee and World War 1: Soluble Science

Students will learn about states of matter to understand how instant coffee is made. Through a series of readings and activities, students will discover different processes of making instant coffee,...
Main Gallery
Experience the Great War like you never have before in 3D virtual reality

Virtual Reality Experiences

Experience the Great War like you never have before in 3D virtual reality: A battle in a trench on the Western Front, and the forgotten story of the Choctaw Code Talkers.

Wylie Gallery

Sacred Service

Open through September 8, 2025: Rabbis, pastors, monks, imams, priests and more served with the fighting nations of World War I; many as unprepared for the horrors of war as the soldiers they serve

Exhibit Hall
Featured Exhibition

The Little War

Open through November 11, 2025: Explore the lives of children swept up by the storms of World War I while adults were fighting on the front line and supporting the war effort.

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