Our August focus on #popculture has come to an end, but we’ll leave our final feature here- on a few vinyl records we have in our collection. Did you know a comedic parody album, “The First Family,” was a Grammy winning, Billboard chart topping hit for 1963? Prior to President Kennedy’s passing, this type of humor was quite popular. We’re willing to be you or your parents had this album at one point. #history #jfk
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Dallas, Texas 1,593 followers
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza chronicles the assassination and legacy of President John F. Kennedy
About us
About the Museum: The Museum is located on the sixth and seventh floors of an early 20th-century warehouse formerly known as the Texas School Book Depository. The permanent exhibit features films, photographs and artifacts that chronicle President Kennedy's life, death and legacy. Temporary exhibits can be seen on the seventh floor. The Museum offers monthly programs, special events and educational resources. While you're here, we invite you to visit the Museum Store. Charitable Status: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is operated by the Dallas County Historical Foundation, which is classified by the IRS as a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Contributions are deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
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https://www.jfk.org
External link for The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Dallas, Texas
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1989
- Specialties
- Historical Museum, Non-profit, Education, Visitors, Historical Landmark, President John F. Kennedy, Artifacts, History, and Historical Landmark
Locations
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411 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75202, US
Employees at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
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Lisa Kupfer
Civic engagement cheerleader, nonprofit professional and community advocate. Puzzle and process enthusiast.
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Genevieve Kaplan
Director of Education at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
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Leonardo Ávila
U.S. Army Veteran & Experienced Accounting Professional
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Demetrius Lawry
Student at Texas A&M University-Commerce
Updates
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Early Giving has begun for #northtexasgivingday2024. We're raising funds to help share President Kennedy’s legacy and preserve history for future generations. Your gift helps students, families and visitors across the globe connect the past to the present. Knowing the history of what happened in 1963, is the first step to avoiding repeating it in the future, knowing what could have been is the hope a nation can build upon for tomorrow. Give during early giving or give on North Texas Giving Day! https://lnkd.in/grzsWMYn
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#Didyouknow There used to be a wax museum in Fair Park. And in September of 1964, the Southwestern Historical Wax Museum put not one but two assassination related dioramas on display. Learn more about this #popculture oddity in this video.
Pop Culture Camelot: Waxing Historic
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We are happy to announce NBC DFW's donation of local news footage from WBAP-TV (now KXAS-TV) spanning from 1956-1983. The NBC 5 Archive completes the Museum's collection of broadcast stations from 1963 which also includes WFAA-TV, KRLD-TV and KTVT-TV. We are currently making efforts to digitize all of this material and make it available for public viewing later this year. View highlights below. #HistoricalFootage #MuseumCollection
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What kind of benefits are offered to Museum members? Invitations to exclusive events is one of the great benefits when you join the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. This week members joined us for a walk through history. Our friends at the UNT Dallas College of Law welcomed us this week for a tour of the historic buildings hallowed halls. The law school is in the Dallas’ historic Old City Hall and Police Headquarters. In 1963 this was the building where Lee Harvey Oswald would spend the last days of his life after his arrest for allegedly assassinating President John F. Kennedy and murdering police officer JD Tippet. The entire building has been beautifully restored and historic areas of every floor preserved, with an exhibit space in the basement area. Members took a tour of this space, which isn’t currently open to the public. Members not only receive invitations to unique experiences like this— they help us preserve the history of Dallas so we can help future generations understand how the past shaped the present as they build the future. Join today! #memberbenefits #museums www.jfk.org/join
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She’s an icon in politics, fashion, publishing and historical preservation from the 1960s, and her influence continues today. Jacqueline Kennedy would have celebrated her 95th birthday today, and we’ve spent July honoring the impact she had on American culture. From our collection, the Jackie Doll ensembles. Each ensemble was created based on designer Oleg Cassini’s actual designs for Mrs. Kennedy during her time as First Lady of the United States. #icons #culture
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Our Guest Services team had a blast at the event, so grateful the team was nominated for Nonprofit Team of the Year! Better still to share in it all with so many deserving organizations doing their part to make Dallas a better place.
D CEO announced the winners of its 2024 Nonprofit & Corporate Citizenship Awards at a private event last night at The Factory in the Deep Ellum. Presented in partnership with Communities Foundation of Texas, the program celebrates the company’s influential and robust nonprofit organizations and the companies and leaders who support their efforts. This year’s program received a record number of nominations—a testament to the robust nonprofit community in North Texas and the philanthropic spirit ingrained in North Texas’ business community. Winners are selected by D CEO editors, and all finalists are featured in the August issue of D CEO.
Winners Revealed: D CEO’s 2024 Nonprofit & Corporate Citizenship Awards
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Throughout the Museum's current special exhibition Two Days in Texas, we've invited some of the eyewitnesses related to the display to join us for Friday afternoon gallery talks and Living History recordings. Back in March, our friend Jan Sittel sat down with Curator Stephen Fagin to discuss her experience back in 1963. Watch the program now on our YouTube channel.
Living History with Jan Sittel
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The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza reposted this
In September 1962, President Kennedy declared: “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” In just under 7 years, his goal was finally achieved on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. #OnThisDay #Leadership #Goals #Moonshot #Apollo11 #NASA
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Nine years ago on July 15, 2015, we said goodbye to the first Curator of the Museum, Gary Mack. He joined the Museum staff in 1994 and became Curator in 2000. Prior to that he worked at KXAS NBC5 as a camera operator, announcer and news producer. There he was also responsible for news film archive oversight, organization and preservation of the original film footage of the coverage of the Kennedy assassination. Because of his efforts, all of that footage still exists today. This Dallas Morning News article from 2014 sums up our friend pretty well. #inmemory #curator #museums
Gary Mack and the evolution of a JFK conspiracy theorist
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