CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION
During the centennial of the Great War (1914-19), the National WWI Museum and Memorial will host a series of special exhibitions, programs and events to commemorate the first global war in history. Highlights of the Museum's offerings are below. See the Museum's Upcoming Events for a full list of programs.
For Liberty: American Jewish Experience in WWIJune 29 – Nov. 11, 2018, Wylie Gallery - Buy TicketsPosted: May 22, 2018Hailed as “remarkably prescient” by the New York Times, this special exhibition examines the American Jewish battlefield and homefront participation through a series of remarkable stories and objects. Featured items including Irving Berlin’s draft registration card and the handwritten draft of the Balfour Declaration, which eventually paved the way for the establishment of the Jewish state. Exhibition open June 29 - Nov. 11, 2018 in the Wylie Gallery. Read More |
War Around Us: Soldier Artist ImpressionsMay 22, 2018 - January 13, 2019, Ellis GalleryPosted: April 17, 2018Creating art when surrounded by war seems contradictory. Artists Jean Lefort, Curtiney George Foote, Charles Thatcher Shellabarger, Myron Chapin and Jean Berne-Bellecour demonstrate several ways one can capture wartime experiences using the fields, villages, and people who witnessed the devastation of WWI, in War Around Us: Soldier Artist Impressions. The exhibition is open May 22, 2018 – January 13, 2019 in the Ellis Gallery. Read More |
Crucible Life and Death 1918April 3, 2018 – March 10, 2019, Exhibit HallPosted: March 09, 2018For the Doughboys on the Western Front, 1918 was their year. It was the crucible where the American land forces forged their fighting force. They fought alongside their main allies from Cantigny to Belleau Wood to the Champagne Region, the Piave River to the Marne to St. Mihiel to the Meuse Argonne to Vladivostok. This exhibition is not an illustration or timeline of how the 1918 battles were fought, rather it focuses on individuals and their lives and deaths in the crucible of 1918. Exhibition open April 3, 2018 – March 10, 2019 in Exhibit Hall. Read More |
John Singer Sargent GassedFeb. 23 – June 3, 2018, Wylie GalleryPosted: February 23, 2018John Singer Sargent’s incredible masterpiece Gassed is truly one of the giants of the art world at more than nine feet tall by 21 feet long. The landmark painting is the focal point in this special centennial exhibition that also includes original maps of the dressing station where Sargent witnessed the scene he depicted and reproductions of many of his study drawings and featuring historical and contemporary objects on detection and protection from chemical warfare. Exhibition open Feb. 23 – June 3, 2018 in the Wylie Gallery. Read More |
Images of the Great War: America Crosses the AtlanticNov. 9, 2017 – May 13, 2018, Ellis GalleryPosted: October 23, 2017Focusing on the final two years of the Great War with the emphasis on American involvement, the exhibition Images of the Great War: America Crosses the Atlantic features works by French, British, German and American artists who attempted to capture the harsh realities of the incredibly brutal war. The exhibition was organized by Brown University Library and The President Woodrow Wilson House and is open Nov. 9, 2017 – May 13, 2018 in the Ellis Gallery at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. Read More |
Wilson's War ProclamationOn view in the exhibition Revolutions! 1917Posted: April 10, 2017 Temporarily on loan from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., Woodrow Wilson signed Presidential Proclamation 1364 concerning the Declaration of War against Germany on April 6, 1917. |