Online - 11:15am to 11:45am

Voting Rights, the Constitution, & Representative Government (Grades 6–8)

Using the Constitution, constitutional amendments, and legislation, students will explore the progression of voting rights in the United States.

Online - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Ike's Book Club - Feb 2022

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni The program discussion will be led by Dr. Gene Chavez with Humanities Kansas.

Online - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father

David O. Stewart presents a fascinating account of how George Washington became the dominant force in the creation of the United States of America.

Grand Rapids, MI - 3:00pm

Harriet Woods Hill: Grand Rapids Police Department's First African American Woman Officer

VIRTUAL -- The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum along with the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation celebrated Black History Month by learning about Michigan native Harriet Woods Hill. Ms. Woods Hill was the first African American woman police officer and the first woman detective in the Grand Rapids Police Department. James Hill shares highlights from his mothers long and momentous life and career.

Grand Rapids, MI - 1:00pm

Harriet Woods Hill: Grand Rapids Police Department's First African American Woman Officer

VIRTUAL -- The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum along with the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation celebrated Black History Month by learning about Michigan native Harriet Woods Hill. Ms. Woods Hill was the first African American woman police officer and the first woman detective in the Grand Rapids Police Department. James Hill shares highlights from his mothers long and momentous life and career.

Online - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

FDR in American Memory: Roosevelt and the Making of an Icon

In "FDR in American Memory," author Sara Polak analyzes Roosevelt as a cultural icon in American memory, one who carefully and intentionally built his public image.

Grand Rapids, MI - 11:00am

Harriet Woods Hill: Grand Rapids Police Department's First African American Woman Officer

VIRTUAL -- The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum along with the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation celebrated Black History Month by learning about Michigan native Harriet Woods Hill. Ms. Woods Hill was the first African American woman police officer and the first woman detective in the Grand Rapids Police Department. James Hill shares highlights from his mothers long and momentous life and career.

Online - 3:00pm

Notably Absent: Presidential No-Shows and Other Mishaps on Inauguration Day with Thomas Balcerski

VIRTUAL -- Noted presidential historian and CNN contributor, Thomas Balcerski, explores the surprisingly numerous instances of presidential absence on Inauguration Day. Learn about the five presidents who failed to attend the inaugurations of their successors and the two presidents who did not participate for other reasons (hint: one of them involves Gerald Ford).

Online - 3:00pm

Women in Uniform Exhibit Opening

VIRTUAL -- Rear Admiral (retired) Samuel J. Cox, Director of Naval History and Heritage Command, and his colleague, Gale Munro, Curator of the Naval Art Gallery, virtually open the exhibit Women in Uniform.

Online - 1:00pm

Notably Absent: Presidential No-Shows and Other Mishaps on Inauguration Day with Thomas Balcerski

VIRTUAL -- Noted presidential historian and CNN contributor, Thomas Balcerski, explores the surprisingly numerous instances of presidential absence on Inauguration Day. Learn about the five presidents who failed to attend the inaugurations of their successors and the two presidents who did not participate for other reasons (hint: one of them involves Gerald Ford).

Online - 1:00pm

Women in Uniform Exhibit Opening

VIRTUAL -- Rear Admiral (retired) Samuel J. Cox, Director of Naval History and Heritage Command, and his colleague, Gale Munro, Curator of the Naval Art Gallery, virtually open the exhibit Women in Uniform.

Online - 11:00am

Notably Absent: Presidential No-Shows and Other Mishaps on Inauguration Day with Thomas Balcerski

VIRTUAL -- Noted presidential historian and CNN contributor, Thomas Balcerski, explores the surprisingly numerous instances of presidential absence on Inauguration Day. Learn about the five presidents who failed to attend the inaugurations of their successors and the two presidents who did not participate for other reasons (hint: one of them involves Gerald Ford).

Online - 11:00am

Women in Uniform Exhibit Opening

VIRTUAL -- Rear Admiral (retired) Samuel J. Cox, Director of Naval History and Heritage Command, and his colleague, Gale Munro, Curator of the Naval Art Gallery, virtually open the exhibit Women in Uniform.

Online - 2:15pm to 3:00pm

The Bill of Rights Protects You (Grades 6–12)

Students will explore the Bill of Rights and how it outlines both limits on government and the rights of the people.

Online - 1:15pm to 2:00pm

The First Amendment: Five Rights in One! (Grades 3–5)

Students will explore the First Amendment freedoms from the Bill of Rights in this interactive and engaging civics program based on historical primary sources.

Online - 11:15am to 11:45am

Make Your Voice Count: Learning About the First Amendment (Grades K–2)

Students will explore the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights using primary historical sources.

Online - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Lunch & Learn - January 2022

This monthly series is held the 4th Thursday of each month. The 2022 program theme is "Dwight Eisenhower: The Making of a Leader" and will focus on family, military, presidency, and mentorship.

Online - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Watching Darkness Fall: FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler

David McKean's "Watching Darkness Fall" recounts the rise of the Third Reich in Germany and the road to war from the perspective of four American diplomats in Europe who witnessed it firsthand.

Online - 11:00am to 12:00pm

National Archives Comes Alive! Young Learners Program: Meet Fannie Lou Hamer

Young Learners can meet Fannie Lou Hamer, an activist in the 1960s and 1970s for voting rights, civil rights, and women’s rights (as portrayed by Sheila Arnold).

Kansas City Area - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

David Harris on "The Contemporary Meaning of Auschwitz"

David Harris will discuss the rise in antisemitism globally, the receding memory of the Holocaust, and the enduring lessons of Auschwitz for our world.

Online - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

The Shattering: America in the 1960s

Covering the late 1950s through the early 1970s, Kevin Boyle’s new book, The Shattering, focuses on the period’s fierce conflicts—the civil rights movement, rising Black nationalism, busing, and the Vietnam War.

Online - 11:30am to 12:30pm

Celebrate! with Bamidele Dancers and Drummers - Wongai!/Let's Go!

Join in celebratory West African dances and their adaptations in Brazilian and Caribbean cultures, as well as throughout the United States.

Online - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Beyond Slavery’s Shadow: Free People of Color in the South

On the eve of the Civil War, most people of color in the United States toiled in bondage. Yet nearly half a million people of color, including over 250,000 in the South, were free.

Online - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Walk with Me: A Biography of Civil Rights Leader Fannie Lou Hamer

This new biography offers a fresh and stirring reappraisal of Fannie Lou Hamer’s life and impact on the civil rights movement .

Online - 3:00pm

Notably Absent: Presidential No-Shows and Other Mishaps on Inauguration Day with Thomas Balcerski

VIRTUAL -- Noted presidential historian and CNN contributor, Thomas Balcerski, explores the surprisingly numerous instances of presidential absence on Inauguration Day. Learn about the five presidents who failed to attend the inaugurations of their successors and the two presidents who did not participate for other reasons (hint: one of them involves Gerald Ford).

Online - 3:00pm

Women in Uniform Exhibit Opening

VIRTUAL -- Rear Admiral (retired) Samuel J. Cox, Director of Naval History and Heritage Command, and his colleague, Gale Munro, Curator of the Naval Art Gallery, virtually open the exhibit Women in Uniform.

Online - 1:00pm

Notably Absent: Presidential No-Shows and Other Mishaps on Inauguration Day with Thomas Balcerski

VIRTUAL -- Noted presidential historian and CNN contributor, Thomas Balcerski, explores the surprisingly numerous instances of presidential absence on Inauguration Day. Learn about the five presidents who failed to attend the inaugurations of their successors and the two presidents who did not participate for other reasons (hint: one of them involves Gerald Ford).

Online - 1:00pm

Women in Uniform Exhibit Opening

VIRTUAL -- Rear Admiral (retired) Samuel J. Cox, Director of Naval History and Heritage Command, and his colleague, Gale Munro, Curator of the Naval Art Gallery, virtually open the exhibit Women in Uniform.

Online - 11:00am

Notably Absent: Presidential No-Shows and Other Mishaps on Inauguration Day with Thomas Balcerski

VIRTUAL -- Noted presidential historian and CNN contributor, Thomas Balcerski, explores the surprisingly numerous instances of presidential absence on Inauguration Day. Learn about the five presidents who failed to attend the inaugurations of their successors and the two presidents who did not participate for other reasons (hint: one of them involves Gerald Ford).

Online - 11:00am

Women in Uniform Exhibit Opening

VIRTUAL -- Rear Admiral (retired) Samuel J. Cox, Director of Naval History and Heritage Command, and his colleague, Gale Munro, Curator of the Naval Art Gallery, virtually open the exhibit Women in Uniform.

Online - 1:15pm to 1:45pm

Voting Rights, the Constitution & Representative Government (Grades 6-8)

Students will explore the progression of voting rights in the United States and its impact on representative government.

Online - 11:15am to 11:45am

No Conscription Without Representation: Voting Rights & the Constitution (Grades 9–12)

Students will explore the progression of voting rights in the United States with particular focus on the effort to lower the voting age to 18.

Online - 11:00am to 12:00pm

National Archives Comes Alive! Meet General George Washington 

Young Learners can meet Gen. George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (as portrayed by Doug Thomas).

Online - 2:15pm to 3:00pm

The First Amendment: Five Rights in One! (Grades 3–5)

Students will explore the First Amendment freedoms from the Bill of Rights in this interactive and engaging civics program

Online - 1:15pm to 1:45pm

Make Your Voice Count: Learning About the First Amendment (Grades K–2)

In this interactive civics program, students will explore the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights using primary historical sources.

Online - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Bill of Rights Day: "Anti-Federalists and the Bill of Rights"

Using clips from the documentary series "Confounding Father: A Contrarian View of the U.S. Constitution," scholars will discuss the arguments of the Anti-Federalists over the Bill of Rights.

Online - 11:15am to 12:00pm

The Bill of Rights Protects You (Grades 6–12)

Students will explore the Bill of Rights and how it outlines both limits on government and the rights of the people

Online - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

American Comics: A History

Jeremy Dauber will discuss the sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their century-long hold on the American imagination.

Online - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

The Supreme Court and the Peril of Politics

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will discuss his recently published book, and a panel of experts will debate the central argument in his text and other challenges facing the Court.

Online - 10:00am to 1:00pm

​Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee Meeting

This virtual meeting is open to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).