The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

About

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is in the former Texas School Book Depository in the West End of downtown Dallas. On Nov. 22, 1963, shots fired from the building's sixth floor killed President John F. Kennedy as his motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza below. The museum tells the story of that day, the investigations that followed, and the legacy of the Kennedy presidency.

The main exhibit, John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation, fills the sixth floor. It uses photographs, films and artifacts to cover the early 1960s, the Dallas trip, the assassination and its aftermath, and it includes the corner window area where the shots were fired. Special exhibits and public programs are on the seventh floor, and museum staff give a 15-minute gallery talk there on Fridays at 1 p.m. Most visitors spend an hour or two. An online interactive guide covers the history of Dealey Plaza itself, which you can walk after your visit.

In 2026 the museum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed Monday and Tuesday, with the last ticket and last entry at 4:15 p.m. Adults pay $27, seniors 65 and over $25, youth 6 to 18 $23, and children 5 and under get in free. The museum sells tickets online. It cannot take traditional group visits at this time, though it offers limited weekday school tours.

Paid parking is next to the museum, and fees vary by lot. Oversized vehicles and buses are not allowed. By train, the museum is three blocks west of DART's West End Station, which connects to every DART line, and five blocks north of Union Station, where the TRE runs to Fort Worth. The Museum Store is on site, and the restaurants of the West End are within walking distance.

Accessibility

The Sixth Floor Museum is wheelchair accessible. The museum says all of its levels are accessible to wheelchair users and others with special needs, and an accessible ramp is at the northwest corner of the building.

Handicap parking is in the Museum lot directly next to the building, at the standard parking fee. Oversized vehicles cannot use the lots, so a large accessible van may need to park elsewhere. By transit, DART's West End Station, three blocks east, connects to every DART line.

Wheelchairs are available in the Visitors Center, first come, first served. All museum restrooms have fully accessible stalls. The main exhibit is on the sixth floor, and special exhibits and programs are on the seventh.

The museum lends KultureCity sensory bags from the Visitors Center. The subject is heavy, with film and photographs of the assassination, so it can be intense for some visitors, especially children. Service animals as defined by the ADA are welcome.

The museum does not publish details on elevators, captioning, assistive listening or ASL on its visitor page. Call (214) 747-6660 before your visit with specific questions.

Checked by Accessible America, September 2026. Report a change

More accessible places in Texas

• Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas)
• Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden (Dallas)
• Perot Museum of Nature and Science (Dallas)
• NorthPark Center (Dallas)
• Houston Museum of Natural Science (Houston)
• Morgan's Wonderland (San Antonio)

Photo credits

• The red brick former Texas School Book Depository building on a sunny corner in downtown Dallas.: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
• A visitor stands at a seventh floor corner window of the museum, looking out at downtown.: mliu92 from San Mateo, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source)
• Dealey Plaza's lawns and roads seen from above, with the former book depository at left.: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain (source)