Live Demonstration
Wednesdays and Saturdays | 11 a.m.

Hands-on History

History is brought to life in this family-friendly program in which guests of all ages are invited to handle Great War artifacts. 

Special Hours
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025 | 5:30-9:30 p.m.

Tower After Hours

Go up Liberty Memorial Tower after hours for the rare opportunity to take in the evening Kansas City skyline from the top. (Weather permitting)

Special Hours
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025 | 5:30-9:30 p.m.

Tower After Hours

Go up Liberty Memorial Tower after hours for the rare opportunity to take in the evening Kansas City skyline from the top. (Weather permitting)

Exercise session
Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025 | 10:30 a.m.

Empower: Modern Self-Defense

In the tradition of British suffragettes practicing jiu-jitsu to protect themselves in their fight for voting rights, learn self-defense in this two-hour hands-on training session.
Museum Member Exclusive
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.

Member Insider: “Encounters”

How did the Museum and Memorial bring to life 16 real people from WWI to tell their stories? Museum Members, join Curatorial Affairs staff to learn about the exhibit's behind-the-scenes creation.
Special Hours
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 | 5:30-9:30 p.m.

Tower After Hours

Go up Liberty Memorial Tower after hours for the rare opportunity to take in the evening Kansas City skyline from the top. (Weather permitting)

Guided tour
Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025 | 2:30 p.m.

ASL Guided Tour

Explore the Main Gallery with one of our knowledgeable Museum Guides on a tour translated by an ASL interpreter.
Conversation and reception
Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025 | 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. program

Ring of Fire: A New History of the World at War: 1914

Over the last century, WWI’s impact and scale has been oversimplified and underestimated. Historian Alexandra Churchill and archivist Nicolai Eberholst strive to rebalance common conceptions of WWI.
Special Hours
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025 | 5:30-9:30 p.m.

Tower After Hours

Go up Liberty Memorial Tower after hours for the rare opportunity to take in the evening Kansas City skyline from the top. (Weather permitting)

Battlefield Tour
Monday, Sept. 8 - Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025

2025 Battlefield Tour

In a beautiful landscape immortalized by Lt. Col. John McCrae’s iconic poem “In Flanders Fields,” explore the gateway of the Western Front with the Museum and Memorial in Belgium.

Annual Gala
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 | 6-10 p.m.

Night at the Tower

Night at the Tower 2025 will be an extraordinary evening – both inside the Museum and Memorial and soaring high above it. Celebrate nearly 100 years of community stewardship.
Symposium
Thursday, Oct. 23 – Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025

2025 Symposium: Beyond the Trenches

Above the clouds and under choppy waters, explore the wide variety of battle strategies beyond trenches.