Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.
Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."
Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.
Free with Museum Admission, Curator Stephen Fagin hosts a Living History Program in the South Gallery this month with special guest Joe Carter, a former UPI reporter and presidential speechwriter. Carter was aboard a White House Press bus in the Dallas motorcade when he heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza hosts a special program with Talmage Boston, lawyer and author of How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents. Program tickets include a light lunch and a copy of the book.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.
Offering free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families, in collaboration with the Department of Defense. The 2024 Blue Star Museums program begins on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 18, 2024 and ends on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2024.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.
a special Living History program featuring special guest John Sparks and William Craven-- high school band students in 1963.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.
SOLD OUT: special program with Doris Kearns Goodwin in conversation with Talmage Boston about her new book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.
Don’t miss this FREE Professional Development program hosted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in partnership with SPHERE, offering 5 continuing education credits. This educator workshop focuses on civil discourse and how the 1960 presidential election continues to influence political campaigns today.
Join Museum Curator Stephen Fagin for a special Living History program featuring guest Dr. Lee Alvoid. Dr. Alvoid was co-editor of her high school newspaper in San Antonio in 1963. She briefly met President and Mrs. Kennedy, and attended a student press conference with the president, during the Kennedys' visit to San Antonio
The Museum has partnered with Dallas Park and Recreation to offer teens age 13-17 free access to the Museum in the months of July and August.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.
Living History program featuring special guest Gretchen Coben. Coben was a Dallas social worker in 1963. She observed the Kennedy motorcade and witnessed part of the assassination from the second-floor balcony of the Old Red Courthouse in Dealey Plaza.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.
Museum members are invited to enjoy a private tour of the building and the exhibition November 22,1963: The Aftermath. Space is limited and advance reservations are required.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about the special exhibition Two Days in Texas.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.
Join Museum Curator Stephen Fagin for a special Living History program featuring motorcade spectators Johnny Rincon, Richard Clark and Lisa Hembry, Friday August 30 at 1 p.m. Included with Museum admission.
Friday, September 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Free with Museum Admission Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas. Visitors are invited to take a deeper look at the details that shape the exhibition; from powerful eyewitness accounts to rarely seen objects on …
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.
Join Curator Stephen Fagin for a Living History with Rawlins Gilliland Friday, September 20 at 1:00 p.m.
