Museum Programs & Events

Eighty years ago, history was made when Winston Churchill delivered his iconic “The Sinews of Peace” address on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. To honor this landmark anniversary, we invite you to a series of special events exploring Churchill’s enduring legacy and modern relevance, culminating in our Fellows Weekend and the Enid and R. Crosby Kemper Lecture on March 5–7, 2026.

The 42nd Festival of Lessons & Carols returns to St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury on Sunday, December 7 at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free, with donations gratefully accepted. Guests may begin entering through the upper plaza doors at 4:30 p.m. A reception in the Museum undercroft will follow the program.

Join us to honor those who have served on November 11.

Own a piece of history! Online bidding for the charity auction of an original ticket to the "Iron Curtain" Speech is open through 10 pm EDT (9 pm CDT) on Saturday, October 11. Proceeds benefit the International Churchill Society and America's National Churchill Museum.

Westminster College is pleased to announce that Former Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon will deliver the 60th John Findley Green Foundation Lecture at 2 p.m. on Sept. 17 in Champ Auditorium. Nixon’s address is part of the 20th Annual Hancock Symposium, Sept. 16-17, themed “Justice: For All?”

ANCM commemorated the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day on Thursday, May 8 with a series of free celebratory activities and the opportunity to meet ANCM's new British bulldog mascot, Victor!

ANCM hosted Churchill Fellows Weekend on April 25-26, when we explored the legacy and continued relevance of Winston Churchill in today's world. The weekend will included a series of informative discussions, exhibitions and the Enid and R. Crosby Kemper Lecture by Rt. Hon. Sir Conor Burns.

On Tuesday, April 15, 2025, Westminster College hosted the Fourth Annual Brauer Lecture featuring Rob Henderson. Rob Henderson is the best-selling author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class.

America's National Churchill Museum houses several medals created by John Croker (1670 – 1741), a master jeweler and later engraver of coins and medals.

On the 79th anniversary of the “Iron Curtain” Speech ANCM hosted a discussion on the promise and perils of large language models, artificial intelligence, and their impacts on higher education, museums, and society.

On this day, in 1965, the world received news that Sir Winston Churchill, The Last Lion, had died at age 90. He died exactly 70 years (to the day) after the death of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. Sir Winston's death in his London home was not unexpected. Family and close friends had known for weeks that time was short. Years earlier, on his 75th birthday, Churchill quipped, "I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is ready for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter."

President Donald Trump has placed a bust of Winston Churchill by Sir Jacob Epstein in the Oval Office at the White House, fulfilling a promise he made after his election win and returning a Churchill bust to the place it was prominently displayed during his first term.

On Thursday, January 9 at 8:55 CST, America’s National Churchill Museum at Westminster College tolled the bells of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury 39 times to mark the National Day of Mourning honoring former President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr. and his legacy.

Westminster College's 41st Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols will take place at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2023, both in person and via livestream from First Presbyterian Church in Fulton.

Please join us for a special reception honoring the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill at America's National Churchill Museum.

This year, Dr. Parrish has written Westminster College: An Informal History 1851-2021. This third edition brings Westminster’s extraordinary story current.

ANCM hosted a special webcast on November 4, 2024, with Churchill Fellow Katherine Carter as she discussed her critically acclaimed book, Churchill's Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm. The archived stream is available for viewing.

On Oct. 26, join City of London and Westminster College officials for the rededication of the historic Aldermanbury Garden in The City of London, a popular and relaxing green space in London’s bustling financial hub.

This special exhibition, featuring objects from the collection of America’s National Churchill Museum and select loans from private collections, will explore Churchill's enduring admiration for, and relationship to Blenheim Palace, ancestral home of the Churchill family and one of the grandest homes in England.

America’s National Churchill Museum (ANCM) on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, is excited to announce a special webcast and an upcoming exhibition that will spotlight the remarkable connection between Winston Churchill and his birthplace, Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.

As our friends at the City of Fulton repave and refresh Westminster Avenue, the road is temporarily closed, but the Museum remains open. Visitors are encouraged to park to the northwest of the building.

Friends and supporters of America’s National Churchill Museum at Westminster College gathered in London’s historic Guildhall on June 12, 2024, to present Bill Roedy with the Winston Churchill Leadership Medal Award, ANCM’s highest honor.

America's National Churchill Museum will bestow its highest honor, the Winston Churchill Leadership Medal Award, on Bill Roedy. Join us at London's historic Guildhall on June 12, 2024, for an unforgettable evening honoring two great leaders—Winston Churchill and Bill Roedy.

America’s National Churchill Museum will honor and remember all those who served on D-Day exactly 80 years ago this week. On Thursday, June 6, at 12:00 noon CDT, the Museum will solemnly toll the bells of the Museum’s St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, exactly 80 times for the brave individuals who risked their lives during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944.

While the Museum remains open to the public, the sanctuary space of St. Mary Aldermanbury is currently closed while preservation work is performed on the facade and surrounding plaza/deck.

March 22-23. Over 75 years ago, Winston Churchill created a blueprint for national and international security in his "The Sinews of Peace" or 'iron curtain' speech at Westminster College. The foundations of U.S. national security policies and institutions, as well as diplomatic norms, were informed and inspired by Churchill's words—words that helped to wage and win the Cold War. But what of today?

On March 5, 1946, the presence of Winston Churchill and President Harry Truman turned a college gymnasium in a small Midwestern town into a world state as Churchill delivered his most famous post- World War II address — "The Sinews of Peace."

Winter Weather Alert: ANCM a will be closed to the public on Thursday, February 20 due to extreme cold temperatures. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you stay safe and warm.

On December 29, 1940, German aircraft dropped tens of thousands of incendiary bombs and parachute mines over the City of London. The Second Great Fire of London began. Christopher Wren's St Mary Aldermanbury was largely destroyed by the enemy action. Now rebuilt as part of the Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, it stands as a beacon of resilience. Learn more about how you can help protect and preserve this international treasure.

Westminster College's 40th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols will take place at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, both in person and via livestream from the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury.

Join us for festive refreshments, gallery talks, music, activities, and a silent auction to launch the holiday season and celebrate Winston Churchill’s 149th birthday! Free admission is made possible by the Mid-Missouri Friends of America’s National Churchill Museum Board of Directors.

On display now in the Musuem's Clementine Spencer-Churchill Reading Room is a new exhibition, All Conquering, Undefeatable: Major General Harry Vaughan, which features objects from the Museum's Harry Vaughan Collection and Archive and explores the power of his position as military advisor to the president and his highly acclaimed military career.

Fulton, Mo. ‒ Aug. 28, 2023: America’s National Churchill Museum (ANCM) at Westminster College announced today the acquisition of a historically significant oil painting, and the loan of two others, by Winston Churchill.

At 11 am CDT on Saturday, May 6, the bells of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, will ring for two minutes. The celebratory peal will honor the Coronation of Charles III as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

April 14 and 15 – Join us and meet the filmmaker during special screenings of two short documentaries produced by Westminster College alumnus and author, Steve Stinson.

April 12 - "The Power of Authentic Leadership at Chipotle and Beyond": Monty Moran, former CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill, will deliver Westminster College’s second annual Brauer Lecture at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury. The lecture is free and open to the public.

"Four Freedoms: Real and Imagined" explores President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms—Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear—through images and objects from wartime America during the 1940s.

This March, Westminster College is partnering with the Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society, the National U.S. Grant Trail Association, and the Missouri Humanities Council to present a talk and an exhibit.

Maestro Frederick Hohman will present a program of music to honor and commemorate British architect and scientist Sir Christopher Wren on Saturday, February 25, 2023, the 300th anniversary of his death. The music will feature the majestic Noel Mander Organ in Wren's St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury.

April 11 - Join us this spring for a speaker series exploring diverse perspectives on peace by regional leaders. Co-hosted by the Center for Faith and Service at Westminster College and part of the Wren 300 global commemoration of the life of Sir Christopher Wren.

The Parabellum pistol, more notably known as the Luger pistol, is one of the most exemplary pistols to ever be produced and serves as one of the most iconic weapons of the Second World War.

Through April 2 - This exhibition examines Sir Winston Churchill's State Funeral, the largest in British history at the time, and the private internment for family at the Church at Bladon in Oxfordshire. It includes a series of rarely exhibited oil paintings by Churchill’s nephew, John Spencer-Churchill, and archival material from the Museum’s holdings along with material on loan from the Collection of Phillip and Susan Larson.

On December 8, participate alongside Westminster College museum studies students as we recreate the 1914 Christmas Day truce soccer game between British and German troops. There will be food, drinks, and fun!

A self-proclaimed pastime painter, Winston Churchill did not put brush to canvas until the age of 40. Although he received no formal training as an artist, he pursued his hobby with characteristic passion, and it became a lifelong interest.

December 4: The service includes the reading of nine biblical scriptures that pertain to the Christmas story. Each reading is followed by a reflective carol sung by Westminster’s choral ensemble, the Churchill Singers, and guest performers.

An immersive display, Holiday in the Trenches examines the experience of Allied soldiers during the Second World War. Witness history from the front lines and explore the poignant and bittersweet feeling of celebrating the holidays far from home. Through January 8.

Join us December 2 for High Roads to the Holidays, an evening of merriment at America's National Churchill Museum. Enjoy Christmas-themed gallery talks, exhibitions, carols and cookies in St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, children's activities, and Churchillian-themed hors d'oeuvres and libations.

November 25-28, find the perfect holiday gift with 15% off select items and support the museum with your purchase. Also: ANCM's 2022 limited edition holiday ornament features Winston Churchill's original painting Beach at Walmer, a recent gift to the Museum's permanent collection.

On October 7, Garry Kasparov delivered the Museum's 36th Enid and R. Crosby Kemper Lecture "A New Sinews of Peace." The lecture coincided with the induction of new Fellows into the Association of Churchill Fellows of Westminster College. He is an outspoken advocate for human rights and democracy. Widely considered history’s greatest chess player, Kasparov retired in 2005 to form the Russian anti-Putin coalition. In 2015, Kasparov published his prescient book “Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped.” He is the chairman of the Human Rights Foundation and the Renew Democracy Initiative.

Daughterly Knowledge: Mary Soames, Winston Churchill and America’s National Churchill Museum exhibits together letters, photographs, and other objects from the Museum’s collection that explore her affectionate relationship with Winston Churchill's youngest daughter with her father and her decades-long association with Westminster College and America’s National Churchill Museum.

On October 6-8, 2022 Join an international array of historians, diplomats, and members of the Churchill family at this conference, which will explore the difficulty and dangers of waging war and the challenges of preserving peace. The conference will be hosted at Kansas City’s National World War I Museum and Memorial with a day trip to America’s National Churchill Museum, for the 2022 Enid and R. Crosby Kemper Lecture and installation of  new Churchill Fellows.

Join us at 4:30 pm on Tuesday, October 4, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, for a free talk on "Churchill and the Crown" by Katherine Carter. Carter is a Curator and Historian specializing in early 20th century British political history, and has managed the house and collections at Chartwell for almost a decade.

On Sept 14, the public is invited to attend "An Evening with Nick Cave," the featured event of Westminster College's 2022 Hancock Symposium, free of charge. Nick Cave has been described in The New York Times as “the most joyful, critical artist in America.” Join the Chicago-based artist, educator, and messenger when he returns to his hometown of Fulton to give a special presentation on his life and art. Expect an evening of profound and compassionate analysis. Columbia artist Kenny Greene will lead the discussion, followed by a Q&A with the audience.

America's National Churchill Museum and Westminster College mourn the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, whose 70-year reign over the United Kingdom provided stability, leadership, and dignity for Britons and served as an inspiration for many throughout the world. To honor the late Queen Elizabeth, the Museum has installed a temporary exhibition in the Anson Cutts Gallery, ""A Royal Legacy at America's National Churchill Museum" 

America's National Churchill Museum and the entire Westminster College community mourns the loss of former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. In 1992, the Russian statesman delivered Westminster College's John Findley Green Foundation Lecture, entitled "The River of Time and the Imperative of Action," The full text and video of that historic speech is preserved by the Museum and available on its website.

America’s National Churchill Museum are pleased to announce they were awarded a $1.9 million grant this week from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) to boost regional tourism.

Those between ages of 11 and 21 are invited to enter a video competition – coinciding with the 82nd anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill’s “Blood, toil, tears, and sweat” speech - that asks students from around the world to invoke the spirit of Britain’s wartime Prime Minister by writing and recording an inspirational speech in response to the current global challenges.

We are pleased to announce that nationally acclaimed social scientist, bestselling author, and Harvard professor Dr. Arthur Brooks will deliver the inaugural Brauer Lecture at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury.

On Tuesday, April 12 at 12:15 pm The Rt Hon. James Cleverly MP addressed the current war in Ukraine, the continued threat of Russian aggression in the region, and reaffirmed the "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom.

We are pleased to announce that nationally acclaimed social scientist, bestselling author, and Harvard professor Dr. Arthur Brooks will deliver the inaugural Brauer Lecture at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury,

America's National Churchill Museum presented a special webcast on the anniversary of Winston Churchill's "The Sinews of Peace" address at Westminster College. Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director and Chief Curator Timothy Riley examined and explored Churchill's positions on the United Nations, post-war military preparedness, the "special relationship," and the legacy of the "iron curtain" in the current geopolitical climate.

LAST CHANCE: OPEN THROUGH NOVEMBER 30 Sinews of Peace: The Power of Prose, an exhibition examining the near-final draft of the "Iron Curtain" speech in the collection of America's National Churchill Museum. A companion virtual exhibit will remain available in perpetuity.

Westminster College will celebrate the 38th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols via livestream at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury.

November 25-29 – Find the perfect holiday gift with 25% off select items and support the museum with your purchase.

The Central Missouri Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and America's National Churchill Museum present Aidan Hill in concert in celebration of the Chapter's 90th anniversary, the AGO's "Year of the Young Organist," and the recent installation of Donald P. Lofe, Jr., as the 23rd President of Westminster College.

The International Churchill Society is delighted to present its first ‘hybrid’ conference, "Churchill and Freedom," combining physical events in London with main sessions that will be streamed around the world.

The 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo will headline Westminster College's 16th Hancock Symposium with a special performance of music and poetry from the National Churchill Museum's historic Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury.

At 8:30 am on September 11, the Museum, Westminster College, and the Fulton Fire Department commemorated the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States. The ceremony took place inside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury. Click below to watch the archived livestream.

Several local news organizations covered the Grand Reopening of America's National Churchill Museum (July 30-Aug 1, 2021). Find their stories here.

Join us for a very special concert in the beautiful St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury featuring singer-songwriter Adriel Denae. Her debut album was produced by multiple Grammy Award-winning artist, Norah Jones. The concert is free and open to the public with limited capacity. Doors open at 5 pm.

America's National Churchill Museum is pleased to announce it will reopen to the public on Friday, July 30, 2021, with a weekend-long celebration. The program will begin with an opening ceremony on Friday at 11 a.m. (CDT) with remarks by Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director and Chief Curator Timothy Riley, Westminster College President and Chief Transformational Officer Donald P. Lofe, Jr., and Missouri Governor Michael L. Parson. The ceremony will also be livestreamed to a global audience.

Join us for a very special concert in the beautiful St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury featuring singer-songwriter Adriel Denae. Her debut album Adriel Denae was produced by multiple Grammy Award-winning artist, Norah Jones. The concert is free and open to the public with limited capacity. Doors open at 5 pm.

Weekend festivities include in-person tours, guest lectures, concerts. Activities also will be livestreamed for national and global audiences.

The coronavirus pandemic has had overwhelming economic implications for the Museum and our ability to continue our work to promote Winston Churchill’s legacy and preserve the historic Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury. As a result, we are asking you to join our urgent fundraising effort by making a contribution to the Beacon of Resilience campaign today. Your gift will make a critical difference as we navigate the challenging months ahead.

On April 30 and May 1, the Museum is pleased to partner with the Churchill Institution of East Africa to present a virtual global roundtable discussion on Churchill, the importance of learning from the past, and the need for informed leadership in today's world.

The Board of Trustees of Westminster College has unanimously appointed Donald P. Lofe, Jr., to be the historic college’s 23rd president. The Board cited the major progress the 170-year-old liberal arts college has made under Lofe’s leadership as Interim President, even during an exceptionally challenging year and in the midst of the pandemic.

On April 1, Dr. James W. Muller, Political Science professor at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and Timothy Riley, Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director and Chief Curator at America's National Churchill Museum discussed Winston Churchill's 1899 "The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan" and his later abridgment of the book.

Three Westminster students minoring in Museum Studies recently executed a special virtual exhibit for America’s National Churchill Museum in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech.

While much of the discussion during the 75th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s “Sinews of Peace” speech focused on his prose, the Cold War, and other details of historic significance, one of Churchill’s granddaughters and the grandson of President Harry S. Truman took a lighter, more casual approach in discussing their grandfathers’ legacies. They chatted about poker, painting, and politics, among other topics.

For his community service and contributions in the fields of education, health care, and the art world, Dr. Monroe E. Trout, of Appleton, WI, has been awarded the prestigious Winston Churchill Leadership Medal by America’s National Churchill Museum at Westminster College. The award, the Museum’s highest honor, was presented to Trout on Friday, March 5, during virtual 75th anniversary ceremonies commemorating Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech. The events were hosted by the Museum and Westminster College.

When former British Prime Minister Sir Winston S. Churchill spoke before a packed gymnasium at Westminster College on March 5, 1946, he carefully linked two important words to convey a critical message to the world, said Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George F. Will.

Westminster College alumnus Steve Stinson, ’73 ΣΑΕ, of Roanoke, VA, is an artist and documentarian who created Franta & Winston, a new film on Czech-British sculptor Franta Belsky and his creation of the Winston Churchill statue — an icon on Westminster’s campus for five decades.

The eight distinguished individuals inducted into the Association of Churchill Fellows on March 6, 2021, are Colin Brown, Michael T. Franken, Keith S. Harbison, Richard C. Harding, Erik Larson, Michael Y. Scudder, Cita Stelzer, and George Will.

Westminster College is no stranger to international news coverage, but a few eyebrows raised recently when state-owned Russia-1 television requested access to campus in covering the 75th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech. The second-largest television station in Russia arrived in Fulton, MO, from New York, NY, on Mar. 4, 2021, to film a 15-minute segment on the speech and Churchill’s historic visit to campus on Mar. 5, 1946.

Westminster College was front and center before an international audience earlier this month as media from across the country and around the world covered the 75th anniversary of a speech that forever linked the words “Westminster,” “Fulton,” “Churchill,” and “Iron Curtain.”

America’s National Churchill Museum commemorated the 75th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s "Sinews of Peace" address, commonly known as the "Iron Curtain" speech. On March 5-6, 2021, the world was invited to a virtual commemoration, live from Westminster’s Historic Gymnasium and other Churchill-related sites on campus. Dignitaries, leaders, and members of the Churchill family participated from all parts of the world and joined the Westminster community for a memorable celebration. The archived livestream is now available.

As part of our the 75th Anniversary of Winston Churchill's historic "Sinews of Peace" speech at Westminster College, C-SPAN's American History TV and Reel America have scheduled special programming related to the speech and its aftermath. We invite you to join watch, learn and enjoy this content from America's National Churchill Museum at Westminster College.

A Museum publication by Churchill Fellow Nancy Carver traces the origin of the "Special Relationship" and recounts the remarkable story of a big idea, a small college, and a global effort to move an historic church from London to Fulton, Missouri. "It's full of deep research but is never dry and the result is an interesting, absorbing and accessible book - a real tribute to the 'Sinews of Peace' speech." -J. Murphy, The Bookbag (U.K.)

Patterned after the annual service at the University of Cambridge, England, Westminster College’s 37th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols includes nine readings from scripture related to the Christmas story along with corresponding carols performed by area musicians. This year’s Lessons and Carols will be prerecorded and released on the evening of the 80th anniversary of the Second Great Fire of London, the night when the historic Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, was bombed during the Blitz in World War II.

Join us for a LIVE webcast at 12:00 noon (CST) on Monday, December 21, when Paul Sparrow, Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, and Timothy Riley, Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director and Chief Curator at America's National Churchill Museum explore Winston Churchill's historic visit with President Roosevelt at the White House in December, 1941.

Birthday greetings will be delivered by members of the Churchill family, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Her Majesty's Ambassador to the United States Dame Karen Pierce, United States Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA-49), and Allen Packwood, Director of the Churchill Archives Centre, Justin Reash, Executive Director of International Churchill Society, Gail Rosseu, George Washington University, and Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director and Chief Curator Timothy Riley.

Led by Lena Leuci. Robert and Doris DeFer Senior Intern for Archives and Collections, a diligent and dedicated team of Westminster Students and a recent alumna are tasked with cataloging, researching, and inventorying the collection while the Museum is closed during COVID-19.

Join us virtually as we pause at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and remember veterans past and present and salute their service for the cause of freedom.

The Museum is mixing a splendid combination of cocktails and our collection. Join us on Monday, November 9 at 5:00 p.m CST for a virtual happy hour, when the Museum's director and chief curator offers insights about a work in our collection with a complementary cocktail. Bring your own beverage to this virtual event.

The 37th International Churchill Conference will be held online this fall on 23 and 24 October. Registration, which is free, is now open to the public. Former British Prime Minister The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH will be a featured speaker. While the conference will be based in Britain and include several live sessions, including from America's National Churchill Museum at Westminster College.

The Association of Churchill Fellows has announced the postponement of An Evening with George F. Will, an event previously scheduled for October 1. The event will be rescheduled in 2021.

Finest Hour, the acclaimed scholarly journal and magazine for Museum members, is currently available in digital format free-of-charge.

Nearly 75 years ago, Winston Churchill created a blueprint for national and international security in his “Sinews of Peace” or ‘iron curtain’ speech at Westminster College. The foundations of U.S. national security policies and institutions, as well as diplomatic norms, were informed and inspired by Churchill’s words — words that helped the West to wage and win the Cold War. But what of today? In an age when communication is nearly instantaneous, diffused, and received with diminished discernment, how secure is the safety and welfare of those who value freedom and progress? The stakes are high as cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, and terrorism pose new and grave threats.

America’s National Churchill Museum and the historic Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, will be temporarily closed into 2021 to accelerate more than $1 million worth of preservation work, interior renovations, and needed updates.

America’s National Churchill Museum and the historic Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, will be temporarily closed through the 2020 to accelerate more than $3.1 million worth o3.1f preservation work, interior renovations, and needed updates.

We have a great selection Fathers Day gifts on sale. Show your dad how special he is with unique gifts from America's National Churchill Museum that he’s sure to love. All proceeds benefit Museum education and exhibition programs.

In the Age of COVID-19, Can You Inspire Like Churchill? A global competition in response to the pandemic, inspired by the famous speeches of Britain’s wartime Prime Minister.

On Friday, May 8 at 12:00 noon (CDT) we hosted a series of virtual events commemorating the 75th anniversary of VE Day highlighted by a webcast with artist, author and granddaughter of Clementine and Winston Churchill. Ms. Sandys. who was in England on VE Day as a child, was joined by Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of President Harry S. Truman.

On Thursday, April 23, the Museum hosted a special webcast about the treasured collections America's National Churchill Museum and Chartwell, the family home of Sir Winston Churchill and now part of the British National Trust.

On Friday, April 17 at 12:00 noon (CDT) we broadcast a live discussion of Winston Churchill and leadership in times of crisis with author, historian and Churchill biographer Andrew Roberts and Gen. (USA RET) David H. Petraeus.

Join us for a live webcast at 12:00 CDT on April 9 with special guests Allen Packwood OBE Director of the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, University of Cambridge and retired political commentator Chris Matthews as they discuss Winston Churchill's honorary United States citizenship, granted on this day in 1963.

Join us for a live webcast at 12:00 CDT on April 9 with special guests Allen Packwood OBE Director of the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, University of Cambridge and retired political commentator Chris Matthews as they discuss Winston Churchill's honorary United States citizenship, granted on this day in 1963.

Beginning on March 24, America's National Churchill Museum will display Fritz Faiss: Degenerate to Resilient a exhibition of works of art by Holocaust survivor, Fritz Faiss (German 1905-1981). The exhibition features rarely exhibited works by German-born artist Fritz Faiss. Faiss was a student of Paul Klee (1879-1940) and Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) at The Bauhaus, Germany’s famed school of fine crafts and arts. He enjoyed critical acclaim as a master woodcut artist and painter in Germany in the years between World War I and World War II.

Out of an abundance of caution concerning cases of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, throughout the world, the Association of Churchill Fellows has decided to postpone this year’s Churchill Fellows Weekend, scheduled for March 14-15, 2020. The event will be rescheduled at a date to be determined.

Widely known as the ‘Iron Curtain’ speech, Churchill’s address on March 5, 1946 at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri warned the world of the looming threat of the Soviet Union in Europe. This ongoing exhibition features the Museum's typewritten draft of the speech with Churchill's final edits.

America's National Churchill Museum partnered with Rainy Day Books to present Erik Larson in Kansas City on March 10. Erik Larson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake and The Devil in the White City, was inducted into the Association of Churchill Fellows and delivered a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz.

From original oil paintings by Winston Churchill, to sculptures, letters, and other documents, this exhibition features 20 objects recently acquired or placed on loan to America's National Churchill Museum.

Patterned after the festival held at Kings College at University of Cambridge in England, this moving service in the majestic St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury includes the reading of nine scriptures related to the Christmas story and carols sung and performed by various vocal and instrumental ensembles. A reception will follow the service at America's National Churchill Museum.

The Museum’s Honor Trees salute veterans of military service. The white trees are clad with red ribbon, blue trim, and photographs of women and men who are veterans or currently serving in the armed forces.

Join us at 4:30pm on November 7 to hear Peter Robinson, President Reagan speechwriter who authored "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech as he discusses the speech that helped bring a close to the Cold War.

The 36th International Churchill Conference will take place on October 29-31 in Washington, D.C. This year’s conference theme is Churchill: Masters of our Fate.

Australian Ambassador to the United States to Deliver Third Annual Cherry-Price Lecture Will Speak About “Free Trade and Leadership in a Rapidly Evolving World”

More than 100 people turned out Thursday night at the Bogey Club to salute St. Louis businessman, philanthropist, and former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Earle H. Harbison Jr., of St. Louis, who received the Distinguished Churchill Fellows Award.

The Hon. James E. Baker the Director of the, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism Professor of Public Administration at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will share his thoughts on lessons learned from the Cold War.

2° C is an exhibition featuring photographs of National Geographic award-winning photographer, John Rollins.

Author Jill Rose will speak about her book Nursing Churchill on October 1 at 5:30 PM. The book chronicles explores the author's mother, Doris Miles, who served as the wartime Prime Minister's nurse in 1943 after a severe bout of pneumonia.

Two words: Special. Relationship. How would you depict that concept on a 6” x 6” canvas? America's National Churchill Museum and over 4,000 K-12 students in Missouri are exploring the idea.

Madeleine K. Albright, the first female Secretary of State in the history of the United States, will deliver the 59th John Findley Green Foundation Lecture on September 19 at 1:30 PM.

At 6:15 PM on Wednesday, October 18, don't miss the chance to meet Edwina Sandys, who created Breakthrough, the monumental sculpture made from eight sections of the Berlin Wall and located outside the Museum. An internationally acclaimed author and artist, Edwina Sandys is the granddaughter of Clementine and Winston Churchill.

Air Commodore James Linter OBE, Royal Air Force Air Attaché at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. will present a Royal Air Force Ensign to America's National Churchill Museum in an 11:00AM ceremony conducted in St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, the official Chapel of the Eagle Squadrons.

The long list of history-making moments and world leader visits to Westminster College and the impressive landmark, America’s National Churchill Museum, were the major factors that landed the city of Fulton on the 2019 list of “10 Coolest Small Towns in America.”

The long list of history-making moments and world leader visits to Westminster College and the impressive landmark, America’s National Churchill Museum, were the major factors that landed the city of Fulton on the 2019 list of “10 Coolest Small Towns in America.”

Join us for a gallery talk by Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director and Chief Curator Timothy Riley at 11am on Saturday, July 6 as he discusses the exhibition Painting as a Pastime: From Winston to the White House. The exhibit offers an opportunity to view rarely seen paintings by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874–1965) and US Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and George W. Bush. This is the first time the works of these leaders and painters have been gathered together for a public display.

America’s National Churchill Museum has received a GEMmy Award by the Midwest Travel Journalists Association, which called the museum on the campus of Westminster College here “an outstanding gem that offers travelers an exceptional experience.”

America's National Churchill Museum Commemorated the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, honored WWII Veterans, and declared June 6 as "Morton E. Harris Day."

The Hon. Mike Parson, Governor of the State of Missouri, proclaimed May 7 Sir Winston Churchill Day to celebrate life, leadership and legacy of the great statesman.

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group David Rubenstein help to commemorate and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of America's National Churchill Museum as the Association of Churchill Fellows Welcomes 12 New Members

Churchill Fellow Andrew Roberts will discuss his widely acclaimed Churchill biography and New York Times bestseller, Churchill: Walking with Destiny. Fellow Roberts joins legendary biographer Sir Martin Gilbert to be the only person to twice give the prestigious Enid and R. Crosby Lecture.

Author, Historian, and Churchill Fellow Andrew Roberts delivers the Enid and R. Crosby Kemper Lecture during 50th Anniversary Celebration on May 4, 2019. Click below to watch video of full lecture.

Join us this weekend for informative and inspiring exhibitions, talks, concerts, and discussions about Winston Churchill and his legacy in today's world.

Human rights activist and chess master Garry Kasparov spoke at Westminster College April 9, 2016, and experienced the wonders of America’s National Churchill Museum. Today he articulates the importance of attending the upcoming 50th anniversary celebration of the Church and Museum and visiting and supporting them.

Learn more about the bell tolls and read a few thoughts about the unthinkable fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris with hopes that, like Fulton’s London church—twice ravished by flames—the great Gothic cathedral soon will stand proudly again in Paris.

Westminster College presents “The Churchill Minute,” a weekly series to inform and inspire those who have an interest in America’s National Churchill Museum and the historic Christopher Wren Church of St. Mary, Aldermanbury.

Drawn from the over 500 posters in the Museum's esteemed White Collection, "For Them, For Us, For Victory: World War II Posters" is on view now.

"One always measures friendships by how they show up in bad weather." --Winston Churchill America's National Churchill Museum resumes normal operations Monday, January 14 after severe winter storm.

A dinner and program with Dr. Nile Gardiner, Director of the Heritage Foundation's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom in Washington, DC 6:30 PM St Louis Club $100 per person (all proceeds benefit National Churchill Museum)

The International Churchill Society is pleased to announce that the Thirty-fifth International Churchill Conference will be held in the historic Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia on November 9-11, 2018.

Join Westminster College President Dr. Fletcher Lamkin and National Churchill Museum Director and Chief Curator Timothy Riley as they welcome Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat and Momentum Worldwide CEO Chris Weil for a discussion about leadership at the University Club in New York.

The National Churchill Museum and the Callaway Chamber of Commerce invites you to Business After Hours event on Tuesday, August 7 from 5-7pm

An exquisite painting by Sir Winston Churchill titled Lake Scene at Norfolk has been donated by the Monsanto Company to the National Churchill Museum. The 20” x 24” oil on canvas was painting circa 1935 and depicts a tranquil scene of a tree-lined blue lake in Norfolk, located on England’s east coast along the North Sea.

The celebration in honor of the Royal Couple will be held at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury on Saturday, May 19 at 4pm

His Excellency Ron Dermer, the Israeli Ambassador to the United States, was the keynote speaker for Churchill Fellows Weekend on March 24-25 at the National Churchill Museum at Westminster College.

Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director and Chief Curator Timothy Riley announces reduced admission for Darkest Hour ticket stub holders.

Drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection and select loans, The Churchill Image presents a stunning range of sculpture depicting the courage, character and humanity of the great statesman.

The Mid-Missouri Friends of the National Churchill Museum will host a Veteran's Day Celebration at the National Churchill Museum on Saturday, November 11 at 1PM.

United States Senator Bernie Sanders delivered the 58th John Findley Green Foundation Lecture at Westminster College.

National Churchill Museum is in the path of the total solar eclipse in August. Discover how Winston Churchill and Sir Christopher Wren viewed the celestial realm in a talk and concert at 2pm on Sunday, August 20.

In a ceremony on June 8 at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis retired Sen. John C. Danforth received the Churchill Medal for Leadership. The gala event attracted over 170 guests and featured historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham and Gen. David H. Petraeus were among those inducted in the Association of Churchill Fellows of Westminster College on April 1, 2017.

“The Wall Behind the Wall: How Memory Divides”
Lecture by Dr. Jeremy Straughn, Assistant Professor, Transnational Studies | Churchill Institute for Global Engagement Director, Study Abroad & Off-Campus Programs

Museums are links to other worlds, to our pasts as well as the past civilizations that have been lost or built over. They are the keepers of history, of irreplaceable works of art and artifacts that have been dug out of sand and silt and ash.

When parents and teachers want kids to learn about the past, they have several options. They can turn to history books and textbooks, ask people who experienced it to talk with children, rely on the internet for information, or give kids a hands-on experience with learning at a museum.

Churchill Fellows weekend is running on April 9 and 10 and features Professor Klaus Larres, author of “Churchill’s Cold War”

The National Churchill Museum invites you to the closing weekend of The Paintings of Sir Winston Churchill exhibition on February 12-14, 2016.

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of World War II ending, the National Churchill Museum is currently exhibiting “We March Together.” Inspired by Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s enthusiasm for Anglo-American cooperation during the war, the exhibit features a selection of propaganda posters and explores how Britons and Americans contributed to the war effort, marching together toward victory.

Sir Winston Churchill has been honored at Westminster College in Fulton on the 50th anniversary of his death Saturday. Audio for the entire memorial service included.

Edwina Sandys, granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill, speaks at the National Churchill Museum on the 50th Anniversary of Churchill's death.

Those members of the general public and the media who are unable to attend tomorrow morning’s “America’s Service of Remembrance” at Westminster College in Fulton, MO can live stream the event.

Churchill's granddaughter, Edwina Sandys, great grandson, Duncan Sandys, British Ambassador to the United States, and Governor Nixon join for Saturday Churchill commemoration service at the National Churchill Museum

British Ambassador Peter Westmacott, Churchill's great grandson, and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon honor Winston Churchill on the 50th Anniversary of his death with "America's Service of Remembrance" at the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, MO.

Churchill’s Granddaughter To Give Presentation at Westminster College On the Actual 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Westminster College President Barney Forsythe announces and welcomes the new Executive Director of the National Churchill Museum, Dr. Jim Williams

The Central Missouri Postal Customer Council and the Postmaster of the U.S. Post Office in Fulton will unveil the new Medal of Honor stamp at the National Churchill Museum.

Families can come to the campus of Westminster College September 6, to enjoy a free morning of Olympic themed fun activities hosted by the National Churchill Museum.

The National Churchill Museum will be hosting an open house to introduce the new "Mail Call" exhibit and new staff.

That National Churchill Museum will be free to military and postal workers on Labor Day, September 1 in honor of the special exhibit currently on display about the military postal system.

A traveling Smithsonian exhibit comes to the National Churchill Museum. "Mail Call" shows the history of America's military postal system.

The Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit “Mail Call” will stop in Fulton on its national 15-city tour.

Churchill paintings, many never before seen in public, are to go on view in various locations in Georgia.

The National Churchill Museum is hosting a traveling Smithsonian exhibit.

The National Churchill Museum welcomes a new Archivist-Curator, Amy Cantone. Amy talks about her experience and what brought her to the museum.

The National Churchill Museum opens a exhibit to honor the 70th anniversary of D-Day Normandy.

A special D-Day exhibit is on display at the National Churchill Museum through August 3.

Summer is here and you want to find outings of interest to family members of various ages! One excellent spot is the National Churchill Museum in Fulton.

A commemorative art exhibit made its first stop in Fulton, MO, on May 30 at the National Churchill Museum.

Right here in mid-Missouri, the National Churchill Museum at Westminster College is honoring the 70th anniversary of D-Day in a unique way.

The Westminster College community joins the world in offering condolences to the members of the Churchill family at the passing of Lady Soames.

The National Churchill Museum in Fulton is remembering D-Day with the debut of a series of paintings this weekend.

Kit Freudenberg, Interim Executive Director of the National Churchill Museum, unveils a painting that will be hanged with 63 others in the new D-Day: Operation Overlord exhibit.

This week we have a special treat. Dr. Rob Havers, Executive Director of the Winston Churchill Memorial &. Library at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, joins us to discuss what Winston Churchill’s perspective might have been on the current crisis with Russia.

As a journalist, Paul Reid was familiar with writing assignments. In 2003, though, he was given an assignment from his friend and author William Manchester that would forever connect him with the man he says saved Western civilization — Winston Churchill.

Charlie talks with the Great-Grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, Randolph Churchill, and Paul Reid, Churchill Historian and Author of “The Last Lion”, who paid a visit to the National Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, MO.

The Ukraine’s Crimea was also in the news 69 years ago. It’s where President Roosevelt, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and England’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill met in Yalta to decide what Europe should look like after World War II.

Sixty-eight years ago next week, Baxter Brown Watson was a witness to history. Watson was a student at Westminster College on March 5, 1946, when Winston Churchill delivered his “Iron Curtain” speech there. Watson not only saw the speech — he was given the honor of accompanying Churchill and President Harry S Truman to the campus gymnasium where the former prime minister delivered his address.

Taking a trip back in time — and across the pond — is as easy as a jaunt down the highway. Back in March of 1946, Winston Churchill uttered the famous words “an iron curtain has descended across the continent,” marking the beginning of the Cold War. The speech, now known as “The Sinews of Peace,” was delivered on the Westminster College campus, located in Fulton.

The acclaimed “The Last Lion” trilogy tells the story of Winston Churchill’s life. Churchill was born at the end of the 19th century when Imperial Britain was at the height of its power; Churchill would witness the shift a few years later as the Empire hovered on the brink of a new era.

In 2003, William Manchester, one of the 20th century’s leading biographers, found himself in a terrible quandary. Manchester had written the first two acclaimed volumes of “The Last Lion,” a planned three-part biography of Winston Churchill. His towering if florid prose inspired thousands of readers and stirred widespread anticipation for the final installment. That third volume was to begin just as Churchill was named prime minister of Great Britain, the last European power to stand against the relentless scourge of Nazi Germany.

Two St. Louis area students placed 3rd and 4th in the first annual Winston Churchill Student Speech Competition held at the National Churchill Museum located on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

The 2014 Kemper Lecture will come to Churchillians with a more conversational format. Special guests in attendance will include Randolph Churchill and Jennie Churchill Repard, Winston Churchill's great-grandchildren.

Dr. Rob Havers appears on The McGraw Show and talks about the National Churchill Museum, and upcoming Churchill Weekend events, with McGraw.

The great-grandchildren of Winston Churchill are coming to Missouri to pay a visit to the site of his famous "Iron Curtain" speech.

The great-grandchildren of Winston Churchill are coming to Missouri to pay a visit to the site of his famous "Iron Curtain" speech.

The great-grandchildren of Winston Churchill are coming to Missouri to pay a visit to the site of his famous "Iron Curtain" speech.

The great-grandchildren of Winston Churchill are coming to Missouri to pay a visit to the site of his famous "Iron Curtain" speech.

The National Churchill Museum at Westminster College is having its biannual open house event for educators from 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 26 at the museum, 501 Westminster Ave.

he special relationship between world leaders President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is explored in a new exhibit at the National Churchill Museum on the campus of Westminster College. The exhibit, which opened in January, will be open on President's Day, Feb. 17, 2014 and runs through March 9.

The National Churchill Museum will be shining the spotlight on Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher over the next few months. The museum is putting on a new exhibit, “Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: Their Special Relationship,” Jan. 13-March 9.

Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, has formally announced that Britain will switch to using plastic banknotes in 2016, ending 320 years of paper money. After a public consultation in which 87% of the 13,000 respondents backed the new-style currency, the Bank said it would introduce "polymer" notes, as it prefers to call them, in two years' time, starting with the new £5 note featuring Winston Churchill in 2016 and the Jane Austen £10 a year later.

After an introduction from National Churchill Museum Executive Director Rob Havers, Fulton Mayor LeRoy Benton addresses the crowd that’s formed outside of the museum before lighting the tree at the inaugural Community Tree Lighting Ceremony Monday. Benton lauded the museum and Westminster College’s cooperative relationship with the city before he set the tree alight on the Church of St. Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury’s walkway above the museum.

The Sacred Heart Student Council and National Honor Society recently took their annual field trip to the National Churchill Museum in Fulton.The students learned about Winston Churchill’s early life, and also his unique role in WWII. The students enjoyed the experience of learning about one of history’s greatest world leaders. This trip also coincides with what the students are learning in some of their history classes.

For three decades, the National Churchill Museum has been a key part of Fulton’s Christmas celebration. The tradition continues next Thursday, Nov. 14, with their 30th annual Victorian Christmas. Festivities begin at 10 a.m. with shopping and the traditional English kettledrum tea, with spirits, food and an auction running from 5-7 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Museum.

Veterans will receive free admission to the National Churchill Museum in honor of Veterans Day. The museum at 501 Westminster Ave. in Fulton will be open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday.

A bust of the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was added Wednesday to the collection of statues in the U.S. Capitol. The ceremony in Statuary Hall was the culmination of a controversy that began after President Barack Obama removed a Churchill bust from display in the Oval Office and replacing it with one of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Six months after Margaret Thatcher's death, admirers of the United Kingdom's only female prime minister are planning a memorial unlike any ever given a British politician: a memorial library similar to those in the United States that honor American presidents.

As global financial markets head into a second week of a partial U.S. Government shutdown, with a debt default still a technical possibility, investors have to hope that Winston Churchill was wrong about Americans. “You can always count on Americans to do the right thing — after they’ve tried everything else,” is a famous quote, versions of which have been attributed to the great British leader a million times.

The National Churchill Museum was featured in a blog post.

Homeschool families are encouraged to visit the National Churchill Museum between 9am-4pm on Wednesday, October 9, to take part in creative learning stations throughout the Museum exhibits. Activities include letter string scavenger hunts, sensory treasure hunts, story pages, and word birds for the little ones; interactive exercises about 21st century technology for the middle school age children; and a creative writing exercise for high school age children. A bonus “Meet the Curator” activity includes a meet and greet with the Museum’s curator including a tour of the Museum’s collections space, which will take place from 10:30am-11:30am and 2pm-3pm.

Take part in creative learning stations throughout the Museum exhibits. Varied activities for students of all age groups. A bonus “Meet the Curator” activity includes a meet and greet and a tour of our collections space, which will take place at 10:30am-11:30am and 2pm-3pm.

As part of Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day Live, admission to the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, MO will be free on Saturday, September 28, 2013. Obtain your ticket here: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/ The Museum is open daily from 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Regular admission prices are Adults - $6, Seniors- $5, College students and youth - $4, Children (6-11) - $3, and Children (5 and under) – free.

The Mid-Missouri Friends of the National Churchill Museum will host a luncheon and fashion show at 11 a.m. Oct. 12 at the Fulton Country Club. Mary Harrison, who chairs the event, said Calena’s Fashions in Holts Summit will provide the fashions for the fundraising event to benefit the National Churchill Museum.

Adam Sommer, blogger of Visit Flyover Country, visited the National Churchill Museum summer 2013. Read his blog post about his Museum experience.

Adam Sommer, blogger of Visit Flyover Country, visited the National Churchill Museum summer 2013. Read his blog post about his Museum experience.

Located an easy two hours outside of St. Louis is the site of one of the twentieth century's most important historical events: Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech. Officially named the "Sinews of Peace" the speech was given on the campus of Fulton, Missouri's Westminster College in 1946 and has become one of history's most famous speeches, orated by one of our greatest leaders, arguably marking the start of the Cold War!

One of our most interesting tourist destinations in mid-Missouri is Fulton, home to the Churchill Memorial. It is now known as the National Churchill Museum.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere.

Listen to full interviews of Dr. Rob Havers, National Churchill Museum Executive Director, speaking about Churchill's Epic "Iron Curtain" speech film screening on KMOX and KWMU, two St. Louis radio programs.

Dr. Rob Havers, Executive Director of the National Churchill Museum on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, talks about a new documentary, “Winston Churchill’s Epic ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech: History Alive Today”, with a screening on Wed., Sept. 18, 5:30P-7:30P, at the St. Louis Public Library in Downtown St. Louis.

Winston Churchill is famous for making political speeches, warning of political peril ahead. He warned Great Britain and the world of the dangerous rumblings coming out of Germany during the 1930s as well as when Communist Russia began to expand its reach after World War II.

The National Churchill Museum is bringing the timeless lessons of history to a new generation through an increased commitment to educational outreach and an exciting new documentary entitled “Winston Churchill’s Epic ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech: History Alive Today.” You can listen to Dr. Rob Havers, Executive Director of the National Churchill Museum, speak about the documentary and an upcoming screening of it in St. Louis and a showing on Nine PBS (KETC) in two radio interviews tomorrow (Tuesday, September 10).

Sir Winston Churchill’s great-granddaughter gained 11 A* grades in her GCSEs after being signed up by the model agency that has Kate Moss and Lily Cole on its books.

Fulton, MO – August 29, 2013 – Bringing the timeless lessons of history to a new generation is a key focus of increased educational outreach and a new documentary by the National Churchill Museum (NCM) on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, MO. The documentary, “Winston Churchill’s Epic ‘Iron Curtain Speech’: History Alive Today,” will air on Nine PBS on Sunday, September 1, at 4:30 p.m. and Friday, September 20, at 9:30 p.m. #ChurchillNine.

If the British Government had adopted Winston Churchill’s proposed strategy for fighting the First World War, the German advance could have been repelled much sooner, a historian has suggested.

Winston Churchill's powerful speeches have long been credited with helping to win the war, but one leading academic says there is 'little evidence' his oratory inspired the British to beat Nazi Germany.

The National Churchill Museum was nominated for the 2014 National Medal for Museum Service given out by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer submitted the nomination.

The National Churchill Museum hopes to expand its programming to include area schools and organizations, but it needs help. The institution is looking for volunteers to take part in the return of its ongoing outreach program, which would hold special programs and workshops with school groups both at the museum and throughout mid-Missouri.

Winston Churchill will be restored to history lessons as part of a major overhaul of the curriculum designed to equip children with an understanding of Britain’s “island story”, the Telegraph has learnt.

Junebug Weddings blog posted an article on Matt and Vera's wedding at the National Churchill Museum, photos taken by DWJohnson Studio.

Cita Stelzer, author of "Dinner with Churchill", shares her experiences at the National Churchill Museum while promoting her new book.

The Mid-Missouri Friends of the National Churchill Museum are hosting their annual meeting to celebrate the royal baby June 7, starting at 4:30pm. The event will take place at the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri.

An expat based in the America explains why he was proud to be involved with a tribute to one of Britain's greatest leaders.

44 years after the Church of St. Mary dedication ceremony was held in May 1969, the National Churchill Museum is commemorating the occasion 6 p.m. May 9 at the church with “Walking Alone: Songs of World War II,” a concert and storytelling event highlighting patriotic anthems of the period and struggles of the men, women and families affected by the war.

Free tours at the National Churchill Museum in Fulton will be offered to Central Missouri hospitality and tourism industry representatives starting Saturday through May 12. Rob Havers, museum executive director, said the tours will be offered during Travel and Tourism Week to representatives of hotels, restaurants and other tourist attractions.

Missouri State Representative Rick Stream fired off a bizarre e-mail to his House GOP colleagues this week that discusses the dangers of Islam...citing an 1899 quote from former British prime minister Winston Churchill.

Alan Wood, a World War II veteran credited with providing the flag in the famous flag-raising on Iwo Jima, has died. He was 90. Wood was a 22-year-old Navy officer in charge of communications on a landing ship on Iwo Jima's shores Feb. 23, 1945, when a Marine asked him for the biggest flag he could find.

Sir Winston Churchill will feature on the new design of a banknote which will enter circulation in 2016, the Bank of England has announced. The wartime leader's image is planned to feature on the reverse of the new £5 note, together with one of his most celebrated quotations. Churchill was chosen owing to his place as "a hero of the entire free world", said Bank governor Sir Mervyn King.

Bolton toured the National Churchill Museum in Fulton and told a press conference after the tour the Obama Administration still has not taken any action in response to the murder of J. Christopher Stevens, United States Ambassador to Libya, and three other embassy staff members in the Sept. 12 attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi.

In 1996, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visited Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, the same place where almost 50 years earlier, Winston Churchill delivered his famous “Iron Curtain” speech. During her visit, Thatcher gave a speech that still has relevance today, especially in light of the continuing threat of nuclear weapons by North Korea.

All eyes in the USA were focused on London last summer, with the Queen’s Jubilee and the 2012 Summer Olympics drawing throngs to the vibrant city. Although your budget might not allow you to hop across the pond this spring, there are still places within an easy day’s drive of Lawrence where Anglophiles can get their British fix.

It is the first time that the bells of Big Ben and the Great Clock at the Palace of Westminster will have been halted in this way since the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, MO for its recent award from the Missouri Humanities Council honoring its ``The Kingdom at Work'' exhibit. As part of the ``The Way We Worked'' program instituted by the Missouri Humanities Council, this effort provided an excellent opportunity to display the cultural history of the area and also demonstrated the power of collaboration in our local community.

Cita Stelzer has written a book about Churchill's dinner-table diplomacy and has combed many archives to describe the meals at dinners where Sir Winston used "good food, excellent champagne and Havana cigars" to engage with others and cajole them to his point of view. She was at National Churchill Museum for a book signing, and the museum re-created the meal served to Churchill.

The British government on Tuesday said that Lady Margaret Thatcher will receive a ceremonial funeral with military honors on April 17 at St. Paul's Cathedral.

Sir Anthony Montague Browne, who has died aged 89, was seconded from the Foreign Office to become one of Winston Churchill’s private secretaries; as things turned out, he was to be the last and, apart from Lady Churchill, saw more of the wartime leader during the final decade of his life than anyone else.

The Iron Lady had some wrinkles. She was a Cold Warrior who helped end that conflict peacefully; a powerful woman who eschewed feminism; a British leader who refused second place in the Anglo-American “special relationship,” even though her counterpart was a political genius at the height of his power.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a towering figure in postwar British and world politics and the only woman to become British prime minister, has died at the age of 87.

In the 300 years that have passed since the office was invented at the start of the 18th century, there have been just a handful of truly great prime ministers: Pitt the Younger; Gladstone; Disraeli; Lloyd George; Churchill. And, it can now be asserted with certainty, Margaret Thatcher. With her death, she joins the ranks of the immortals.

Looking back at the 1996 visit of Lady Margaret Thatcher to Fulton, Cathy McGeorge's fondest memory came as the former prime minister of Britain was getting ready to leave Fulton.

The National Churchill Museum in Fulton and the Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society will receive the 2013 Missouri Humanities Award for Exemplary Community Achievement in the Humanities in Missouri.

Cita Stelzer, author of "Dinner with Churchill" will visit the National Churchill Museum to sign her new book.

Read a recent book review on "Dinner with Churchill" by Cita Stelzer.

Advanced preview of new film Winston Churchill's Epic "Iron Curtain" Speech in Fulton, Missouri: Event and Aftermath

Philip Hammond, the Defense Secretary, approves sale of the Old War Office, where Sir Winston Churchill once worked.

A blog post from Philip White regarding Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

For their 13th year at the National Churchill Museum, the Missouri Watercolor Society’s nationally-renowned art show is going international.

The National Churchill Museum occasionally runs sales on social networks, first Ad Sheet and now Living Social. Located in the St. Charles County daily deals.

A belated "attaboy" for Brock Ayers of Ballwin, who was named volunteer of the year by the the Council of Advancement and Support of Education.

Rare donated items displayed at National Churchill Museum in honor of the 48th anniversery of Churchill's death.

Rare items given to the National Churchill Museum on public display in a collection for the first time in the Museum’s history

Blog article about Winston Churchill and his leadership. Commemorating his birthday, November 30.

The National Churchill Museum in Fulton said it sees the need to help local homeschool families.

Built in 1943, the bunker used by Winston Churchill to observe Normandy landing rehearsals is now listed by the English Heritage.

The National Churchill Museum has assembled its holiday honor tree to celebrate and honor men and women serving in the military for the holiday season.

Stopping at the National Churchill Museum on the campus of Westminster College is like finding an oasis in the desert.

Americans care more about the Magna Carta than those in the U.K.

Book review about Churchill's Cold War by Phil White, research done at the National Churchill Museum.

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced the MO State Archives will make $61K available for preservation of MO history. In 2010, National Churchill Museum received part of this money.

National Churchill Museum hosts the 2012 MO Council for History Education conference September 21, 2012.

A Series I Land Rover specially built for Churchill and presented to him on his 80th birthday, will go on auction.

National Churchill Museum in Fulton, MO acquired new personal items of Winston Churchill.

World War II documentary airing during the 2012 Summer Olympics showcased Winston Churchill.

It's one of the most common phrases of our age, yet OMG was actually used last century as well!

The most used phrase by any teenager has been found in a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill.

Variety of letters, notes, telegrams from Winston Churchill

Mystery of not one, but two white house busts

The bust of Winston Churchill, once displayed in the Oval Office, has become a political football.

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer speaks before successfully passing a resolution through the U.S. House of Representatives recognizing the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, as Americas National Churchill Museum.

Mitt Romney would restore "Anglo-Saxon" understanding to the special relationship between the US and Britain, and return Sir Winston Churchill's bust to the White House, according to advisers.

FULTON — Sydney Van Orden has been to the National Churchill Museum on the Westminster College campus before, but when her grandmother suggested she attend an overnight adventure there last night, the 8-year-old was taken aback. "It never occurred to me to be in a museum overnight," she said. "It was weird. I didn't want to go alone." So Sydney recruited a friend, Sami Cooke, and last night the girls joined 10 other area children for a "Night at the Museum." It's the third time that Mandy Plybon, education and public programs coordinator at the museum, has opened up the historic Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, to young overnight guests. The inaugural sleepover was held last summer and featured ghost stories, and she hosted a second in January.

The National Churchill Museum in Fulton, MO is offering area youth a fun twist on the traditional weekend sleepover.

The 2nd Annual Winston S. Churchill Symposium follows the immensely successful inaugural 2011 event and will bring four Churchill Scholars to discuss a wide array of topics pertaining to the life of Sir Winston S. Churchill.

On June 29, visitors to the National Churchill Museum will take a step back in time as the museum hosts a Classic Car Cruise-In to celebrate the grand opening of its newest exhibit, Our Lives, Our Stories: America’s Greatest Generation, which will be open through Aug. 11.

FULTON - The national Churchill museum in Fulton is giving local residents a chance to visit for free tonight. From 5 to 8 tonight, people can see the classic car cruise-in and take part in the barbecue and listen to live music. The Callaway county cruisers will have vintage cars from the 40's and 50's on display. The museum just opened a new exhibit, "Our lives, our stories: America's greatest generation."

The National Churchill Museum is offering area youth a fun twist on the traditional weekend sleepover. The museum will hold a Night at the Museum program Friday, giving children ages 6-12 the opportunity to explore its collections and exhibits — including its newest traveling exhibit, Our Lives, Our Stories — overnight.

The museum will host its first Day Camp for Kids. 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 11-12. Campers will get to explore the museum’s current large exhibit, Our Lives, Our Stories: America’s Greatest Generation, to learn about what it was like growing up in the ‘30s-’60s. They will then participate in hands-on arts and crafts activities inspired by the exhibit, including artwork that will hang in the exhibit itself.

Our Lives, Our Stories explores the lives of the World War II Generation- as told in their own words.

Winston Churchill's writings to be sold electronically for the first time.

Area citizens will have a rare opportunity to view an exciting new national exhibit entitled Our Lives, Our Stories: America’s Greatest Generation on display June 16-August 11 at the National Churchill Museum on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, MO.

In May of 2011, a sculpture of Winston Churchill making his famed "Iron Curtain" speech was unveiled and dedicated in front of the National Winston Churchill Memorial and Library Sculpture Plaza on the campus of Westminster College. One year later, the commemorative piece, titled "Iron Curtain", is being honored.

Several important steps have been completed in the establishment of the National Churchill Library and Center at the George Washington University. Concept renderings of the space, created by architecture firm Cox Graae & Spack, have been produced, and fundraising and planning activities are well underway. The library and center will provide a permanent American home for studies of 20th-century leader Sir Winston Churchill. The Churchill Centre, a Chicago-based international educational organization devoted to preserving the legacy of Winston Churchill, agreed to establish the National Churchill Library and Center at the George Washington University through an $8 million pledge to the university in January.

The Associated General Contractors of America has awarded the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library Sculpture Plaza the “Project of the Year” award for general contractor projects under $1 million. This one-of-a-kind piece of art is the only statue in the world that captures Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ address. The sculpture's award-winning architectural design and construction was featured in a recent article in the publication Modern Builder.

FULTON (AP) -- The Callaway County college where Winston Churchill gave his famous "Iron Curtain" speech in 1946 is offering active duty military free summer admission to the museum dedicated to the former British prime minister. The National Churchill Museum at Westminster College is opening its doors to enlisted men and women and their families starting on Memorial Day. The promotion is part of the Blue Star Museums program and lasts through Labor Day. The Blue Stars program is a joint effort among the National Endowment of the Arts, the Department of Defense and more than 1,500 museums across America.

One of the main reasons why Fulton's economy remains stable is due to its many tourist attractions, like the National Churchill Museum on the Westminster College campus.

Mikaela Speakes, a Pacific High School senior, won second place in the Winston Churchill Student Contest (WCSC) with her essay “Keep Calm and Carry On.” The National Churchill Museum, located on Westminster College campus in Fulton, held the SCSC competition for the fourth time this past school year.

The Watercolor Missouri National 12th annual Open Exhibition is on display at the National Churchill Museum on the Westminster College campus in Fulton. The show, which runs through Friday, is a prestigious and highly competitive professional exhibition of 81 watermedia paintings by artists from across the country. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Admission ranges from $4 to $6 for adults, $3 for children ages 6 to 11 and is free for children 5 and younger. www.churchill memorial.org.

The Iron Lady is leading a surge of interest in the true legacy of Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister who continues to divide opinion.

Video of Fox 11 News segment on Trout Museum's art of Winston Churchill exhibit

A new exhibit opening Friday at the Trout Museum of Art in downtown Appleton showcases three of about 500 paintings that British leader Sir Winston Churchill created during his lifetime.

Mid-Missourians will get a chance to meet a First Lady right out of history April 24 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. While she’s only a facsimile, renowned Eleanor Roosevelt impersonator Jessica Michna will bring her dramatic presentation of anecdotes, “First Lady of the World,” to Westminster College.

Churchill: The Power of Words, on view from June 8 through September 23, 2012 at The Morgan Library & Museum, hopes to bring to life the man behind the words through some sixty-five documents, artifacts, and recordings, ranging from edited typescripts of his speeches to his Nobel Medal and Citation to excerpts from his broadcasts made during the London blitz.

Video of Winston Churchill's funeral

Free tours of two Fulton union training facilities were offered as part of "The Way We Worked" Smithsonian Institution exhibition at the National Chruchill Museum in Fulton.

Winston Churchill coined the phrases "special relationship" and "Iron Curtain" on a lecture tour of American universities - and his words still resonate today, says historian David Cannadine.

Video history of the slogan Keep Calm and Carry On.

What phrase did Winston Churchill coin in a speech in Missouri, March 5, 1946?

British historian, writer to offer lecture on Churchill in Fulton, March 4, 2012.

As part of his commitment to the National Churchill Museum, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer helps open a Smithsonian Institution temporary exhibit.

Items belonging to Winston Churchill are put on display at Chartwell for the first time.

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To help preserve and continue the memory of World War II veterans, the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri, is offering a wedding giveaway for one of their descendants. The bride or groom must live in the metropolitan St. Louis area.

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The Way We Worked, a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibit, has ended its run in Ste. Genevieve and will make its second Missouri stop, this time in Rolla, from Nov. 19-Dec. 17.

The National Churchill Museum will be hosting its 28th annual Victorian Christmas fundraiser Nov. 10 through Dec. 31.

Well known author and historian Bob Priddy will be among the notable featured speakers who will be part of the The Way We Worked, the newest Smithsonian Institution exhibit which will be on display at The Centre (1200 N. Holloway Street) from Nov. 19 through Dec. 17, 2011.

Thomas Hart Benton is a Missouri artist known for his depictions of American life and the working man. A less widely known exhibit by Benton is on display in Fulton at the National Churchill Museum.

Watch Liz Murphy and Joan Stack discuss the Thomas Hart Benton exhibit at the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri.

The National Churchill Museum hosts a "Night at the Museum" for kids, who share their experiences in this article.

The Setting for "King's Row", a novel and movie that projected Ronald Reagan into stardom, is revealed to be Fulton, Missouri.

Tammy Bumgarner, Program Coordinator for the City of Brentwood’s Parks and Recreation Department, accompanies seniors on a trip to Fulton, Missouri.

Video referencing Winston Churchill in Commencement Speech for Malibu Middle School, Class of 2011.

Conan O'Brien references Winston Churchill in his commencement address to Dartmouth College Class of 2011.

The metal trench art objects in this exhibition are as varied and unique as the military and civilian artists who created them. The works date from the origins of this brass art form in the trenches of France during the first World War. Makers of trench art utilized artillery shells, bullets, shrapnel, currency and other miscellaneous metal scrap and applied materials.