Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Missouri
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
6.6 h fully dark
Crowds
low
Open today
Open
Truman Home, Visitor Center - Independence: closed Nov 26 – Nov 26; Truman Home, Visitor Center - Independence: closed Dec 25 – Dec 25; Truman Home, Visitor Center - Independence: closed Jan 1 – Jan 1
Entrance
Free entry
All Tickets are First-Come, First Served; We Cannot Take Reservations
All tickets to the Truman Home and the Truman Farm Home are first-come, first-served. At this time, we are unable to take any reservations for groups. No tickets are issued at the Truman Home itself...all tickets issued at the visitor center.
Official NPS alert →President Harry S Truman took America from its traditional isolationism into the age of international involvement. Despite his power, he never forgot where he came from. Today, visitors can experience the surroundings Truman knew as a young man of modest ambition through his political career and final years as a former president.
Activities
No entrance fee.
Hours & seasons
Take a guided tour of the historic Truman Home. With thousands of artifacts on display, the home is an insightful glimpse into the personal lives of the Trumans. Visitors must stop by the visitor center first to obtain tickets to tour the Home. Tickets are not issued at the Truman Home itself. All tickets first come, first served on the day of. We can't make exceptions. The Noland Home is self guided...you can stop in before or after your tour. (We recommend before.)
⚠ Truman Home, Visitor Center - Independence: closed Nov 26 – Nov 26; Truman Home, Visitor Center - Independence: closed Dec 25 – Dec 25; Truman Home, Visitor Center - Independence: closed Jan 1 – Jan 1
Generally open:
winterspringsummerfallHours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
📞 816-254-9929
✉ Kathryn_Boysen@nps.govConditions
Quietest months (fewer crowds): Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec
Typical crowds: low
Weather now: ☁️ Overcast, 81°F
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Typical monthly recreation visits · NPS avg 2023–2025 — orange months are the quietest by crowds.
Quietest months
Relative crowds by month — lighter is quieter; ringed months are the calmest by crowds.
Jan
18%
Feb
22%
Mar
56%
Apr
56%
May
76%
Jun
96%
Jul
100%
Aug
76%
Sep
70%
Oct
61%
Nov
37%
Dec
27%
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Things to do
Challenge 2: Visit the Truman Library and Museum! · Please don't shortchange yourself time!
Challenge 3: Reader to Farmer to County Judge to Senator to Vice President to President!
Challenge 3: Pat the Gingko Tree
Challenge 2: Focus on Nature
Challenge 1: Write a Letter
Challenge 2: The Origin of Common Sense
Challenge 1: Stop by the Noland House
Challenge 3: Exploring Mister Truman's Neighborhood
Visitor centers
Visitor Center (Secure Truman Home Tickets Here)
Accessibility
20 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Parking
Visitor Center Parking Lot
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
By the numbers
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Park fingerprint
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Trail difficulty
Difficulty mix across this park's trails.
3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to Harry S Truman National Historic Site — each spans a cross-park journey.
Harry S Truman
— Presidents, WWII, PoliticsPassport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
🎫 Harry S Truman National Historic Site, the Santa Fe Trail
🎫 Visitor Center (Secure Truman Home Tickets Here)
Places to see
Campaign Headquarters
audio
Clinton's Drugstore
audio
Community Savings and Loan
audio
Farmers and Merchants Bank Building
audio
Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area
Garage
audio
Harry S Truman National Historic Site, the Santa Fe Trail
Historic Truman Courthouse
audioHistoric Truman Courthouse - 1948 Victory Celebration
audio
Historic Truman Courthouse - Harry Truman's office
audio
Life on the Family Farm
audio
Noland Home
audioAudio & media
🎧 Margaret Truman Daniel, Oral History Interview, Harry S Truman NHS, Part Three ↗ · 30 mintranscript
🎧 The Noland Home---Cake Plate and Pictures Audio Description ↗ · 4 mintranscript
🎧 Margaret Truman Daniel, Oral History Interview, Harry S Truman NHS, Part Five ↗ · 30 mintranscript
🎧 The Noland Home---Living Room Introduction--Audio Description ↗ · 2 mintranscript
🎧 Margaret Truman Daniel, Oral History Interview, Harry S Truman NHS, Part One ↗ · 31 mintranscript
🎧 May Wallace Oral History June 14, 1983, Part II ↗ · 31 mintranscript
🎧 The Noland Home---Foyer/ Parlor Introduction --Audio Description ↗ · 2 mintranscript
🎧 The Noland Home---Parlor---Portraits and Panels--Audio Description ↗ · 3 mintranscript
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Learn more
It is a routine yet special occurrence in American history—one political leader handing over the most powerful office in the land—the Presidency of the United States—to another. In some cases, this transfer is done amongst friends and political allies. In others, it is amongst political rivals. On January 20, 1953, such a transfer of power occurred, when President Harry Truman passed the torch of leadership to incoming President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Petey Childers owned and operated a pharmacy in Independence, Missouri for approximately fifty-five years. As a pharmacist, he served the Trumans, Dr. Charles Allen, and many other notable Independence residents with ties to the Trumans.
Albert Lockyer worked in the Truman home on several occasions performing remodeling tasks to prepare the home for the Truman's return from Washington, D.C. Lockyer describes the Trumans' attitude towards the workers and the various changes made in the attic in 1954 and 1955.
Judge Alex Petrovic offers a unique perspective as the legislative representative of the Trumans in Jefferson City, Missouri, as then as an eastern district judge of Jackson County. These positions brought him into occasional contact with the Trumans and reveal Mr. Truman's interest in local political affairs at least until 1970.
Alice Gross worked for Bess W. Truman as a personal care assistant from June 1978 to August 1980.
Georgia Neese Clark was the first woman appointed as Treasurer of the United States (1949-1953) by President Harry S Truman. She later went on to serve on the Board of Trustees at the Harry S. Truman Library. She and her husband Andy discuss their many visits to the Truman Home over a 20 year period.
Ardis Ragland Haukenberry was the grand-daughter of Joseph Tilford and Ella Truman Noland and the second cousin of Harry S Truman. She grew up at 216 N Delaware, across the street from the Gates-Wallace family. Her memories provide a first-hand glimpse into the on-going changes of the neighborhood and relationships of the people around her home.
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