Join the Museum’s Educational Travel Team for a unique custom-curated itinerary starting in heart of Normandy at a luxury chateau in the countryside, perfectly located to access all of the history of the region. The second half of the itinerary features cruising the Seine River on Uniworld’s Joie de Vivre to Paris. You will be joined by renowned historians and authors Michael Neiberg and William Hitchcock, both experts on World War II, professors of history, and frequent contributors to TV, radio, and podcasts on the topic.  Throughout the journey, these special guests will bring interesting historical insight to the places you will visit through a custom lecture series.

The Liberation of Paris optional two-night post-tour extension with historian Michael Neiberg paints the story of the “City of Light” under occupation - with tales of resistance, espionage, and eventual liberation – a different Paris than you’ve visited before.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins his third term bid for president, but a foreign crisis brews in the pacific. Contending with an isolationist movement in America, he maneuvers policy and naval fleets in preparation for war. All the while, convincing the US public the importance of becoming the “arsenal of democracy.”

In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt inherits a nation amidst The Great Depression, but around the world, fascist powers gain footholds. FDR begins to shape foreign policy through a series of addresses that connect the American people to the president in an unprecedented way, threading the needle between readying the nation for war and appeasing isolationists.