National World War I Museum and Memorial – Virtual Tour

The National World War I Museum and Memorial of the United States opened as the Liberty Memorial museum in 1926. The United States Congress designated it as America’s official museum dedicated to World War I in 2004.

The museum tells the story of the Great War and related global events from their origins before 1914 through the 1918 armistice and 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

Visitors enter the exhibit space across a glass bridge above a field of 9,000 red poppies, each one representing 1,000 combatant deaths.

The mission of the museum and memorial is to be:

“dedicated to remembering, interpreting, and understanding the Great War and its enduring impact on the global community.”

The memorial grounds include a sizeable elliptical fountain, and on each side is a tapering staircase ascending to the commemorative deck.

The approach from the south contains the “Walk of Honor,” a series of engraved bricks in three sections commemorating veterans of World War I, veterans of all wars, and honored civilians.

Highlights of the National World War I Museum and Memorial

Liberty Tower – 217-foot (66 m) tall memorial tower
The classical Egyptian Revival style of architecture of the tower and buildings
A Renault FT tank
World War I Uniforms and arms
A 1917 Harley-Davidson Model J motorcycle
A 1918 Ford Model T ambulance
General John J. Pershing’s Headquarter flag
Munitions
Maps and photographs
Propaganda posters
Replica trenches
Sound booths with audio recordings of the period
A memorial tree called “The Tree of Peace.”

National World War I Museum and Memorial

Museum: National World War I Museum and Memorial
Previously: Liberty Memorial museum
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
Country: United States
Opened: 1926
Type: Military and War Museums
Category: National Museum of the United States
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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“This is a war to end all wars.”
– Woodrow Wilson, 1917

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Photo Credit: National WWI Museum / CC0; Daderot / Public domain; Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada / CC BY-SA (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0);