The National WWI Museum and Memorial serves as a fitting place to spend Memorial Day weekend, giving honor and special recognize to the individuals who sacrificed their lives while serving their country. Admission to the Museum and Memorial is free for veterans and active-duty military personnel, while general admission for the public is half-price all weekend (Friday-Monday, May 26-29).
The Lower Level of the National WWI Museum and Memorial will reopen to the public on Friday, May 19. Following a year of renovations, the Lower Level features the new Bergman Family Gallery and Open Storage Center. This is the most extensive renovation to the Museum and Memorial since its opening in 2006.
Entertaining the Troops gives a peek into the life of a WWI soldier beyond the battlefield, whether waiting for the enemies’ next move or partying in Paris. Opening on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, Entertaining the Troops will be on display in the National WWI Museum and Memorial’s Exhibit Hall.
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 and parking for $35. Special access will be granted for members of the media.
"Fighting with Faith: a WWI POW Camp of Propaganda" investigates the Halbmondlager, or "Half Moon Camp," with a close look at the ways in which Germany and the Ottoman Empire fought for the hearts and minds of prisoners. Fighting with Faith complements the onsite exhibition Captured, which is open through April 30, 2023 in the Museum and Memorial’s Wylie Gallery.
The National WWI Museum and Memorial announced today the retirement of longtime senior curator, Doran Cart. After 33 years of service at the Museum and Memorial, Cart will retire on Dec. 31, 2022.
The experience of American soldiers in the Great War is documented in a free outdoor special centennial exhibition, "Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace: The Doughboys, 1917-1918", which debuts Friday, March 31 in the Museum’s Memorial Courtyard.
"Revolutions! 1917" showcases the incredible events that occurred worldwide in 1917 from America’s official entry into the war and Russia’s upheavals from an Imperial state to popular rule.
The grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is focused on building the long-term financial strength of America’s official World War I museum and memorial.
The William T. Kemper Foundation has pledged $300,000 in support of the Museum’s effort to preserve precious objects and documents from the Great War as well as to make them accessible online. The grant also assists with expenses for additional staff and critical digitization equipment.
In commemoration of Veterans Day, the National WWI Museum and Memorial serves as a fitting place to honor those who have served — and continue to serve — our country. To recognize these men and women, admission to the Museum and Memorial is free for veterans and active duty military personnel from Friday, Nov. 11 through Sunday, Nov. 13. General admission for the public is half-price.
"Images of the Great War: America Crosses the Atlantic", a special centennial exhibition opening Thursday, Nov. 9 at the National World War I Museum and Memorial, focuses on the final two years of the Great War through a series of works of art with an emphasis on American involvement.
The exhibition, which documents the experience of American soldiers in the Great War, is a special U.S. World War One Centennial Commission event and will be on display through Sunday, Dec. 3.
Soccer enthusiasts from around the region paid homage to the World War I Christmas Truce on Monday by participating in the fifth annual Truce Tournament hosted by Sporting Club, the National World War I Museum and Memorial and The Soccer Lot.
One of the world’s largest war-related paintings will be exhibited in the Midwest for the first time as part of the inaugural Wylie Gallery exhibition "John Singer Sargent Gassed", which opens on Friday, Feb. 23 at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. d
