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The Museum, located within the former Texas School Book Depository building, chronicles the assassination and legacy of President John F. Kennedy. Plan your visit today!
1963: Within minutes of the assassination of President Kennedy, the Texas School Book Depository building became the primary crime scene for the shooting after evidence of a sniper was found on the sixth floor.
The Texas School Book Depository building and Dealey Plaza. The seven-story building commonly known as Texas School Book Depository building, was originally built in 1901 on the foundation of an 1898 five-story structure which had burned down after being struck by lightning.
The sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository was the primary crime scene for the JFK assassination. Visitors will see historic images, news footage, artifacts and original evidentiary areas.
The Museum, located within the former Texas School Book Depository building, chronicles the assassination and legacy of President John F. Kennedy. The main exhibit, John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation, is on the sixth floor.
The Texas School Book Depository Building was previously recognized as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark by the Texas Historical Commission in 1980. How is the National Historic Landmark designation marked?
EVENTS & EXHIBITS. The Museum presents programs, events and special exhibits that allow visitors to explore specific aspects of the history of the Kennedy presidency and assassination, providing deeper engagement with personal stories and experiences, as well as the Museum’s collections.
The seven-story warehouse at 411 Elm Street, later known around the world as the Texas School Book Depository, was constructed in 1901 atop the 1898 foundation of another building that had burned down. The new structure served as a warehouse and showroom for the Southern Rock Island Plow Company.
John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation – our core exhibit on the sixth floor – is a self-guided experience. It takes about 90 minutes to go through the exhibit. The seventh floor occasionally holds temporary exhibits, and exploring those will add a bit of time to your Museum visit.
1989 | The Museum opens on Presidents Day in the historic Texas Schoolbook Depository building after more than a decade of community discussion about the best way to preserve and present information about this tragic event in American history.