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10th Annual CSI Family Day

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

Become a Crime Scene Investigator and solve a crime by identifying forged documents, reading eyewitness accounts or analyzing fingerprints! The Sixth Floor Museum partnered with University of North Texas Forensic Science Program, one of only 14 undergraduate programs in the country that is accredited by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, to present CSI Family …

$5

Five Presidents with Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin

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

Former Secret Service agent Clint Hill, who was in President Kennedy's motorcade in Dallas, discussed his new book, Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford with co-author Lisa McCubbin. View this program on YouTube.

$35

50 Great American Places with Brent Glass

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

Historian and Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Brent D. Glass discussed his new book. A guide to the most important cultural and historic sites in the U.S. From Mesa Verde to the Mall of America tells the collective story of America. Presented in partnership with Frontiers of Flight Museum and …

Free

1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon with David Pietrusza

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

In 1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon, award-winning presidential historian David Pietrusza crafted a revealing, electrifying portrait of the first modern-day presidential campaign, the epic battle between Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon. It was the first campaign to utilize the power of television, the first in which all fifty states would participate and …

Free

Gallery Talk – Highlights from A Time for Greatness

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

Photographs and artifacts tell unique and sometimes surprising stories. This new temporary exhibit highlighted the Museum’s favorite—and most interesting—objects and images from the 1960 campaign, including materials from Senator Kennedy’s visit to the Dallas-Fort Worth area in September 1960.

$5

Teacher Workshop – A Time For Greatness: The 1960 Presidential Campaign

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

In this workshop, educators toured the A Time for Greatness exhibit, sampled the TEKS- aligned education programs and lesson plans designed to accompany the exhibit, and interacted with curatorial staff. Showcasing campaign memorabilia, photographs and film from The Sixth Floor Museum’s collection, this colorful look at the 1960 Kennedy campaign offered a timely exploration of …

$20

Gallery Talk – Highlights from A Time For Greatness

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

Photographs and artifacts tell unique and sometimes surprising stories. This new temporary exhibit highlighted the Museum’s favorite—and most interesting—objects and images from the 1960 campaign, including materials from Senator Kennedy’s visit to the Dallas-Fort Worth area in September 1960.

$5

Gallery Talk – When LBJ and Lady Bird Came to Dallas in 1960

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

In the final days of the 1960 campaign, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson and his wife Lady Bird were accosted by demonstrators while visiting Dallas. This incident gained national media attention at the time, and it would return immediately after the assassination in 1963 as a powerful example of the city’s volatile political atmosphere. Through …

$5

Teacher Workshop – A Time For Greatness: Presidential Elections and Respect

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

In 1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon, award-winning presidential historian David Pietrusza crafted a revealing, electrifying portrait of the first modern-day presidential campaign, the epic battle between Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon. It was the first campaign to utilize the power of television, the first in which all fifty states would participate and …

$25

Gallery Talk – Highlights from A Time For Greatness

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

Photographs and artifacts tell unique and sometimes surprising stories. This new temporary exhibit highlighted the Museum’s favorite—and most interesting—objects and images from the 1960 campaign, including materials from Senator Kennedy’s visit to the Dallas-Fort Worth area in September 1960.

$5