Welcome to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

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America 250: The Story of US
April 20, 2026 - December 30, 2026

The Story of US—a once-in-a-generation exhibition of America’s most treasured documents and rarely seen artifacts. 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)

  • President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points (1918)

  • Manhattan Project Notebook (1942)

  • Surrender of Germany (1945)

  • Executive Order 9981 Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)

  •  Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

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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.