词条 | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| name = National World War I Museum and Memorial | image = The National WWI Museum and Memorial 2017 logo (black).svg | caption = (New Logo revealed in 2017, Intersections) | alt = National WWI Museum and Memorial | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_dot_label = | coordinates = | established = | location = Kansas City, Missouri, United States | type = | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = | director = | president = | curator = | owner = | publictransit = | parking = On site (no charge) | network = | website = {{URL|www.theworldwar.org}} }}{{Infobox NRHP | name = National World War I Museum and Memorial | nrhp_type = nhl | image = National World War I Museum and Memorial aerial.jpg | caption =Aerial photo of the National WWI Museum and Memorial with the Kansas City skyline. | location = Kansas City, Missouri | coordinates = {{coord|39|04|49|N|94|35|10|W|display=inline,title}} | area = | built = 1926 | architect = Harold Van Buren Magonigle, Westlake Construction Company | architecture = Beaux Arts Classicism, Egyptian Revival | designated_nrhp_type = September 20, 2006[1] | added = September 20, 2006[2] | governing_body = Local | refnum = 00001148 }} The National World War I Museum and Memorial of the United States is located in Kansas City, Missouri. Opened to the public as the Liberty Memorial museum in 1926, it was designated in 2004 by the United States Congress as America's official museum dedicated to World War I. The Museum and Memorial are managed by a non-profit organization in cooperation with the Kansas City Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners.[3] The museum reopened to the public in December 2006 with an expanded, award-winning[4] facility to exhibit an artifact collection that began in 1920. The National World War I Museum tells the story of the Great War and related global events from their origins before 1914 through the 1918 armistice and 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Visitors enter the exhibit space within the {{convert|32,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility across a glass bridge above a field of 9,000 red poppies, each one representing 1,000 combatant deaths.[5] MissionThe declared mission of the museum and memorial is to be "dedicated to remembering, interpreting and understanding the Great War and its enduring impact on the global community." [6] HistoryLiberty Memorial AssociationSoon after World War I ended, a group of 40 prominent Kansas City residents formed the Liberty Memorial Association (LMA) to create a memorial to those who had served in the war. They chose lumber baron and philanthropist Robert A. Long, who had personally given a large sum of money, as president.[7] Others included:
In 1919, the LMA spearheaded a fund drive that included 83,000 contributors and collected more than $2.5 million in less than two weeks, driven by what museum curator Doran Cart has described as "complete, unbridled patriotism".[9] There would not be the monetary problems that plagued the Bunker Hill Monument for the American Revolutionary War in Boston a century earlier.[10] DedicationsIn attendance at the groundbreaking ceremony on November 1, 1921, were 200,000 people,[9] including then-Vice President Calvin Coolidge, Lieutenant General Baron Jacques of Belgium, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Beatty of Great Britain, General Armando Diaz of Italy, Marshal Ferdinand Foch of France, and General of the Armies John Pershing of the United States, along with sixty thousand members of the American Legion. The local veteran chosen to present flags to the commanders was a Kansas City haberdasher, Harry S. Truman,[11] who would later serve as 33rd President of the United States, (1945-1952). The finished monument was dedicated on November 11, 1926, by now 30th President Coolidge, in the presence of Queen Marie of Romania.[12] Coolidge announced that the memorial "...has not been raised to commemorate war and victory, but rather the results of war and victory which are embodied in peace and liberty…. Today I return in order that I may place the official sanction of the national government upon one of the most elaborate and impressive memorials that adorn our country. The magnitude of this memorial, and the broad base of popular support on which it rests, can scarcely fail to excite national wonder and admiration."[13] {{clear}}RenovationsIn 1935, bas reliefs by Walker Hancock of Jacques, Beatty, Diaz, Foch and Pershing were unveiled.{{sfn|Millstein|2006|p=10}}
Current designationOn December 19, 2014, President Barack Obama signed legislation recognizing it as a national memorial, which effectively redesignated the entire site as the National World War I Museum and Memorial.[21] DesignThe national design competition was managed by Thomas R. Kimball, a former president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). After discord within the organization locally, the design contract was finally awarded to New York architect Harold Van Buren Magonigle.{{refn|group=n|A disagreement between members of the Kansas City Chapter of AIA and Kimball over the rules, caused almost half of the local members to resign in April 1922. They immediately went on to form the Architectural League of Kansas City, which was merged back into the AIA in the early 1930s. Unlike the AIA at the time, the Architectural League of Kansas City provided membership to less experienced architects and draftsmen and provided social and educational opportunities as well. Regardless of the controversy, many local architects submitted entries including those who resigned from the AIA. The jury, however, was unanimous in their decision to award the contract to Magonigle.[30]}}[22] Liberty TowerThe main doors at the bottom of a large set of stairs are made from ornamental bronze, and the walls of the first floor lobby are finished in Kasota stone,[23] which was quarried in Kasota, Minnesota. The first floor corridor and the grand stairway are finished in travertine that was imported from Italy.[23] At night, the top of the {{convert|217|ft|adj=on}} tall memorial tower emits a "flame effect", steam illuminated by bright red and orange lights. This effect creates the illusion of a burning pyre and can be seen for some distance. Overall, the memorial rises {{convert|265|ft}} above the surrounding area.[24] External buildingsThe tower and buildings are designed in the classical Egyptian Revival style of architecture with a limestone exterior.[23] The foundation was constructed using sawed granite, and the exterior ground level walls are made of Bedford stone. On opposite sides of the main deck of the Liberty Memorial are Exhibition Hall and Memory Hall.[25] Memory Hall includes murals originally painted for the Panthéon de la Guerre in Paris, and adapted by LeRoy Daniel MacMorris{{sfn|Donovan|2001|p=99-111}} in the 1950s. Between each hall and the tower, above the museum entrance, sit two stone Assyrian sphinxes, named "Memory" and "Future," covering their faces with their wings. Memory faces East, hiding its face from the horrors of the European battlefields. Its counterpart faces West and shields its eyes from a future yet unseen.[25] Main Museum BuildingThe subterranean portion was designed by Ralph Appelbaum Associates and greatly expands the original facilities.[26] The north side of the museum, opposite the main entrance and below the Liberty tower, contains a large work of art upon its wall, which can be plainly seen from Union Station across Pershing Road from Penn Valley Park: {{wide image|Kansascitylibertymemorialsculpture.jpg|800px|The Great Frieze by Edmond Amateis.[27] Main inscription reads "These have dared bear the torches of sacrifice and service. Their bodies return to dust but their work liveth evermore. Let us strive on to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."}} GroundsThe grounds were designed by George Kessler[28] who is also famous for his City Beautiful design for the Kansas City park and boulevard system.[29] The road on the west side of the Memorial is Kessler Road. Just outside the museum entrance is a large elliptical fountain, and on each side is a tapering staircase ascending to the memorial deck above. The approach from the south contains the "Walk of Honor," a series of engraved bricks in three sections commemorating veterans of World War I, veterans of all wars, and honored civilians.[30] Museum featuresThe primary museum consists of:
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Notes1. ^{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1159372926&ResourceType=Site|title=Liberty Memorial|accessdate=June 28, 2008|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007064919/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1159372926&ResourceType=Site|archivedate=October 7, 2012|df=mdy-all}} 2. ^{{NRISref|2007a}} 3. ^{{Cite web|title=Partners|url=https://www.theworldwar.org/partners|website=theworldwar.org|publisher=National World War I Museum and Memorial|date=January 2017|accessdate=January 31, 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301015955/https://www.theworldwar.org/partners|archivedate=March 1, 2017|df=mdy-all}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=National World War I Museum|url=https://segd.org/content/national-world-war-i-museum|website=SEGD.org|publisher=Society for Experiential Graphic Design|year=2013|accessdate=November 25, 2014|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129075500/https://segd.org/content/national-world-war-i-museum|archivedate=November 29, 2014|df=mdy-all}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|title=Main Gallery|url=https://www.theworldwar.org/explore/exhibitions/main-gallery|website=theworldwar.org|publisher=National World War I Museum and Memorial|date=January 2017|accessdate=January 31, 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301010220/https://www.theworldwar.org/explore/exhibitions/main-gallery|archivedate=March 1, 2017|df=mdy-all}} 6. ^{{Cite web|title=About Us: Our Mission|url=https://theworldwar.org/about-us|website=theworldwar.org|publisher=National World War I Museum and Memorial|date=2017|accessdate=January 25, 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228235554/https://www.theworldwar.org/about-us|archivedate=February 28, 2017|df=mdy-all}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.kchistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Biographies&CISOPTR=230&CISOBOX=1&REC=19 |title=Robert A. 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