Visitors are encouraged to begin their tour with the viewing of a brief introductory film, followed by the immersive walk-through of the "WWI Trench Experience" room containing a recreation of Western Front trenches at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, the first and only offensive launched solely by the United States Army in World War I. Visitors next enter the "War Clouds" room, which covers the Interwar period and the rise of Nazi Germany. They then exit to the main cavernous display room of the museum, in which artifacts are arranged roughly chronologically and grouped under major campaigns and theaters of war.