The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
The Sixth Floor Museum
The sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depository, the sniper's window in the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy. It is Dallas's most important history museum.
The museum occupies the sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depository. Through photographs, films, artifacts and audio guides, it tells the full story of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, along with the investigation and its aftermath. The exhibit preserves the southeast corner window from which Oswald fired, reconstructed behind glass. The seventh floor hosts rotating temporary exhibitions, and from the windows you can look down on Dealey Plaza and Elm Street. Tickets cost about $20–30 and include audio guides in multiple languages, including Chinese. Book a time slot on the official website in advance. A visit takes about 1.5–2 hours, and when you leave, you're right in Dealey Plaza.
Opening hours
10:00–17:00 (Mondays from 12:00; check official website)
Nearby sights
- Dealey Plaza
- Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza
- Reunion Tower
- Dallas World Aquarium
- Perot Museum of Nature and Science
- Pioneer Plaza
- Dallas Museum of Art