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Follow the lives of Parisians as World War I transforms their city: from the flourishing days of the French empire to wartime hardships, to the signing of peace treaties that still echo around the world today.

Visiting the Museum and Memorial the first week of October 2025? Here's what you need to know about parking, open hours and more.

Hero Sponsor nbkc bank is helping to support discount admission and free activities during the 2024 Memorial Day Weekend.

Residents of six surrounding counties will be able to see the entire Museum and Memorial with a special $10 combo ticket.

Using cutting-edge visual storytelling, ‘Encounters’ tells the stories of 16 individuals using first-person accounts from diaries, letters and photos.

Starting in January 2025, the special effects lighting and projector systems in Kemper Horizon Theater will be undergoing important and exciting upgrades.

Special hours and holiday hours for the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

Since 2023, the Museum and Memorial has been carrying out a multi-year upgrade plan, the most expansive changes to the buildings and grounds since opening in 2006.

For its centennial in 2026, the National WWI Museum and Memorial is seeking a pro bono agency partner passionate about the work of the Museum and Memorial and its place in the cultural landscape of Kansas City and beyond.

Looking for gift ideas for the history buff, the Kansas City local or any other kind of person in your life? You've come to the right place.

As the defining event of the 20th century, how does World War I inform our understanding of “just” war?

Visitors celebrating Veterans Day at the Museum and Memorial were some of the first to view three new exhibits in the Main Gallery – a field hospital, a new and immersive crater and updates to the FT-17 Renault Tank.

In 2026, the Museum and Memorial plans to create a NEW time capsule to celebrate 100 years! We need your help to determine what should go into the new time capsule.

While the Main Gallery upgrades continue, take advantage of these great resources that tell the stories of technology and the people who relied on it during the Great War.

Exciting upgrades to the Main Gallery and other spaces will not only upgrade technology and tell new and interesting narratives from WWI, they will create a richer and more immersive visitor...