Upcoming Events
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The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President
May 15, 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
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Heritage Philharmonic's Summer Pops Concert on the South Lawn
Jun 13, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Dr. Lena Andrews "Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II"
Jun 27, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt’s Shadow and Remade the World
Jul 16, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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Author Event: Matt Stewart, Fox 4 "The Kansas City Royals"
Aug 8, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Civil War Symposium
Aug 17, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Special Exhibition
Rooted among the Ashes: Hibakujumoku / A-bombed Trees Katy McCormick
Exhibit Extended until June 1, 2024
For over a decade Katy McCormick has examined Japan’s A-bombed landscapes. Her work portrays the survivor trees or hibakujumoku subjected to the first use of atomic bombs in 1945, signifying the vulnerability of life in the face of nuclear threats. Standing in school yards, temple grounds, and city squares, the A-bombed trees are living memorials, rooted among the ashes just below the surfaces of now-thriving cities. Predicated on “walking and remembrance,” the exhibition invites a promenade through space and time, memory and history, urging reflection upon how the past haunts the present—warning, teaching, urging care.
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The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum was established to preserve the papers, books, and other historical materials relating to former President Harry S. Truman and to make them available to the people in a place suitable for exhibit and research. Consistently ranked among the top tourism destinations in the Kansas City region, no visit to America's heartland is complete without a trip to the Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.