Seeing The Sixth Floor Museum
Seeing The Sixth Floor Museum
Home to one of the most important events of the century, the sixth floor museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, TX has been a tourist attraction to millions of people since 1989.
Once called the Texas School Book Depository, the museum was where Lee Harvey Oswald supposedly fired the shot that killed President John F. Kennedy.
Once inside the museum you will find yourself at the early 1960 exhibit which summarizes the important social and political events, as well as the lifestyles of the decade. More importantly one can view the corner window where Kennedy's assassin fired his rifle as the motor pool drove by on November 22,1963. Also available on display are enlarged photographs and radio broadcasts from that historic day.
Any south facing window available to the public will offer pictures and descriptions, in addition to a view of Dealey Plaza and the president's motor pool route. Continuing on the tour of the museum visitors can explore the route that Lee Harvey Oswald traveled as he fled. This includes the corner staircase where police found the rifle used to kill President Kennedy. Most features of the museum have been reconstructed to detail according to original police photographs.
The hours that you can stop by for a visit at the Sixth Floor Museum are from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm daily. The museum is opened on Thanksgiving, but will be closed for Christmas Day. Cost of admission for adults is $10 and $9 for seniors and children 6- 18, children under 6 get in free. The Museum, in addition, offers a audio tour that adds around $3 to the price.
