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Paris at War

Follow the people of Paris through the twists and turns of World War I: from pinnacle of the French ...
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Main Gallery: The World War, 1914-1919

Included with your General Admission ticket, the Main Gallery of the National WWI Museum and Memoria...
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The Beautiful Game

Open April 2, 2026: Journey through the story of football's impact on WWI and explore the poignant i...
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Bergman Family Gallery and Open Storage Center

Included with your General Admission ticket, the Lower Level features the Bergman Family Gallery and...
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Encounters

Through cutting-edge audio/visual storytelling, visitors meet 16 individuals and hear their intimate...
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In L ving Memory: Dean Cross, Artist-in-Residence

Worimi artist-in-residence Dean Cross draws on his ancestor George Moss's sacrifice at Gallipoli and...
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Iron Harvest

Explore the open wounds that WWI battles left in the fields of northeastern France and Belgium, conf...
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Upcoming Events

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Live Demonstration
Saturdays | 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Hands-on History (2026)
History is brought to life in this family-friendly program in which guests of all ages are invited to handle Great War artifacts.
Lecture
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | 6:30 p.m. Central
Pershing Lecture Series | Soldiers and Lawyers: Debates on the Laws of War
What purpose does law serve in war? Historian Ben Schneider traces the century-long legacy of efforts to control battlefield violence and hold combata...
Lecture
Sunday, April 19, 2026 | 2 p.m. Central
Lawrence Lecture Series | A Centenary of Seven Pillars: The First Edition
Lift the covers of the first edition of T. E. Lawrence’s “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” (fewer than 200 copies were published) and peek at the paintings, c...
Professional Development
Sunday, April 19, 2026 | 7 p.m.
Educator Professional Development: Opportunity and WWI
Explore how wartime opened new doors for some Americans – while closing others – reshaping work, mobility, and social possibility.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | 6-8:30 p.m.
Operation: Agatha | A Mysterious Museum Affair
Serving as a nurse and a pharmacist in Great Britain, Agatha Christie intimately saw the effects of the Great War. In an evening that will be the best...
Film Screening
Saturday, May 9, 2026 | 2 p.m.
Film Screening: “A Very Long Engagement”
Join us for a screening of the 2004 award-winning film “A Very Long Engagement,” as part of Alliance Française de Kansas City's French Film Festival. ...

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Black and white photo of three people posed for a group photo. Left to right: a white man in military uniform with both legs amputated nearly at the hip, resting on a small platform with wheels. A white woman in a dark-colored dress sitting in a rocking chair. A white man wearing a suit sitting in a rocking chair with a crutch leaning on a pillar behind him. The woman has her arm around the shoulders of the man on the left and her hand on the arm of the man on the right.
Article
Becoming Bespoke: When One Size of Prosthetic Does Not Fit All
Black and white photo of a court martial trial. There are men in military uniform sitting at a table on a dais. In front of them are a couple rows of tables with more men wearing suits or uniforms. To the side are uniformed men seated in close rows.
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Pershing Lecture Series | Soldiers and Lawyers: Debates on the Laws of War
Background image: A series of white typewritten numbers on a black background. Foreground text: #USWW100 / Countdown for the Centennial of the U.S. Entry into World War I.
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#USWW100 - The Zimmermann Telegram
Sepia photograph of a group of children gathered around two women dressed in white.
Collection
French Mascots - Orphans of the War
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Collection
Loos Football
Loose, sketchy painting of six soldiers dressed in winter clothing and military uniforms from different countries. They are smiling and laughing, some of them smoking cigarettes or cigars.
Exhibitions
The Christmas Truce, Winter 1914
Video still of an older white man presenting at the podium on the Museum auditorium stage.
Video
Winston at the Front: From Parliament to Plugstreet, 1916 - Lee Pollock
Scan of a typewritten document with Capt. Francis Bangs written in cursive on the top
Collection
Ruses and Snares
WWI-era printed map
Article
Palestine, Israel and WWI: 5 Facts from History
Image: Five men dressed in military uniform sitting for a photograph portrait facing the viewer. Text: Home Before the Leaves Fall.
Exhibitions
Home Before the Leaves Fall
Background image: Black and white photograph of General Pershing inspecting a row of soldiers. Foreground text: Pershing Lecture Series.
Video
Total War Comes to the Fatherland: The German Home Front, 1914-1918 - Scott Stephenson
Background image: Colorful painting of battleships pounding through the ocean waves. Foreground text: #USWW100 / Countdown for the Centennial of the U.S. Entry into World War I.
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#USWW100 - Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Video still of a Black man at the podium giving a presentation on the Museum auditorium stage.
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Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era - Chad Williams

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