The Sixth Floor Museum At Dealey Plaza Dallas

Location 411 elm street dallas tx 75202.

The sixth floor museum at dealey plaza dallas.

Tours are self guided and most enjoyable as well as informative. 411 elm street dallas tx 75202. The sixth floor museum is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization that depends upon the generosity of donors for support. More about the museum the sixth floor.

The museum offers self guided tours of exhibits on the sixth and seventh floors of the former texas school book depository from where a sniper fired shots at president john f. Hailed as the front door of dallas dealey plaza served as the major gateway to the city from the west and equally important as a symbol of civic pride. An audio guide of the sixth floor exhibit which is included in admission comes in seven languages and a youth version in english. Dealey died in 1946 a bronze statue to honor him was installed in the park that already bore his name.

This is the view from the window from which an assassin fired the shots that killed president john f. Kennedy and severely wounded texas governor john connally as the presidential. The sixth floor museum at dealey plaza is located on the sixth floor of the dallas county administration building formerly the texas school book depository in downtown dallas texas overlooking dealey plaza at the intersection of elm and houston streets. This is the most extensive museum of its kind in the us.

Sixth floor museum at dealey plaza admission the 6th floor museum focuses on the events leading up to and including the aftermath of president kennedy s visit to dfw and his assassination. The sixth floor museum at dealey plaza member of american alliance of museums. Kennedy and the memory of a nation.