Museum and Memorial Offers Local Discount to Celebrate Centennial

Residents in a seven-county radius will receive a $10 combo ticket from Aug. 1-Dec. 30, 2026, as the Museum's yearlong centennial celebration continues
07/14/2026
Four children and two adults gather around a touchscreen display and exhibit case in the Main Gallery. Text: "Our next century starts with 'Welcome Home'"

At a Glance:

Residents of seven counties surrounding Kansas City can visit with a special $10 combo ticket.

  • When: Aug. 1 - Dec. 30, 2026
  • Available to residents of:
    • Kansas: Johnson, Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties
    • Missouri: Jackson, Clay, Cass and Platte counties
  • Ticket includes access to the Main Gallery, special exhibition areas and the Tower.
  • Must present proof of residency with valid ID.
  • One ticket per ID, with the exception of minors.
  • Available in-person at the Ticketing Counter only.

Plan your visit

 

 

The National WWI Museum and Memorial announced a special discount for local residents in celebration of its 100th anniversary. From Aug. 1 – Dec. 30, 2026, residents in the seven counties surrounding Kansas City can visit with a special $10 combo ticket, which includes access to the Main Gallery, special exhibition areas and the Tower.

The $10 combo ticket is available for residents of Johnson, Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties in Kansas and Jackson, Clay, Cass and Platte counties in Missouri. Residents must present proof of residency with valid ID. One ticket per ID, with the exception of minors. This offer is available in-person at the Ticketing Counter only.

For a century, Kansas Citians have supported the Museum and Memorial, helping it grow from a community memorial into a global institution with the most comprehensive collection of WWI artifacts in the world. That stewardship has preserved the stories of a generation who lived through the war to end all wars, ensuring they are never forgotten.

“For 100 years, this community has shown up for us,” said Matthew Naylor, President and CEO of the National WWI Museum and Memorial. “This discount is a small way to thank our neighbors for a century of support.”

This local offer is one part of the Museum and Memorial's centennial celebration, honoring that generosity and inviting the community to come see firsthand exactly what their stewardship has built.

Refreshed areas include these and much more:

“Encounters” – guests come face-to-face with 16 individuals and their real stories crafted from diaries, letters and photos.
Film still of a white man in uniform standing in a CGI rendering of a bombed cathedral
Film still of a white woman in WWI-era hair and dress gesturing angrily on the stand in a CGI rendering of a courtroom

 

“Casualties” – a replica of a bombed-out church serving as a field hospital.
Several young guests look at a museum exhibit depicting a bombed-out cathedral. Nurse and soldier mannequins are visible inside the exhibit
A nurse mannequin leads a line of three soldier mannequins blinded by mustard gas towards the field hospital exhibit

 

“Into the Trenches” – guests can now step inside the displays and immerse themselves in the different trench settings.
Museum exhibit replicating a British WWI trench with sandbags and wooden walkways. A soldier mannequin peers through a trench periscope while another soldier mannequin readies to throw a grenade.

 

Interactive Tables – four interactive touch tables covering four wartime innovations: aircraft, communications, maritime and uniforms.
Two Black girls and a white boy crowd around a large touchscreen table, interacting with the graphics

 

Computer rendering of a scene in the sky, looking down from above on a variety of WWI-era aircraft

 

“Battlescape” – a newly-produced immersive film projected onto the inner surface of a recreated battle crater.
Museum guests stand inside a replica of a devastating bomb crater bathed in blue light as films are projected on the sides of the crater

 

“Epilogue: A World Transformed” – a narrative environmental film surrounding guests with large-scale imagery and sound to provoke an understanding of the consequences of WWI.
A lone guest sits on a curving bench in a room with a film of a poppy field projected on three walls around them

 

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