Sixth Floor Museum-Dealey Plz

Established in 1989, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza preserves the documentary, artifactual and photographic records of President John F. Kennedy. Its store offers gift items, books, historical pictures, posters, cards, clothing and videos. The museum maintains more than 35,000 records and organizes lectures, presentations, panel discussions, workshops and school programs. The Sixth...

There is paid parking directly behind the museum off Houston Street, very close to the entrance.

Cameras and video are not allowed due to the museum's international landmark status.

November 22, 1963, is a day Dallas can't live down and the world can't forget. A sniper assassinated the nation's 35th president, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, in Dallas as his motorcade traveled west on Elm Street. Whether or not there was a single shooter or more camped out on the grassy knoll below, and whether or not the Cubans or the Russians or the CIA were involved, the Warren Commission...

History doesn't get much more vivid than this high-quality, nonexploitative museum exploring the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Located on the sixth floor of the infamous Texas Schoolbook Depository building, the museum features the actual corner window from which Lee Harvey Oswald fired the fatal shots, with a glassed-in re-creation of the barricade of boxes found on...

In Short
The spacious sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depository allows visitors to walk unaccompanied among the open, partitioned displays. Highlighting the tour is the...

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza chronicles the death and legacy of President John F. Kennedy through exhibits, special programs and educational resources. Located on the sixth and seventh floors of the former Texas School Book Depository, the Museum also presents contemporary culture within the context of presidential history. The permanent sixth floor exhibit uses historic films,...