On Friday, November 22, 1963, newspaper photographer Bob Jackson was assigned to take pictures of President Kennedy’s visit to Dallas for the Dallas Times Herald. Learn how he covered one of the largest news events of the 20th century.

Gary Mack has been researching the Kennedy assassination since 1975, served as a consultant to the Museum since the planning stages in the early 1980s and joined the Museum staff in 1994.

On the closing weekend of this exhibit, discover how Bob Jackson’s amazing portfolio of photographs became a Museum exhibit. Listen as Jackson recounts the story behind the exhibit and his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph with museum curator Gary Mack and associate curator Stephen Fagin.

The Kennedy motorcade arrived at Parkland Memorial Hospital five minutes after the shooting in Dealey Plaza. Approximately 48 hours later, accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald died there after being gunned down in the basement of police headquarters. Find out more through physicians’ notes, oral histories, hospital records and other unique accounts.

In The Kennedy Detail, Gerald Blaine – one of 34 Secret Service agents on President Kennedy’s Detail when he was assassinated – sets history straight on what happened that afternoon and in the months leading up to and following the tragedy. Written with Secret Service agent Clint Hill and award-winning journalist Lisa McCubbin, this insider account …

People all over the world created scrapbooks to commemorate President Kennedy’s life and death. A few of those scrapbooks are now part of the Museum collections! Get a rare glimpse at some of our treasures and learn how you can protect your own keepsakes. Presented by Museum Collections Manager Lindsey Richardson.

Curator Gary Mack shares stories about Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby. Ruby’s life is featured in the Museum’s collections spotlight exhibition Jack Ruby: The Man in That Hat.

In this slide presentation, Museum Associate Curator Stephen Fagin recounts the fascinating history of The Sixth Floor Museum, which celebrated 22 years on Presidents Day, Monday, February 21, 2011.

To commemorate Presidents Day, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is collaborating with SMU’s Tower Center to reflect upon a transformative period in United States history. Moderated by Dennis M. Simon, Professor of Political Science at Southern Methodist University, panelists discuss how Presidents Kennedy and Johnson responded to landmark events of the era and …

President Kennedy launched the Peace Corps in March of 1961 to challenge young Americans to contribute two years of their lives in service to people in developing countries. Fifty years later, The Peace Corps continues with the same mission, but with new challenges. Five generations of Peace Corps Volunteers reflect on how the experience changed …