Living History
Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

(CANCELED) Day in the Life: Help from the Homefront

(CANCELED) This month, Living History volunteers focus on the ways family and friends supported their soldiers from the home front. Bring your curiosity and questions!

Focused Inquiry

Can perspective change the remembrance of a past event?

In this focused inquiry, students will participate in a Socratic Seminar about World War I and its legacy. The discussion will center around how World War I should be remembered, but will delve into...

Capturing a Moment in Time

In 1924, as the cornerstone for the Liberty Memorial Tower was being placed, the Liberty Memorial Association provided a time capsule to be left for the people of Kansas City 100 years later. The...

Global Interactive WWI Map

This interactive map shows you which countries and territories were involved in the Great War and how they were aligned.
Lecture and reception
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026 | 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. program

The Radical Fund

Discover the astonishing story of a lost world of men and women who remade American democracy amid the reverberations of the Great War with Yale professor John Fabian Witt.

Lecture
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 | 7 p.m. Central Time

The Elements of Marie Curie

Author Dava Sobel illuminates the life and enduring influence of scientist Marie Skłodowska-Curie from a unique angle – through the women who became her legacy, including her daughter Irène.

Activities and Performance
Rescheduled to Aug. 8, 2026

(RESCHEDULED) 100 Years of Winnie: Winnie-the-Pooh Day 2026

(RESCHEDULED) Winnie-the-Pooh turns 100! Celebrate and learn more about the real-life WWI bear who inspired the “tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff” with an educational extravaganza for all ages.

Lecture
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 | 6:30 p.m. Central Time

A German Jew’s Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer

From a Prussian soldier on the Western Front to a U.S. Army major helping to denazify his homeland decades later, journey through Fritz Oppenheimer’s incredible story spanning an ocean and two world wars.

Discounted Admission
Rescheduled to Aug. 8, 2026

(RESCHEDULED) Scout Day 2026

(RESCHEDULED) 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.

Friday, Jan. 9, 2026 | 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Red Cross Blood Drive

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