In 1942, the US Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard opened their ranks to most women.

Join the National WWII Museum for a special virtual opening of its newest exhibit, SOLDIER | ARTIST: Trench Art in World War II.

The 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.

A conversation with author Jeffrey Jackson, PhD, and Jeremy Collins about a new book that offers a glimpse into the history of World War II at the ground level.

More than 120,000 Americans were held prisoner by the enemy during World War II. In order to pass the time and to make life easier, POWs used the scarce resources available to design and build practical and artistic pieces.

A 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.

Join us as we celebrate the Museum’s opening of Dimensions in Testimony: Liberator Alan Moskin, an interactive biography from USC Shoah Foundation, on display from February 4–September 11, 2021.

Join 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.

Senior Curator Tom Czekanski discusses some of the methods and techniques used to create brass trench art.

Military service during World War II and racial integration in the armed forces heightened expectations for social progress.