National WWI Museum and Memorial

Parking is pretty easy here. It's also a nice place to take a walk in the nice afternoon and the museum where you can learn the knowledge about World War I.

Also, for people who like to do family picture and wedding picture, you can see people here taking photos

KC is lucky to have the only WWI museum in the nation. Paris has the only other WWI museum in the world.
The amount of memorabilia and artifacts in this museum is impressive. We learned so much watching two short films. This place will educate and entertain children and adults.
It's deceivingly huge, there's a lot of walking. Elderly or mobility challenged may need assistance.
Highly recommend

If you are a history buff or interested in learning about WWI, the National WWI Museum and Memorial is a must-visit in Kansas City. The exhibits are well done, interactive, and convey the tragedy and horrors of war. I highly recommend seeing The Pantheon de la Guerre mural, which depicts the faces of thousands of soldiers who died in the war. Pay a bit extra for the 217 ft. tall Liberty Memorial Tower, which gives you a great view of Kansas City.

I was in town doing the tourist thing so I stopped to see this big beautiful tower.

A ticket to go up was only $8. Most of it was elevator but there were about equivalent to 2 flights of steps to get to the outside landing. It was open with a big half wall so you don't fall. Not a lot of room. It's not a place to hang out at. But the view of the city of Kansas City was spectacular! It was something to see! Go do it!

Took an opportunity to visit national world war I museum. There's a lot of artifacts in this facility. Cost for an adult was $18 plus $6 to go up the tower which was an elevator ride and 45 steps. The winds can be strong up at the top and it's completely opened there, however it gives you a good perspective of the area around. To make it more of an interesting thing, hard at Union station in walk up to the monument and the grass path behind the facility all the way up to the top. There are two other exhibits at the top of the venue adjacent to the entrance way to the tower, however, those are separate ticketed. Access within the facility was very friendly to the mobility challenged folks. It was very educational and to volunteers and workers were extremely engaging to share with you information that they know about the various exhibits. The walking cane that was created from an airplane propeller was an interesting highlight. I think the parking at the museum may be free. However, I did not check. Parking at Union station that cost 10 bucks but might had been due to a special event going on there.

Definitely recommend, but the walk up the hill is not for the faint of heart!
The museum stayed open late for AP readers during our stay in Kansas City and we are so thankful they did because it was so amazing! They have beautiful exhibits, wonderful volunteers and a fantastic gift shop. If you have a few hours to spend you need to check it out.
We did a whirlwind trip through and next time we are seriously dedicating an entire day to this amazing site! Thank you to all the incredible volunteers who took time out of their day to hang out with nerdy history teachers so we could geek out over all the exhibits!

It was so real that I could almost smell the Mustard Gas. The scenery of the trenches and how it was almost impossible to maneuver anywhere.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it!

I visited the WW1 Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO last week - amazing experience. It's very different because if you think about it, in most museums they have a plethora of WW2 history/artifacts but not much from WW1 (perhaps given the US's late involvement in WW1), but anyways....

A great experience for anyone who can appreciate history, the museum has plenty of uniforms, weapons, memorabilia and other items from the war, along with short films documenting the timeline and life size replicas of the trenches.

You can also go to the top of the memorial for a great view of downtown KC for a small additional charge. The volunteers who help run the museum are all very friendly (and mostly veterans - thank you for your service!) and would love to answer any questions you'd have.

Coming from Chicago, the museum is on the smaller size in comparison to what we have here, but it's still great. Highly recommended to visit at least once.

We decided to come visit this museum since we were in the area. We came super late in the day and was worried about not being able to enjoy the place. We were able to find parking just fine and get tickets. We even got to up to the tower which was awesome. All of the staff members here are super nice. They had so many things to look at and everything was well preserved. The museum itself was also in great shape and super clean. The tower viewing is awesome with an awesome view of the city. Great place to take photos and even saw several wedding parties taking photos. Pretty cool to check out. Get here early in the day as there is plenty to look at!

A very nice way to honor WWI veterans and to see the city (Kansas City MO) and to see the huge phallic symbol called the Liberty Memorial. Freud would have had a field day! May the city enjoy lots of inspiration. It's beautiful at night and you can take really breathtaking pics. There doesn't seem to be a curfew for this area so feel free to enjoy he sights anytime. And go see the museum.