Visiting Kansas City WW1 Museum and Memorial

Figure 1: Kansas City WW1 Museum and Memorial. Taken from https://www.visitoverlandpark.com/listing/national-world-war-i-museum-and-memorial/1391/

Concerning the history of the world’s biggest wars, Kansas City WW1 museum and memorial is the best destination for local and foreign visitors. It has much to learn, considering that it covers 50,000 square-foot of land and holds about 300,000 war artifacts. The most interesting thing about this museum is that it covers everything about World War I. It covers stories from all 34 nations that participated in the war, regardless of who won or lost WWI. Therefore, although this WW1 museum is in the United States, it is an international museum. Perhaps you should know what to expect the one you get inside the WW1 museum and memorial located in Kansas City. The museum has a lobby, gallery, and exhibition spaces. Visitors spend about 15 minutes In the lobby area, watching an introductory film concerning WWI and things preserved in the museum. Visitors walk over a glass bridge from the lobby area to the gallery, which offers a clear view of the symbolic Western Front poppy below the glass bridge. In the gallery, visitors enjoy the view of WWI weapons and underground networks used by British soldiers during the war. The gallery has two sections representing artifacts before and after the United States joined WWI. Such artifacts include Choctaw codes (constructed from American native languages) used by American soldiers to encrypt their communication. Apart from the gallery, the exhibition spaces show skills demonstrated by World War I participants, including designs used to make nursing and military uniforms. Visitors spend about three hours making sure they view everything in the museum. Therefore, it is time to consider visiting this magnificent museum at 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City. Visitors can buy tickets on theworldwar.org website, which costs $18 for adults and $14 for the elderly. It is the best place to spend your time during fall, spring, or summer.