National WWI Museum and Memorial

National WWI Museum and Memorial - Event Venue in Kansas City, Missouri

Museum · Kansas City, Missouri

2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

About National WWI Museum and Memorial

The National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO is home to the world’s most comprehensive WWI collection. The venue features multiple galleries, exhibitions, and event spaces, including the Main Gallery and the Bergman Family Gallery. It hosts concerts, lectures, and hands-on history programs, making it a landmark destination for education and community events.

Venue Details

  • Meeting space: 30,000 sq ft
  • Meeting rooms: 13

Ratings

Google Rating: 4.9/5 (8,844 reviews)

Guest Highlights

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Amenities

Facilities

  • gallery
  • event space

Recreation

  • concerts
  • hands-on history

Meeting Rooms & Event Spaces

Auditorium

  • Type: Auditorium
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Space for live performances, military retirement ceremonies, presentations, speakers or panel discussions.

Auditorium Lobby

  • Type: Multi Purpose
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for cocktail receptions, presentations or speakers, and seated dinners.

Boardroom

  • Type: Boardroom
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Used for military classes and meetings, private classes and meetings.

Classroom

  • Type: Meeting Room
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Used for military classes and meetings, private classes and meetings.

Exhibit Hall

  • Type: Multi Purpose
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Used for military commissioning or promotion ceremonies; available for private viewing after hours.

Lower Level

  • Type: Multi Purpose
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for cocktail receptions.

Memory Hall

  • Type: Multi Purpose
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Used for military retirement ceremonies; available for private viewing after hours.

Paul Sunderland Glass Bridge and Corridor

  • Type: Multi Purpose
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for cocktail receptions and seated dinners.

R. A. Long Learning Center

  • Type: Multi Purpose
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for cocktail receptions, military classes and meetings, private classes and meetings, and seated dinners.

Memorial Courtyard

  • Type: Outdoor Space
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Outdoor space for cocktail receptions, community walks/runs, seated dinners, military commissioning or promotion ceremonies.

North Lawn and North Terrace

  • Type: Outdoor Space
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Outdoor space for community festivals, walks/runs, military ceremonies, wedding ceremonies and/or receptions.

Southeast Lawn

  • Type: Outdoor Space
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Outdoor space for community festivals, walks/runs, overflow parking.

Southwest Lawn

  • Type: Outdoor Space
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Outdoor space for community walks/runs.

South Plaza

  • Type: Outdoor Space
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Outdoor space for military commissioning or promotion ceremonies.

Style

historic, museum

Contact

Phone: (816) 888-8100