Past 2025 Programs

    2025
  • Now on display on the 7th floor, a Collection Spotlight: The NBC 5 Archive.   NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth / KXAS-TV recently donated to The Sixth Floor Museum an extraordinary archive of film and video footage documenting John F. Kennedy’s visits to North Texas in 1960 and 1963 as well as footage related to the Kennedy assassination and aftermath. The addition of the NBC 5 Archive completes the Museum’s collection of known assassination related news broadcasts, joining previously acquired coverage from other local television stations: WFAA-TV (the ABC affiliate), KRLD-TV (then CBS affiliate), and KTVT-TV (then an independent station).   Film: Run time: 30 minutes broken into 7 different video files ranging from 3–7 minutes each.
  • Join the Museum on Friday, February 14 at 1:00 p.m. in the Seventh-Floor Gallery for a special program with Dallas historian Steven Butler, author of You Can't Say Dallas Doesn't Love You, Mr. President, Presidential Visits to Big D. In advance of Presidents Day, this program will highlight presidential visits to Dallas, with a special emphasis on visits made by John F. Kennedy. Included with Museum admission. The author will be signing copies of his book prior to the program in the Museum Store.   About the Author Dallas native Steven R. Butler is an associate professor of history at Richland College in Dallas and Collin College in Plano. He’s the author of more than a dozen books, including John Neely Bryan: The Father of Dallas (2016) and “You Can't Say Dallas Doesn't Love You, Mr. President” Presidential Visits to Big D (2023), and a frequent contributor to Legacies Dallas History Journal.