The Center for Collections & Archives
The Museum completes a top-to-bottom renovation of its collections wing.
116 - 120 results of 269
-
-
Press Release
The National WWII Museum Presents United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Traveling Exhibition
The National WWII Museum today announced a new special exhibition: State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda, a traveling exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. The exhibition, which opens to the public on January 27, explores how the Nazi propaganda machine used biased information to sway public opinion in the years leading up to and during World War II. Organized chronologically, the exhibition is a rich multimedia experience that examines the definition of propaganda, how it operates, why it works and why it is so important to protect ourselves from its dangers.
-
Press Release
The National WWII Museum Celebrates 20 Years of Telling the Story of the American Experience in World War II
On June 6, 2020, The National WWII Museum will commemorate the 76th anniversary of the D-Day invasion and celebrate the 20th anniversary of its opening as The National D-Day Museum in 2000.
-
Article Type
When Higgins Boats Invaded New Orleans' Lakefront
On July 23, 1944, a celebration marked a milestone in production for Higgins Industries, which had just finished its 10,000th boat for delivery to the US Navy.
-
Article Type
Navy Exonerates 256 Black Sailors Punished after 1944 Port Chicago Explosion
The exoneration was announced on the 80th anniversary of the explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California that killed 320 people and injured 400 others.
Past Events
-
17th International Conference on World War II
11/21/2024 - 11/23/2024Tune in to our premier adult educational event bringing together the best and brightest scholars, authors, historians, and witnesses to history from around the globe to discuss the war that changed the world.
-
Our War Too: Women in Service
11/11/2023 - 07/21/2024Our War Too: Women in Service is a groundbreaking special exhibit honoring the nearly 350,000 American women who answered the call to serve their country during World War II.
-
Meet the Author: James B. Conroy, “The Devils Will Get No Rest”
01/17/2024 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PMJoin us for a conversation with James B. Conroy, author of The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan that Won the War.
