/tags/sixth-floor-museum Sixth Floor Museum en-US Copyright Wed, 07 May 2025 09:56:00 GMT /news/2025-05-07/tensions-rise-between-sixth-floor-museum-dallas-county-over-lease-john-f-kennedy-assassination-lee-harvey-oswald The Dallas County Historical Foundation operates the museum and leases two floors in the county-owned building. Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot John F. Kennedy from it. Wed, 07 May 2025 09:56:00 GMT /news/2025-05-07/tensions-rise-between-sixth-floor-museum-dallas-county-over-lease-john-f-kennedy-assassination-lee-harvey-oswald Marina Trahan Martinez /texas-news/2023-11-22/jfk-assassination-60th-anniversary-remembering More than 60 years later, people of all ages visit the spot in downtown Dallas where President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot. Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:00:00 GMT /texas-news/2023-11-22/jfk-assassination-60th-anniversary-remembering Megan Cardona /arts-culture/2023-05-17/new-acquisitions-for-dallas-sixth-floor-museum-will-help-tell-the-story-of-kennedy-assassination Some of the new items may be put on public display for the first time — for this year's 60th anniversary of the events in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Wed, 17 May 2023 10:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2023-05-17/new-acquisitions-for-dallas-sixth-floor-museum-will-help-tell-the-story-of-kennedy-assassination Sally Verrando /arts-culture/2022-12-10/dallas-museums-host-solidarity-now-1968-poor-peoples-campaign-community-discussions The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza and the African American Museum of Dallas have teamed to co-host community discussions on race, civil rights, policing and social justice. Sat, 10 Dec 2022 14:09:58 GMT /arts-culture/2022-12-10/dallas-museums-host-solidarity-now-1968-poor-peoples-campaign-community-discussions Brittany Stubblefield-Engram /arts-culture/2022-11-10/can-dealey-plaza-in-dallas-really-be-improved-this-new-plan-says-yes-and-heres-how Originally the 'gateway to Dallas,' Dealey Plaza became the site of a national tragedy, President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Now it's a jumbled urban space: traffic bottle-neck, tourist site, neglected park. Here's one plan to fix it. Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:43:58 GMT /arts-culture/2022-11-10/can-dealey-plaza-in-dallas-really-be-improved-this-new-plan-says-yes-and-heres-how Jerome Weeks /arts-culture/2022-08-22/the-sixth-floor-museum-in-dallas-looks-at-a-1968-campaign-to-end-poverty-and-why-it-still-matters Here are four facts about "Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People's Campaign," the new exhibition at the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2022-08-22/the-sixth-floor-museum-in-dallas-looks-at-a-1968-campaign-to-end-poverty-and-why-it-still-matters Max Chow-Gillette /news/2019-02-18/a-younger-generation-honors-the-sixth-floor-museum-and-jfk Growing up in South Texas, Jesus Martinez heard a lot about President John F. Kennedy. His mom was a huge fan of the late president and former first lady.… Tue, 19 Feb 2019 02:15:44 GMT /news/2019-02-18/a-younger-generation-honors-the-sixth-floor-museum-and-jfk Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom /news/2018-06-22/delta-epiphany-robert-kennedys-vision-for-america-was-shaped-by-his-trip-to-mississippi The drama on the U.S.-Mexico border the last few weeks has eerie echoes from a half-century ago, when then-U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy went to… Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:00:00 GMT /news/2018-06-22/delta-epiphany-robert-kennedys-vision-for-america-was-shaped-by-his-trip-to-mississippi Gus Contreras, Rick Holter /texas-news/2015-07-16/remembering-gary-mack-jfk-assassination-conspiracy-theorist-turned-historian Dallas has lost its leading expert on the Kennedy assassination. The longtime curator of the Sixth Floor Museum, Gary Mack, died Wednesday at the age of… Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:19:00 GMT /texas-news/2015-07-16/remembering-gary-mack-jfk-assassination-conspiracy-theorist-turned-historian Courtney Collins /2014-02-20/sixth-floor-museum-marks-25th-anniversary-with-yearlong-celebration Five stories that have North Texas talking: the Sixth Floor Museum is 25 years old; longtime WFAA-TV anchor Gloria Campos is retiring; Dallas is… Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:06:36 GMT /2014-02-20/sixth-floor-museum-marks-25th-anniversary-with-yearlong-celebration Eric Aasen