The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
About This Museum
It's a strange truth that one of Dallas's most visited historic sites is a former textbook warehouse. The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza occupies the very space where the world shook on November 22, 1963. You walk through comprehensive exhibits on Kennedy's life and presidency, but the air grows heavy as you approach the sniper's perch, still framed by those same boxes. It’s less a museum and more a preserved moment in time, forever casting a long shadow over Elm Street.
Collection Highlights
You'll see the infamous sniper's nest window, eerily recreated behind glass, alongside vintage newsreels and poignant personal artifacts from that weekend. One of the most powerful displays is the 'John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation' exhibit, which traces the immediate, chaotic aftermath and the nation's long, complicated grief.
Visitor Information
Give yourself a couple of hours to really take it all in; it can be an overwhelming experience. It’s right in the West End at 411 Elm Street—you can't miss the X's marked on the pavement out front on Dealey Plaza.
Architecture & Building
It's housed in a hulking, red-brick building that was once the Texas School Book Depository, a pretty standard early-20th-century commercial structure that now has an utterly unique and somber place in history.
Contact & Location
Address: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, 411, Elm Street, West End Historic District, Downtown PID, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, 75202, United States
Phone: +1 214-747-6660
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