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America 250: The Story of US

April 20, 2026 - December 30, 2026

Celebrate America250 with The Story of US—a once-in-a-generation exhibition of America’s most treasured documents.

National Archives documents on loan for this exhibit include:
Original Design of the Great Seal of the United States (1782) Treaty of Paris Broadside (1783) Bill of Rights Senate revisions version (1789) Louisiana Purchase (1803) Missouri Compromise (1820) Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) Dred Scott, Plaintiff in Error, v. John F. A. Sandford (1857)	Telegram Announcing the Surrender of Ft. Sumter (1861) Joint Resolution, Thirteenth Amendment (1865) Judgement in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points (1918) Manhattan Project Notebook (1942) Surrender of Germany (1945)	Executive Order 9981 Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948) North Atlantic Treaty (1949) Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State (1953) Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Executive Order 10730 Desegregation of Central HS (1957) Voting Rights Act (1965) Photograph of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Jr. on the Moon w/ the U.S. Flag (1969) facsimile Joint Resolution, Twenty-Sixth Amendment; 18-Year-Old Vote (1971)

The Truman Library’s America250 exhibition, The Story of US, traces this journey through a visual timeline of pivotal moments in our nation’s first 250 years. More information.

United We Play: Kicking it with the Trumans
April 1 - December 30, 2026

In anticipation of the 2026 FIFA World Cup coming to Kansas City, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum presents a new exhibition, “United We Play: Kicking it with the Trumans.” This exhibition celebrates the inspiring and defining power of sports to unite a community.

With hundreds of photographs from the Truman Library archives, loans from all the major sports teams in the Kansas City area, this exhibit will highlight how important sports were to the Trumans and the success of Kansas City area football, baseball, and soccer teams.

The exhibition opens on April 1, 2026.