Exhibit Hall

The Beautiful Game

Open April 2, 2026: Journey through the story of football's impact on WWI and explore the poignant influence of “the beautiful game” on people living during wartime.

Wylie Gallery

Paris at War

Follow the people of Paris through the twists and turns of World War I: from pinnacle of the French empire, to hunger and terror as German shells fell, to social and political upheaval, and to the

Main Gallery
Explore WWI through the stories of those who lived it

Main Gallery: The World War, 1914-1919

Included with your General Admission ticket, the Main Gallery of the National WWI Museum and Memorial holds the permanent exhibition “The World War, 1914-1919.”

Main Gallery

Encounters

Through cutting-edge audio/visual storytelling, visitors meet 16 individuals and hear their intimate first-person accounts crafted from diaries, letters and photos.

Ellis Gallery

In L ving Memory: Dean Cross, Artist-in-Residence

Worimi artist-in-residence Dean Cross draws on his ancestor George Moss's sacrifice at Gallipoli and the Worimi tradition of Scar Trees to create a piece dedicated to “remembrance, honour and servi

West Lobby Gallery

Iron Harvest

Explore the open wounds that WWI battles left in the fields of northeastern France and Belgium, confronting a lingering legacy of war that outlasts conflicts by generations.

Main Gallery
Experience the Great War like you never have before in 3D virtual reality

Virtual Reality Experiences

Experience the Great War like you never have before in 3D virtual reality: A battle in a trench on the Western Front, and the forgotten story of the Choctaw Code Talkers.

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Google Cultural Institute

Home Before the Leaves Fall

Home Before the Leaves Fall explores the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the July Crisis and the opening months of the Great War through an examination of images, objects, video

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A Guided Journey through WWI History

Curator's Tour

Explore highlights of the National WWI Museum and Memorial with this narrated, immersive tour of the galleries, guided by our Curator of Education.

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Her Vote, Her Voice

How women's contributions to WWI fueled the suffrage movement and changed American democracy, leading to passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

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The Letters of Lieut. Raymond B. Penniman

Stories from the Somme

See one of the most devastating battles of the Great War through the eyes of a young Canadian lieutenant, who was ultimately lost as one of the million casualties of the Somme.

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The Volunteers

The Volunteers: Americans Join World War I examines the stories of the young men and women who transformed the meaning of volunteerism.

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From the Homefront to the Frontlines

War Fare

It unites us, divides us and is one of the most effective weapons in war: the control (and cooking) of food.

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