Museum Information

On Special Exhibit:
UPSET! Harry Truman and the 1948 Election
May 30, 2024 - February 1, 2025

With the world watching the pivotal 2024 election, a new Truman Library exhibition recalls the biggest political upset in U.S. history. Promising Americans a “Fair Deal” while campaigning against a “do-nothing Congress,” Truman changed the nation’s tune—from MILD to WILD about Harry.

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A new temporary exhibition, UPSET! Harry Truman and the 1948 Election, allows visitors to travel back in time to see how the most stunning surprise in U.S. presidential election history came about. The exhibit, which includes over 100 artifacts, original political cartoons, interactive displays, diary entries, photographs, and videos, opens May 30, 2024, and runs through February 1, 2025, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum in Independence, Missouri.

The museum is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. Visitors are allowed to take pictures throughout the museum, but the use of a flash is prohibited. Manual wheelchairs are provided to museum visitors at no charge and are available on a first-come / first-served basis. Please inquire at the admissions desk.