Upcoming Events
-
Upset! Harry Truman and the 1948 Election
May 30, 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
-
Heritage Philharmonic's Summer Pops Concert on the South Lawn
Jun 13, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Author Event: Matt Stewart, Fox 4 "The Kansas City Royals"
Aug 8, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
-
Civil War Symposium
Aug 17, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Special Exhibition
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.
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.
Image
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.