The National WWII Museum’s first-ever WWII AirPower Expo, in partnership with the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), was an unqualified success. More than 10,000 visitors came to the Lakefront Airport over the weekend to climb inside restored planes, including a B-17, C-45, and the world’s only flying B-29. Visitors were also able to speak with the veterans who flew iconic WWII aircraft.
The National WWII Museum today announced the opening of its newest special exhibit, Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann.
The National WWII Museum will host two 13-day, 12-night tours following in the footsteps of the famed Easy Company—a group made legendary in the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” which was based on Museum founder Stephen E. Ambrose’s book of the same title. From June 2 through 14, and again from September 11 through 23, 2017, historians and curators from America’s official WWII Museum will lead guests on the real-life epic journey across Europe—through the hedgerows of Normandy, down the Netherlands’ Hell’s Highway, to the last line of defense at Bastogne and on to the Hitler’s Eagles Nest.
The National WWII Museum and Arizona State University (ASU) today announced the launch of a new online master’s degree program in World War II Studies.
The public, Museum staff and representatives from all branches of military service will gather at 10:00 a.m. in the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion on Andrew Higgins Drive for day-long observances that include performances by the Marine Corps Band and the Museum’s Victory Belles, a eulogy for a WWII soldier read by a student scholar from New Orleans and a moment of silence in tribute to those killed in action.