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.
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is partnering with The Concert Truck for a series of concerts in public spaces. The Museum will host this unique performance on Sunday, May 28 at 1:00 p.m. The performance is FREE.
Members will have the opportunity to see history firsthand at this private event. Not a member? Sign up at jfk.org/join to become a member and receive an invitation today!
VIRTUAL TEACHER SEMINAR Presidential Leadership at Historic Crossroads July 10-13, 2023 | 5-7 p.m. CST | $25 Register here. We are excited to announce the Museum will be partnering in the summer of 2023 with The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History for a virtual teacher seminar led by Dr. Barbara A. Perry, Gerald L. Baliles Professor and Director of Presidential …
IN-PERSON TEACHER WORKSHOP Sixty Years Later: A Look at JFK Two dates available | July 25 or 26 8:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m. | FREE Register here. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was President for just 1,036 days. During this time he launched many domestic programs and promised that a man would walk on the moon. His administration …
IN-PERSON TEACHER WORKSHOP Sixty Years Later: A Look at JFK Two dates available | July 25 or 26 8:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m. | FREE Register here. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was President for just 1,036 days. During this time he launched many domestic programs and promised that a man would walk on the moon. His administration …
Courtesy Marvin Scott Join the Museum for a special conversation between journalist Marvin Scott and curator Stephen Fagin. Scott has had a remarkable 60 year-long career. The winner of 12 Emmy Awards, he is currently the senior correspondent at New York's WPIX-TV. Among other notable achievements, he recorded a significant interview with Abraham Zapruder in 1966 about his famous film.
Courtesy Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Kennedy Convocation Collection, Photograph 18. Friday, Oct. 6 | 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 | 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8 | 3:00 p.m. Join the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for a performance of a new work that honors President Kennedy upon the 60th anniversary of his passing. Inspired …
Join the Museum and the Dallas Municipal Archives at the Texas Theatre to celebrate Home Movie Day. Long before phone cameras and social media, people had to use film and videotape to document their lives. This free event celebrates the importance of saving and preserving home movies and home video. If you have an interesting …
Join in for a special virtual program! Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin Hill, and Gerald Posner will mark the upcoming 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy with a virtual discussion. They’ll answer select questions from the public about the assassination and more.
Echoes From a Memory Saturday, November 18 | 7:30 p.m. $35 public $30 member The Museum has commissioned local composer, Jesus J. Martinez, to create a new piece of music that draws from the Museum’s Oral History collection, as well as historic films and photographs from the Museum’s collections and other sources, to creatively reinterpret …
