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Phase II of the multi-year strategic effort to provide critical upgrades to Museum and Memorial spaces begins in Sept. 2023.

On Sept. 30, come celebrate a Kansas City treasure during a night like no other! Individual tickets as well as sponsorships are now available.

Photographer Michael St. Maur Sheil worked with the Museum and Memorial to curate and present 30 photographs from his series depicting key battlefields of WWI in modern times, in stunning color.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial serves as a fitting place to spend Memorial Day weekend, giving honor and special recognize to the individuals who sacrificed their lives while serving their country.

The Lower Level of the National WWI Museum and Memorial will reopen to the public on Friday, May 19. Following a year of renovations, the Lower Level features the new Bergman Family Gallery and Open Storage Center.

Paris Johnson Jr., Draft prospect and founder of the Paris Johnson Jr. Foundation, will lead the lighting of the National WWI Museum and Memorial’s special ephemeral art installation, on the iconic...

"From the Sidelines to the Front Lines" was installed in the main corridor of the Museum and Memorial in time for the 2023 NFL Draft.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial is proud to host a special ephemeral art installation, “Horizons”, on Liberty Memorial Tower and the North Terrace wall during April 24-29, 2023.

The Lower Level reopens on May 19, completing Phase I. A new gallery and touch tables are announced for Phase II.

Boosting the internet from "fast" to "five times as fast" – that’s what a couple Google Fiber specialists were busy doing on March 29 in a cramped room filled with blinking server lights and snaking cables, as several TV news crews clustered around them.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial is pleased to announce that the display of the original painting of Saint Javelin has been extended to Sept. 10, 2023.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial is undergoing major updates. You will notice some changes over the next year, including the temporary closure of the Lower Level and the Edward Jones Research Center, with a planned reopening of an expanded research and collections space in early 2023.

In conjunction with events occurring downtown on Wednesday, Feb. 15 to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl LVII win, the National WWI Museum and Memorial will be open from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. and is offering a special discount admission rate of $10.

Beginning June 8, 2023, in collaboration with Design Museum Everywhere, the National WWI Museum and Memorial will explore prosthetic design and its critical role in humanizing new technologies for individuals living with limb loss or limb difference.

The next exhibition to open at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, "Entertaining the Troops", gives a peek into the spare hours in the life of a WWI soldier on and off the battlefield.