Press Release

The National WWI Museum and Memorial announced the completion of its $25 million “Call to Duty” capital campaign today. Funds raised through the campaign were used to significantly enhance the United States’ official WWI museum and memorial, including the construction of a new state-of-the-art exhibition gallery, educational collaborations and partnerships with organizations across the world, renovation of the exterior grounds, replacement of essential infrastructure and more.

Opening Tuesday, Dec. 11 at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, Devastated Lands examines the battered landscapes through a series of jarring photographs and illustrations from the Museum and Memorial’s collection.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial announced a $550,000 gift from the Hall Family Foundation today. The gift from the Hall Family Foundation will be used to upgrade the Museum and Memorial’s chillers as well as air handlers.

Opening Tuesday, Sept. 11 at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, "Diggers and Doughboys: The Art of Allies 100 Years On" features incredible artwork from the Australian War Memorial Collection illustrating the unique comradeship between the U.S. and Australia.

TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, named the National WWI Museum and Memorial among the top 25 museums in the United States for the fourth time in the last five years as part of its 2018 Travelers’ Choice Awards.

As the centennial of the Armistice of World War I approaches, the National WWI Museum and Memorial and artist Ada Koch honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice with a moving and powerful art installation.

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.