Exhibitions

Exploring the pivotal struggles felt both on the war front and the home front, The Vietnam War: 1945-1975, a traveling exhibition from the New‑York Historical Society, examines how the div

In France, recent scholarship has shown that the survival of women’s fashion also played an important role in life during the Great War.

Writer and artist Raymond Fontanet, known as Renefer (1876-1957), was mobilized to serve in the French military in 1914 and, throughout the war, always carried pencils and a sketchbook in his

At 402 feet in circumference and 45 feet in height, the Panthéon de la Guerre was not only the most ambitious artistic undertaking during World War I, but upon completion in 1918, it was c

Dutch artist Louis Raemaekers, described as the “supreme cartoonist of the war,” used his pencils as a weapon to create powerful impressions characterizing and criticizing the nature and legacy of

Soon after the outset of World War I, the poster, previously the successful medium of commercial advertising, was recognized as a means of spreading national propaganda with unlimited possibilities

Many thought World War I would be over in days, surely by Christmas. To many, Christmas was a time of peace and goodwill towards others, the celebration of the Prince of Peace.

Nursing played a crucial role during the First World War.

In 2010, the special exhibition Man and Machine: The German Soldier in World War I offered rare insight into the Great War by sharing stories from the German viewpoint.

From Irving Berlin’s draft registration card to the handwritten draft of the Balfour Declaration, this exhibition illustrates the lasting effects of World War I on the American Jewish population.

An abbreviated version of the exhibition featuring portraits of seven Holocaust survivors from Kansas City continued through Oct. 20 in front of the Museum and Memorial Main Entrance.

“Gassed,” which is on loan from the Imperial War Museums in the U.K., has been viewed by tens of millions of people since its completion.

The war saw a vast output of pictorial work that attempted to capture the harsh realities of fighting.

This exhibition focuses on the art and events of the first two years of the Great War, beginning with the invasion of Belgium and the campaign on the Marne and concluding with the fruitless efforts

If you want to know a generation of Americans, then listen to the popular music they embraced in their youth. 

Etched in Memory features color etchings by British artist James Alphege Brewer (1881-1946) presenting scenes from Belgium and Northern France—cathedrals, churches and town buildings threa