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| Established | November 11, 1926 |
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| Location | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Public transit access | Streetcar, bus |
| Nearest parking | Onsite (no charge) |
| Website | theworldwar |
National World War I Museum and Memorial | |
 Museum in the Kansas City skyline | |
| Coordinates | 39°04′49″N 94°35′10″W / 39.08028°N 94.58611°W |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | Harold Van Buren Magonigle, Westlake Construction Company George Kessler, landscape architect |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts Classicism, Egyptian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001148 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 20, 2006[1] |
| Designated NHL | September 20, 2006[2] |
The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri was opened in 1926 as the Liberty Memorial. In 2004, it was designated by the United States Congress as the country's official war memorial and museum dedicated to World War I. A non-profit organization manages it in cooperation with the Kansas City Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners.[3] The museum focuses on global events from the causes of World War I before 1914 through the 1918 armistice and 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Visitors enter the exhibit space within the 32,000-square-foot (3,000 m2) facility across a glass bridge above a field of 9,000 red poppies, each representing 1,000 combatant deaths.[4]
The museum was closed in 1994 for renovations and reopened in December 2006 with an expanded facility to exhibit an artifact collection begun in 1920.[5]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Liberty Memorial". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2008.
- ^ "Partners". theworldwar.org. National World War I Museum and Memorial. January 2017. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ "Main Gallery". theworldwar.org. National World War I Museum and Memorial. January 2017. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ "National World War I Museum". SEGD.org. Society for Experiential Graphic Design. 2013. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
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