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To Shape A City: Dallas After JFK

Thanksgiving Square 1627 Pacific Avenue, Dallas, United States

explore a few of the more significant interventions that took place in Dallas over the decade following the assassination: the "Goals For Dallas" planning process, spearheaded by Mayor Erik Jonsson; and the establishment of The Thanks-Giving Foundation and subsequent construction of Thanks-Giving Square, designed by architect Philip Johnson.

$20

Jack Ruby: The Many Faces of Oswald’s Assassin with Author Danny Fingeroth

Aaron Family Dallas Jewish Community Center 7900 Northaven Rd, Dallas, TX

Join the Dallas Jewish Historical Society for a special program with Danny Fingeroth, the author of The Many Faces of Oswald’s Assassin, in conversation with The Sixth Floor Museum curator Stephen Fagin.   Tickets available here   FREE admission for Museum members at the Associate ($250) level and above. Contact membership@jfk.org to RSVP and/or upgrade …

An Evening of Conversation: Ruth Paine and Thomas Mallon

Dupree Theater at Irving Arts Center 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX, United States

The Museum is pleased to share information about upcoming program as a courtesy.   Forever connected to the difficult days of November 1963, Ruth Paine will talk with author Thomas Mallon about her life before and after the assassination of President Kennedy as well as her relationship with Lee Harvey and Marina Oswald. Ticket proceeds …

$37.50

Texas Theatre’s Special Memorial Experience

Texas Theatre 231 W. Jefferson Boulevard, Dallas, United States

The Texas Theatre will honor the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s fateful trip to Dallas with a special memorial experience on Wednesday November 22, 2023.

$.90 – $15.90

Membership Tour – Two Days in Texas

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

Museum members are invited to a private tour of our special exhibition, Two Days in Texas.

Special Program: In Conversation with Ernest McMillan

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

Join civil rights activist Ernest McMillan for a conversation with Jerry Hawkins, Executive Director of Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation, about McMillan’s newly published memoir and many years of social and political action.

Book Signing Event with Darwin Payne

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

The Museum is delighted to host author Darwin Payne on Sunday, February 18 for a special book signing at the Museum Store. Payne will be onsite to sign copies of his recently released book, Behind the Scenes: Covering the JFK Assassination.

Living History with Jan Sittel

Curator Stephen Fagin hosts a Living History Program in the South Gallery this month, with special guest Jan Sittel.

Gallery Talk: Living History with Joe Carter

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

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.

Free

How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons From Our Top Presidents with Talmage Boston

The former Commissioners Court Room at the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St. Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States

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.

$65

Blue Star Museum Program

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.

Living History with John Sparks and William Cravens

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

a special Living History program featuring special guest John Sparks and William Craven-- high school band students in 1963.

Talking Presidential Elections in the Classroom

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

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.

Free

Living History with Dr. Lee Alvoid

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

Dallas Teen All Access Pass

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

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.

Free

Gallery Talk – Two Days in Texas – 7/19

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.

Free

Living History with Gretchen Coben

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

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.

Gallery Talk – Two Days in Texas – 8/2

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.

Free

Gallery Talk – Two Days in Texas – 8/16

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about the special exhibition Two Days in Texas.

Gallery Talk – Two Days in Texas – 8/23

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.

Living History with Johnny Rincon, Richard Clark and Lisa Hembry

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

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.

Gallery Talk – Two Days in Texas – 9/6

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

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 …

Gallery Talk – Two Days in Texas – 9/13

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.

A Child’s View of Dealey Plaza, an Evening with Dr. Toni Glover

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

Dr. Toni Glover discusses her eyewitness account of the Presidential motorcade as an eleven-year-old schoolgirl on November 22, 1963, and her research into how the assassination affected others of her generation.

$25

A Conversation with Marc Selverstone

The former Commissioners Court Room at the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St. Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States

Join The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza for an exclusive lunch and learn experience on Friday, November 22 (61st anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy) with presidential historian Marc Selverstone in conversation with fellow presidential scholar Jeffrey Engel as they discuss Selverstone’s book The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam. …

$75