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World War I at the National Museum of American History

The year 2017 marks the centennial of the offi cial United States involvement in the First World War and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will commemorate this anniversary with a number of displays and programs.

The Museum holds a variety o f collections demonstrating the transformative history of World War I and o f the United States’ participation in it. The objects and their stories hel p illuminate civilian participation, civil rights, volunteerism, women’s mi litary service, minority experiences, art and visual culture, medical techn ological development and new technologies of war and peace. The public may explore the Museum’s World War I collections athttp://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/world -war-i and find information about online exhibits, programming and rese arch. For general information, the public may visit http: //americanhistory.si.edu or call (202) 633-1000 .

List of Exhibits:

“Adv ertising War: Selling Americans on World War I”
April 6, 2017 – January 2019
First Floor, Center

Before the advent of radio and motion pictur es, art and illustration were the primary forms of mass communication. With the outbreak of World War I, governments, militaries and service organizat ions hired artists and illustrators to depict the ravages of war and to ral ly patriotism. The small selection presented in this display gives glimpses of the war front, illustrates participation on the home front, reveals the new roles of women, demonstrates new technologies, shows the breadth of mi litary service, and depicts America’s allies and enemies at that time. 

“Modern Medicine and the Great War”

April 6, 2017 – January 2019

First Floor, Center

World War I provided a testi ng ground for the application of new medical technologies and procedures, a nd in some cases accelerated their general acceptance or development. Highl ighting collections from military and medical history, the display explores how the war experience changed medical practice and shaped the country’s a pproach to health care in ways that continue to affect us today.

“John J. “Black Jack” Pershing & World War I”

April 6, 2017 – Janua ry 2019

Landmark Third Floor East 

General John J. Pe rshing insisted the United States military have an independent American arm y on the ground when the U.S. entered the Great War. By recreating Pershing ’s war office, this display will give the visitor a sense of America’s glob al reach and influence in World War I and reveal how the U.S. fit into a re shaped global community.

“Uniformed Women in the Great W ar”

April 6, 20 17 – January 2019

Gateway Third Floor East
Of the many ways the Great War divided the past from the future, none w as more significant than the reordered place of women in society. Tens of t housands of middle- and upper-class women donned military-style uniforms to serve at home and overseas in civilian relief organizations, as well as in the military. The selection of uniforms on display will highlight the vari ed roles of uniformed women that allowed them to express their patriotism.< br />
“The Price of Freedom: Americans at War”
World War I Section

Permanent

Third Floor East 
< br />This 18,000-square-foot exhibition opened in 2004 and surveys the hist ory of the U.S. military from the Colonial era to the present, exploring wa ys that wars have been defining episodes in American History. The section o n World War I explores how Americans reluctantly entered Europe’s “Great Wa r” and helped to tip the balance to Allied victory. Two million American me n went to France with the American Expeditionary Force under the command of General John J. Pershing. Nearly one million American women joined the wor kforce, thousands more volunteered in civilian war relief organizations, an d for the first time thousands of women joined the United States military a s Marines and Yeomen (F).

Artist Soldiers: Artistic Expr ession in the First World War

Opens April 6, 2017.  Closes November 12, 2018.

National Air and Space Museum

The grinding, mechanized nature of World War I, the first global war that involved millions of infan try combatants, has tended to render these soldiers in popular culture as f aceless masses rather than individual participants with their own unique st ories.  In an effort surface the individual of WWI, Artist Soldiers: Artist ic Expression in the First World War features 54 artworks produced by the A EF artist program, the first true combat artists, with 29 art photographs o f stone carvings created by soldiers in underground living spaces adjacent to the trenches.  These spaces were abandoned stone quarries that soldiers on all sides used, a largely unknown aspect of the war, even by WWI special ists.  A selection of related artifacts are included to support the content of the art. The AEF artwork has not been extensively displayed since the 1 920s.  Images of the soldiers’ stone carvings have never been shown in a ma jor museum exhibition.



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World War I at the National Museum of American History

The year 2017 marks the centennial of the offi cial United States involvement in the First World War and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will commemorate this anniversary with a number of displays and programs.

The Museum holds a variety o f collections demonstrating the transformative history of World War I and o f the United States’ participation in it. The objects and their stories hel p illuminate civilian participation, civil rights, volunteerism, women’s mi litary service, minority experiences, art and visual culture, medical techn ological development and new technologies of war and peace. The public may explore the Museum’s World War I collections athttp://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/world -war-i and find information about online exhibits, programming and rese arch. For general information, the public may visit http: //americanhistory.si.edu or call (202) 633-1000.

List of Exhibit s:

“Advertising War: Selling Americans on World War I”
April 6, 2017  – January 2019
First Floor, Center

Before th e advent of radio and motion pictures, art and illustration were the primar y forms of mass communication. With the outbreak of World War I, government s, militaries and service organizations hired artists and illustrators to d epict the ravages of war and to rally patriotism. The small selection prese nted in this display gives glimpses of the war front, illustrates participa tion on the home front, reveals the new roles of women, demonstrates new te chnologies, shows the breadth of military service, and depicts America’s al lies and enemies at that time. 

“Modern Medicine and the Great War”

Apr il 6, 2017 – January 2019

First Floor, Center

World War I provided a testing ground for the application of new med ical technologies and procedures, and in some cases accelerated their gener al acceptance or development. Highlighting collections from military and me dical history, the display explores how the war experience changed medical practice and shaped the country’s approach to health care in ways that cont inue to affect us today.

“John J. “Black Jack” Pershing & World War I”

April 6, 2017 – January 2019

Landmark Third Floor East 

General John J. Pershing insisted the United States milita ry have an independent American army on the ground when the U.S. entered th e Great War. By recreating Pershing’s war office, this display will give th e visitor a sense of America’s global reach and influence in World War I an d reveal how the U.S. fit into a reshaped global community.

“Uniformed Women in the Great War”

April 6, 2017 – January 2019

Gateway Third Floor East

Of the many ways the Great War divid ed the past from the future, none was more significant than the reordered p lace of women in society. Tens of thousands of middle- and upper-class wome n donned military-style uniforms to serve at home and overseas in civilian relief organizations, as well as in the military. The selection of uniforms on display will highlight the varied roles of uniformed women that allowed them to express their patriotism.

“The Price of Freedom : Americans at War”
World War I Section

Permanent< br />
Third Floor East 

This 18,000-square-foot exhibition opened in 2004 and surveys the history of the U.S. military from the Coloni al era to the present, exploring ways that wars have been defining episodes in American History. The section on World War I explores how Americans rel uctantly entered Europe’s “Great War” and helped to tip the balance to Alli ed victory. Two million American men went to France with the American Exped itionary Force under the command of General John J. Pershing. Nearly one mi llion American women joined the workforce, thousands more volunteered in ci vilian war relief organizations, and for the first time thousands of women joined the United States military as Marines and Yeomen (F).

Artist Soldiers: Artistic Expression in the First World War
Opens < span style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">April 6, 2017.  Closes November 12, 2018 .

National Air and Space Museum
The grinding, mechanized nature of World War I, the first global war that involved millions of infantry combatants, has tended to render the se soldiers in popular culture as faceless masses rather than individual pa rticipants with their own unique stories.  In an effort surface the individ ual of WWI, Artist Soldiers: Artistic Expression in the First World War fea tures 54 artworks produced by the AEF artist program, the first true combat artists, with 29 art photographs of stone carvings created by soldiers in underground living spaces adjacent to the trenches.  These spaces were aban doned stone quarries that soldiers on all sides used, a largely unknown asp ect of the war, even by WWI specialists.  A selection of related artifacts are included to support the content of the art. The AEF artwork has not bee n extensively displayed since the 1920s.  Images of the soldiers’ stone car vings have never been shown in a major museum exhibition.



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