Dr. Laurie Stoff joins this month’s Mrs. Wilson’s Knitting Circle to unwind how Russia’s ‘sisters of mercy’ experienced and impacted the Great War – breaking gender barriers and forging new paths for themselves.

Join the Modernists for cocktails and make connections with other Museum supporters on the third Thursday of the month. Learn more about upcoming events, membership and ways to support our local national treasure. This month's Happy Hour is at River Bluff Brewing.

Spend a firelit summer evening with us at Kansas City’s second ever Great Balloon Glow! Rows of tethered hot air balloons will fire up their burners to create a magnificent, colorful display you have to see to believe.

The arrest of 250 Armenians in April of 1915 was the start of a massacre. That massacre helped inform the creation of a new word, genocide, in 1944. Join Dr. Bedross DerMatossian as he explores the historical background, differing interpretations, the magnitude and the repercussions of the Armenian Genocide.

Throughout history, women have written military doctrine and developed thorough studies of warfare, yet their names and words fall to the wayside. Join Lieutenant Colonel Nikki Dean as she describes the story of women and their leadership in the development of the profession of arms.

Members, join us for a summer happy hour and raise a glass to one of the most recognizable landmarks of Kansas City! Enjoy the views from the top of the Tower after hours and a reception on the Memorial Courtyard.

For July, the Living History Volunteer Corps are on site to share stories of medical practices during the war. Join us as we learn about how medicine was used and changed in response to new diseases and injuries.

Join the Modernists for cocktails and make connections with other Museum supporters on the third Thursday of the month. Learn more about upcoming events, membership and ways to support our local national treasure. This month's Happy Hour is at River Bluff Brewing.

Dr. Yücel Yanıkdağ, professor at the University of Richmond, examines the spread of several diseases that further devastated the Ottoman Empire beyond the battlefield. While the “long war” ended in 1922, its demographic and disease-related consequences continued for decades.