Events

Explore how laws and communities fulfilled or failed on the promise that “all men are created equal.”

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

Return (with or without the King) for trivia night centered on the life and works of WWI veteran and author J. R. R. Tolkien. Teams and solo players welcome.

Dr. Mitch Klingenberg dissects the uniquely American way of theorizing and waging large-scale war, learned from the mixed lessons of the American Civil War.

In an all-decades birthday bash on Kansas City’s Front Porch, celebrate what has sustained the Museum and Memorial as a beacon of remembrance and a cornerstone of community for the past 100 years: YOU!

Analyze the rights expanded, challenged and restricted during wartime, and how upheaval reshaped civic life in the United States.

The First and Second Boer Wars shattered romanticized illusions of 19th-century empire. Dr. Sean Kalic analyzes the deep systemic vulnerabilities that led to Great Britain’s tactical and organizational reforms.