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Captured

Open Oct. 28: Nearly 9 million people were held as prisoners of war at some point during the four br...

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Often overlooked in the history of the war, the Eastern Front had cataclysmic results for the millio...

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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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Lecture

Thursday, Feb. 2 - 7 p.m.

Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout

Marie and Pierre Curie’s romance in 1891 heralded the dawn of a new scientific era. Author Lauren Redniss explores Marie Curie’s life and loves as the...

Lecture

Sunday, Feb. 5 - 2 p.m.

Lawrence Lecture Series: Lawrence as a Writer

Did T.E. Lawrence achieve his ambition to be a great writer? Scholar Philip Neale navigates the checkered history of Lawrence of Arabia’s famous autob...

Living History

Saturday, Feb. 11 - 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Day in the Life: Technology

Living History volunteers focus on the technology developed before and during WWI on the battlefield, hospital ward and home front. Come ask questions...

Reception and lecture

Tuesday, Feb. 21 - Reception 6 p.m., Lecture 7 p.m.

The Unfinished Business of Democracy: Lincoln, Wilson and the Issue of Race

Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson both fought for American democratic ideals. But the way they each chose to address race had serious consequences an...

Program and reception

Friday, Feb. 24 - Reception 5 p.m., Program 6 p.m.

Saint Javelin: Art, Faith and Mobilization

A year into Russia’s war on Ukraine, join Saint Javelin founder Christian Borys and artist Chris Shaw along with Curator Patricia Cecil in conversatio...