Special Exhibition | March 26, 2025 through January 4, 2026

In the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, filmmaker and writer Richard Snodgrass embarked on a unique project to document how young children perceived and processed the historic event. Partnering with Sacred Heart School in Prescott, Arizona, Snodgrass worked with a diverse class of first-grade students, capturing their verbal responses and their illustrated memories. The exhibition showcases original 1963 crayon drawings alongside a short film, A Child’s Eyes: November 22, 1963, all part of a recent donation to the Museum from the family of the project’s art director, Hank Richter. This special installation, on view in the Museum’s Seventh Floor Gallery, offers a rare and moving look at history through the lens of childhood and highlights a recent and unique addition to the Museum’s growing collections. Included with Museum admission. Check back here for upcoming programming and events.

SPECIAL EXHIBITION

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SPECIAL EXHIBITION

People walk past the president’s casket at the U.S. Capitol Crayon on paper, 1963 Hank Richter Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
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Now on Display
Seventh Floor Gallery

In the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, filmmaker and writer Richard Snodgrass embarked on a unique project to document how young children perceived and processed the historic event. Partnering with Sacred Heart School in Prescott, Arizona, Snodgrass worked with a diverse class of first-grade students, capturing their verbal responses and their illustrated memories. The exhibition showcases original 1963 crayon drawings alongside a short film, A Child’s Eyes: November 22, 1963, a recent donation to the Museum from the family of the project’s art director, Hank Richter. This special installation, on view in the Museum’s Seventh Floor Gallery, offers a rare and moving look at history through the lens of childhood and highlights a recent and unique addition to the Museum’s growing collections.




Included with Museum admission.

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ADMISSION

This special exhibition is included with Museum admission and is presented on the seventh floor. The main exhibit, John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation, is on the sixth floor.

GALLERY TALKS

Join Museum staff members each Friday at 1:00 p.m. in the Seventh Floor Gallery for a fifteen-minute gallery talk offering an in-depth look at the Hank Richter Collection and the story behind Colorful Memories: November 22 Through a Child’s Eyes.

ORAL HISTORIES

Learn more about how the assassination and aftermath affected the young eyewitnesses. Explore the Museum’s collection of oral histories featuring individuals who were just children in Dallas on November 22, 1963. The Oral History Project explores the life, death and legacy of President John F. Kennedy and the history and culture of the 1960s. Share your story! 

DEALEY PLAZA GUIDE

Explore the history of Dealey Plaza, both before and after the assassination, with this interactive guide. The guide is FREE and available in English and Spanish.