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Gallery Talk – PT-109 and the 1960 Campaign

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

On August 2, 1943, Lt. John F. Kennedy’s motor torpedo boat PT-109 was sunk in the Pacific Theater. Kennedy, clenching a life jacket strap between his teeth to tow one …

$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 …

$5

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. Join our collections staff inside our new temporary exhibit as we highlight our favorite—and most interesting—objects and images from the 1960 …

$5

Gallery Talk – 1960 Campaign Wives

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

Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. Kennedy both supported their husbands as they campaigned for president but did so in very different ways. Mrs. Nixon accompanied her husband everywhere, and he referred …

$5

Gallery Talk – PT-109 and the 1960 Campaign

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

On August 2, 1943, Lt. John F. Kennedy’s motor torpedo boat PT-109 was sunk in the Pacific Theater. Kennedy, clenching a life jacket strap between his teeth to tow one …

$5

Gallery Talk – Coffee with the Curators

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

There is much more to the story of the 1960 campaign than the Museum was able to tell in its A Time for Greatness exhibit. The curatorial staff led an …

$5

Twenty-Six Seconds: An Evening with Alexandra Zapruder

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

Abraham Zapruder’s home movie capturing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as his motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza includes perhaps the most iconic 26 seconds of film in history—the …

$15 – $44

Educator Exclusive Exhibit Workshop: Amending America

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

This teacher workshop, held on the opening day of the Museum’s new exhibit, Amending America: The Bill of Rights, featured special guest presenters Jenny Sweeney from National Archives Fort Worth …

The Creation of the Bill of Rights with Lackland H. Bloom, Jr.

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

In celebration of the 28th anniversary of The Sixth Floor Museum on Presidents Day, this special program featured constitutional law expert Professor Lackland H. Bloom, Jr. of Southern Methodist University. …

$15