CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION
During the centennial of the Great War (1914-19), the National WWI Museum and Memorial hosted a series of special exhibitions, programs and events to commemorate the first global war in history. Highlights of the Museum and Memorial's offerings during this time are below.
See our current Upcoming Events for a full list of programs and check out the front page of our website for more recent activities.
The Volunteers: Americans Join World War I, 1914-1919Traveling ExhibitionPosted: March 22, 2016American volunteer organizations contributed immensely to the well-being and welfare of the American men and women serving the American military in WWI, but also to peoples in the war-torn countries around the globe. This special exhibition produced in collaboration with AFS Intercultural Programs shares their inspirational stories. Read More |
Symposium: November 6-7, 2015Global War, 1915 | Empires at War, Churchill’s Gallipoli and an America DividedPosted: August 03, 2015Explore the rising tensions in America and the globally escalating conflict that defined the world in 1915. Follow the trajectories of different countries around the world as the conflict escalated to total war, including fighting in the colonies and East Asia, stalemate in the West, Churchill’s disaster at Gallipoli, mobilization at home, and the polarization of American society around the issue of war. Read More |
A Centenary of Australian War ArtJuly 17 - Dec. 6, 2015, Memory HallPosted: June 29, 2015The most comprehensive collection of Australian war art ever seen outside of Australia consists of artworks from the Australian War Memorial depicting Australian military experience from the First World War to Afghanistan. The exhibition features Australia’s best known war artists, including George Lambert and Arthur Streeton, and the works highlight the crucial role Australians played in some of the most defining moments in modern history. Read More |
Sand to Snow: Global War 1915May 1, 2015 - April 17, 2016, Exhibit HallPosted: April 23, 2015The year 1915 was pivotal in terms of the world-wide involvement in the war. World War I was the first truly global war starting in Europe, then spreading to Africa, Asia and the Near East. The European powers mobilized their colonies and commonwealths around the world. Soldiers and laborers from Southeast Asia, India, Africa and the Caribbean were sent to Europe and the Near East to fight. Read More |
Drawn to War The Political Cartoons of Louis RaemaekersMarch 24 - Oct. 18, 2015, Research Level GalleryPosted: March 19, 2015Showcased in this exhibition, 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 war. Read More |
The Christmas Truce, Winter 1914Posted: December 02, 2014On Christmas Eve of 1914, along parts of the Western and Eastern fronts in Europe, a spontaneous truce was declared among the weary, entrenched combatants of World War I. Was this a miracle? Was it a myth? Explore these questions and declare your own truce on social media through The Christmas Truce, Winter 1914, the new online exhibition from the National WWI Museum and Memorial. Read More |