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Visit in Person-Our Hours
The Theatre, Virtual Reality Center, and International Museum of World War II are open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10 am until 5 pm. Please call 401.862.3030 or email us at info@wwiifoundation.org for more information. Our address is 344 Main Street, South Kingstown, Rhode Island. We are located 20 minutes from Newport and 30 minutes from Providence. We offer both guided and self-guided tours.
Museum Cost
There is no cost for school groups to visit. The Foundation will pay the school bus rental fee for public schools. Each visitor to the world-class International Museum of World War II will receive a free World War II Foundation documentary film (a $20 value). The regular admission cost is $10 for adults. Children 12 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. There is never any cost for veterans to tour the center.
Foundation Overview
Award-Winning Documentary Films About World War II
The World War II Foundation tells the personal stories of the World War II generation through award-winning documentary films, and also utilizes the latest in Virtual Reality and AI storytelling to educate students about the war.
Our Founder and President, Tim Gray, has directed, produced, and written 44 documentaries about the war, which air worldwide via American Public Television. Tim has received 7 Regional Emmy Awards, dozens of international film awards, and, prestigiously, American Public Television’s National Programming Excellence Award.
World War II Foundation Documentaries Rank in the Top 5 of Most Requested Programs Nationally by PBS Stations.
The film’s narrators include Tom Brokaw, Jeff Daniels, Kevin Bacon, John Malkovich, Paul Giamatti, Dan Aykroyd, Gary Sinise, Tom Selleck, Keith Morrison, Jane Lynch, Matthew Broderick, Darius Rucker, Luke Bryan, Greg Kinnear, Jim Nantz, Bill Belichick, Damian Lewis, Jon Seda, Jason Beghe, David McCallum, Liev Schreiber, Kyle Chandler, Tim McCarver, and Dale Dye.
Tim’s films are shot on location in Europe and the Pacific.
Tim Gray was inducted into the State of Rhode Island’s Hall of Fame, founded in 1965, for his contributions to preserving World War II’s personal stories.
