Museum examining the life, times, death, and legacy of United States President John F. Kennedy and is located at the very spot from which Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed the President on November 22, 1963
General Information
Overview
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza occupies the sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depository — the building from which Lee Harvey Oswald fired the shots that killed President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Overlooking Dealey Plaza at Elm and Houston Streets, the museum uses historic film, photographs, and artifacts to trace the president's life, the assassination, the investigations that followed, and JFK's lasting legacy. Founded by the Dallas County Historical Foundation, it opened in 1989 and is funded entirely by donations and ticket sales.
Things to Do
See the Sniper's Perch
The exhibit preserves the corner window and the spot from which Oswald fired, viewable via a live webcam feed.
Watch the Zapruder Film
The museum holds the copyright and an early copy of Abraham Zapruder's home movie of the assassination, donated by the Zapruder family in 1999, along with previously unreleased 1963 motorcade footage first shown publicly in 2007.
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