NonProfit Pro named National WWI Museum and Memorial President and CEO Dr. Matthew Naylor as its 2018 Executive of the Year as announced in its recent magazine issue.
Hailed by Time magazine as “a deep dive into a strange, history-shaking year” and by the New York Times as “remarkably prescient,” For Liberty: American Jewish Experience in WWI, the latest special exhibition at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, portrays what life was like as an American Jew on the home front and the battlefield through remarkable stories and unique artifacts.
Opening May 22 at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, "War Around Us: Soldier Artist Impressions" captures the losses and triumphs of war through the eyes of those who lived it in a series of works never previously on exhibition.
In a contest featuring more than 2,000 entries from all 50 states held from Aug. 22 – Sept. 8, 2017, Bettina Pope was selected as the winner with a trip to Kansas City to visit the Museum and Memorial along with a guest serving as her prize.
"Crucible: Life & Death in 1918", a new special exhibition opening on Tuesday, April 3 in Exhibit Hall at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, shares the incredible stories of the individuals whose lives were caught in the extraordinary crucible in 1918.
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
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.
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.
"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 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.
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.
"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 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.
The National World War I Museum and Memorial will host America’s national ceremony commemorating the centennial of the United States’ entry into the Great War as announced by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission. The national ceremony, “In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace: Centennial Commemoration of the U.S. Entry in World War I,” will be held on April 6, 2017 at the Museum.
