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.
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.
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.
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.
Faith & Grief and The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza present a special installation of River of Time, a work of art created by artist Pamela H. Nelson
In celebration of Veterans Day, the Museum is offering $11 off each admission for veterans and a guest this Sunday, November 10, 2024.
The Museum presents an evening with social psychologist Dr. James W. Pennebaker on the psychological impact of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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.
