Sean Patterson and the Victory Six return to the era of pre-TV entertainment for a “live” radio variety show.

Honoring Bob Hope’s lifelong dedication to troops and veterans, the Museum visits hospitalized heroes.

Read excerpts from some of the winning essays, which contemplate what the duty of art and artists should be during times of war and conflict.    

This comedy, directed by George Marshall, stars Bob Hope as the title character, the barber of King Louis XV of France, and Joan Caulfield as the beautiful chambermaid who steals his heart.

Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour star in this comedy film, directed by Victor Schertzinger, which marked the debut of the long-running and popular Road to … series of pictures spotlighting the trio, seven in all.

Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour star in this Road to. . . film, directed by David Butler, which centers on two carefree castaways on a desert shore who find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

Gather your crew and compete for the title of Museum trivia champ!

Make and take your own crystal radio and produce a WWII-era radio comedy using scripts, sound-effects, and music. 

Join us at The National WWII Museum for a workshop led by Eli Ivory of Ivory Comics, who will instruct participants on the basics of drawing, cartooning, and caricature art.

Join us at the Museum for a full day celebrating Bob Hope’s career in radio, with a humor-writing workshop, a radio-themed STEM workshop for girls, and a “live” radio-broadcast re-creation!

Join Kimberly Guise, curator of the special exhibit So Ready for Laughter: The Legacy of Bob Hope, and Hope biographer Richard Zoglin for a discussion about the entertainer’s life and work.

See this war comedy directed by David Butler and starring Bob Hope as Don, Dorothy Lamour as Tony, Clarence Kolb as Tony’s father, Colonel Peter Fairbanks, and Eddie Bracken and Lynne Overman as Don’s cronies.