Public Programs
The Sixth Floor Museum's mission is fortified through lectures, presentations, panel discussions and other public programs. Designed to be creative and engaging, these unique programs advance the Museum's commitment to community outreach, engagement and learning, and empower a diverse audience to understand how and why the past is still relevant.
For questions about any of our programs, please e-mail us programs@jfk.org.
Program Supporters
Museum programs are supported by American Airlines.
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Meet the Museum
On Friday, November 22, 1963, newspaper photographer Bob Jackson was assigned to take pictures of President Kennedy's visit to Dallas for The Dallas Times Herald. Learn how he covered one of the largest news events of the 20th century. Free with paid admission to the museum. Repeat of February 12 program.
Photo: ©Bob Jackson
Meet the Museum
Gary Mack has been researching the Kennedy assassination since 1975, served as a consultant to the Museum during the planning stages in the early 1980s and joined the museum staff in 1994. Bring your questions—and theories—to this informal Q&A session. Free with paid admission to the museum.
Meet the Museum
President John F. Kennedy and Governor John Connally were rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital five minutes after the shooting. Approximately 48 hours later, accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald died there after being gunned down in the basement of police headquarters. Find out more through physicians' notes, oral history accounts, hospital records and other unique materials from the Museum collections. Free with paid admission to the museum.
Photo: Don Pyeatt Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Meet the Museum
People all over the world created scrapbooks to commemorate President Kennedy's life and death, and a few of those scrapbooks are now part of the Museum collections. Get a rare glimpse at some of our treasures and learn how you can protect your own keepsakes! Free with paid admission to the museum.
Credit: Nick Ramsey Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
