Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum

"The Buck Stops Here!" store at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum offers many unique mementos for sale. It will soon include these beautiful Truman Statues, which are replicas of the life-sized statue in our lobby. Kudos to Store Manager Benjamin Petry for his work on this project.

Hi teacher friends and educator colleagues! Ignite your students’ curiosity about the presidency at the 23rd Annual Summer Teacher Conference, America 250: Presidents in Print, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum in Independence, Missouri. Open to K–12 teachers nationwide, this dynamic program explores how memoirs, letters, and other personal writing have shaped the public’s understanding of the presidency over the past 250 years. Daily meals are included, and out-of-town participants receive a complimentary five-night hotel stay; a $100 registration fee is due only upon acceptance. Learn more and apply today! https://ow.ly/Tap350XWQpP

The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum will be open during normal hours on #MLKDay (Jan. 19), from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Pictured: The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Aug. 12, 1964.)

Avila University proudly presents Dialogue with Descendants, part of the Harry S. Truman Lecture Series. Join us for a historic Truman–Eisenhower legacy conversation featuring: • Mary Jean Eisenhower – granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower • Clifton Truman Daniel – grandson of President Harry S. Truman • Merrill Eisenhower – great-grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Moderator) 📅 January 29, 2026 📍 Goppert Theatre 🎟 VIP, General Admission, and FREE tickets for students, faculty, and staff Learn more & reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/enbkTdWT #AvilaUniversity #TrumanLectureSeries #HistoryInConversation #EducationWithoutLimits

Winter Schedule: The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum will be closed on Sundays through March. Currently, the Museum is open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. We will resume our daily schedule in April.

Please note the following changes in our schedule during the Holidays: December 24 -- Museum closed December 25 -- Closed for Christmas December 26 -- Museum open December 31 -- Museum closed January 1 -- Closed for New Year's Day January 2 -- Museum open January 4 -- Start of Winter Hours (closed Sundays through March) Happy Holidays!

For the last White Glove Wednesday of the year, Museum Director Mark Adams showed a special artifact earlier today -- a Muleshoe worn by the popular animal film star, "Francis, the Talking Mule." Considering its condition, the mule must have been light on his feet!

Update: The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum will open today at 11 a.m., to allow water pressure to safely return. Normal hours will resume Wednesday.

Due to a water outage today in Independence, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum is closing for the day. The cause of the outage is unknown. Plans for tomorrow are uncertain. We will send an update once we have further details. We apologize for any inconvenience.

I started reading President Truman's Public Papers nearly six years ago, and I am finally finished! This eight-volume set, published in 1961 by the U.S. Government Printing Office, covers his entire presidency (1945-1953) and contains his official messages, speeches, and statements, including nearly 400 press conferences and every speech from his famous Whistlestop Tour during the 1948 presidential campaign. Each volume is about 1,000 pages in length. I've learned so much about President Truman and history through this project, and I'm proud of this accomplishment.