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.
Members and other supporters are invited to a private tour of the Museum's current special exhibition, led by Museum Curator Stephen Fagin. For more information or to become a member, email membership@jfk.org
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor for a gallery talk offering an in-depth look at the new special exhibition, Colorful Memories, November 22 Through a Child’s Eyes. Free with Museum admission.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor for a gallery talk offering an in-depth look at the new special exhibition, Colorful Memories, November 22 Through a Child’s Eyes. Free with Museum admission.
A sixth grader in Austin, Texas, Jane Dryden Louis was planning to attend the presidential banquet on the evening of November 22, 1963, when the assassination took place. She wrote Jackie Kennedy over two dozen letters over the next six months, one of which was included in Dr. Ellen Fitzpatrick's book, Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation (2010).
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor for a gallery talk offering an in-depth look at the new special exhibition, Colorful Memories, November 22 Through a Child’s Eyes. Free with Museum admission.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor for a gallery talk offering an in-depth look at the new special exhibition, Colorful Memories, November 22 Through a Child’s Eyes. Free with Museum admission.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor for a gallery talk offering an in-depth look at the new special exhibition, Colorful Memories, November 22 Through a Child’s Eyes. Free with Museum admission.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor for a gallery talk offering an in-depth look at the new special exhibition, Colorful Memories, November 22 Through a Child’s Eyes. Free with Museum admission.
Join the Museum Friday. August 29, 2025 for Living History with artist Gage Mace from Portland, Oregon. Mace responded to the Kennedy assassination in the early 1990s by painting a life-size triptych of the tragedy, inspired by the Zapruder film. He donated the fourteen-foot-long piece to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2020.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor for a gallery talk offering an in-depth look at the special exhibition, Colorful Memories, November 22 Through a Child’s Eyes. Free with Museum admission.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor for a gallery talk offering an in-depth look at the special exhibition, Colorful Memories, November 22 Through a Child’s Eyes. Free with Museum admission.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor for a gallery talk offering an in-depth look at the special exhibition, Colorful Memories, November 22 Through a Child’s Eyes. Free with Museum admission.
Join the Museum Friday, September 26, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. for a Living History with veteran Dallas/Fort Worth broadcast producer and journalist John Sparks.
Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor for a gallery talk offering an in-depth look at the special exhibition, Colorful Memories, November 22 Through a Child’s Eyes. Free with Museum admission.
