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The National WWI Museum and Memorial is open.
The Museum and Memorial relies on the generosity of private philanthropy, visitor revenue and event rentals to sustain our mission. We receive no federal funding for our operations budget.
We hope you will join us to remember, interpret and understand the enduring impact of WWI on our world today.
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Upcoming Events
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Live Demonstration
Saturdays | 11 a.m.
History is brought to life in this family-friendly program in which guests of all ages are invited to handle Great War artifacts.
Lecture
Monday, Nov. 17, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Members, join a museum curator for an exclusive presentation on the social, cultural and political changes that shaped life in Kansas City after WWI.
Lecture
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 | 2 p.m. Central Time
What does the United States’ Polish community have to do with Canadian WWI military organizers? Find the answer with Professor Piotr Wróbel (Universit...
Lecture
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025 | 6:30 p.m. Central Time
Peer through the periscope of history at what changed in naval warfare before and during WWI. Historian Richard Faulkner also dives into British admir...
Living History
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
How did WWI soldiers and their families celebrate winter holidays in the midst of war? Ask the Living History Volunteers – and see their collections o...
Film Screening
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025 | 11 a.m.
It’s our annual holiday screening of the 2005 Oscar-nominated film “Joyeux Noël,” the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce between opposing soldiers on t...
