Current military members and all veterans are admitted FREE for the day to the Museum galleries.

Join Linda Hope, daughter of Bob and Dolores Hope, and Assistant Director for Curatorial Services Kim Guise as they introduce the Museum’s newest special exhibit, So Ready for Laughter: The Legacy of Bob Hope.

The Pelican State Goes to War Symposium: Uniquely Louisiana

The Pelican State Goes to War Symposium: Uniquely Louisiana

With sensitivity and passion, Edith Sheffer’s scrupulous research reveals the heartbreaking voices and experiences of many of these children, while also illuminating a Nazi regime obsessed with sorting the population into categories, cataloging people by race, heredity, politics, religion, sexuality, criminality, and biological defects—labels that became the basis of either rehabilitation or persecution and extermination.

Join us in celebrating the visit of the American Rosie the Riveter Association on Saturday, June 2.

In the tradition of Agent Zigzag, author Paul Kix explores the life of unsung French WWII Resistance hero Robert de la Rochefoucauld in The Saboteur, an emotionally intuitive biography. This program is presented by The Institute for the Study of War & Democracy with generous support from the Strake Foundation.

On the anniversary of V-E Day, come hear an original and penetrating assessment of President Dwight D. Eisenhower from one of the country’s preeminent scholars, William I. Hitchcock, PhD, as he discusses Ike’s enormous influence on modern America, the Cold War, and on the presidency itself.

Join us as we hear from Stanford Professor Robert Hamrdla, a world traveler and expert in German studies.

Tinker with tools and fiddle with contraptions while learning about important innovations during World War II.