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Development of Drugs and Vaccines: Lessons from World War II
Learn MoreAs the world implements a vaccination program for Covid-19, we can look to WWII history to learn more about the process.
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Trench Art Exhibition Virtual Opening
Learn MoreJoin the National WWII Museum for a special virtual opening of its newest exhibit, SOLDIER | ARTIST: Trench Art in World War II.
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Lunchbox Lecture: "The Development of Be-Bop" by David Kunian, New Orleans Jazz Museum
Learn MoreThe days of World War II correlated with a new and radical direction in jazz. Dissatisfied swing musicians devised a new jazz that was faster, angular, virtuosic, and dissonant.
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American Liberators of the Holocaust
Learn MoreJoin Museum educators to discuss the few Americans who saw the atrocities of the Holocaust with their own eyes.
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"Give Us Faith: African Americans and the Home Front:" A Conversation With William Sturkey, PhD, and Jason Dawsey, PhD
Learn MoreJoin us for an engaging discussion about African Americans’ contributions on the Home Front and how they helped lay the groundwork for the post-war Civil Rights Movement.
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Setsuko's Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration, a conversation with Shirley Ann Higuchi, JD and Rob Citino, PhD
Learn MoreA conversation with the Chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, whose parents were both incarcerated as a result of President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, signed on February 19, 1942.
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Lunchbox Lecture: "World War II Military Service as Civil Rights Activism" by Dr. Marcus Cox, Xavier University
Learn MoreMilitary service during World War II and racial integration in the armed forces heightened expectations for social progress.
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In Memoriam: Holocaust Survivor and Museum Trustee Mark Rubin (1937-2021)
Learn MoreThe National WWII Museum mourns the loss of Mark Rubin who was personally committed to ensuring future generations would never forget the lessons of the Holocaust and World War II.
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George P. Shultz, 1920-2021: The National WWII Museum Celebrates his Life and Mourns his Passing
Learn MoreGeorge P. Shultz, WWII veteran, long-time public servant, and friend of The National WWII Museum, passed away on February 6, 2021, at the age of 100.
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Eugene Bullard: Hero of Two World Wars
Learn MoreJoin us for an exciting conversation between two of the country's leading WWII historians about a truly remarkable man who fought the Germans in both world wars—but for the French rather than his own country, the United States.
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"World War II: Witnesses and Memory Liberators and Liberated"
Learn MoreJoin us for an engaging roundtable discussion regarding the experiences of those who did the liberating and those who were liberated in Europe in 1945, and how institutions and scholars preserve and teach this history.
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: "Survival Against All Odds" with Steven Hess
Learn MoreIn observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, The National WWII Museum presented a virtual webinar with Mr. Steven Hess.
Notes from the Museum
Dispatches from The National WWII Museum