JFK Assassination Walking Tour + 6th Floor Museum and Oswald Rooming House
3 h
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Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Main Street and Market Street, Dallas, TX 75202
The John F. Kennedy Memorial was the first memorial by famed American architect and Kennedy family friend Philip Johnson, and was approved by Jacqueline Kennedy. Johnson called it "a place of quiet refuge, an enclosed place of thought and contemplation separated from the city around, but near the sky and earth." Dallas raised $200,000 for the memorial by August 1964, entirely from 50,000 individual donations contributed by private citizens.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Dealey Plaza National Historic Landmark District, 500 Main St, Dallas, TX 75202-3521
Called the "birthplace of Dallas". It was the location of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, on November 22, 1963. The Dealey Plaza Historic District was named a National Historic Landmark in 1993 to preserve Dealey Plaza, street rights-of-way, buildings and structures by the plaza visible from the assassination site, that have been identified as witness locations or as possible locations for assassins.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Grassy Knoll, Elm St, Dallas, TX 75202
The grassy knoll is a small, sloping hill inside the Dealey Plaza and adjacent by the former Texas School Book Depository. It became well known following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The knoll was above Kennedy and to his right (west and north) during the assassination on November 22, 1963.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Oswald Rooming House Museums, 1026 N Beckley Ave, Dallas, TX 75203, USA
This walking tour includes exclusive access to Oswald's Rooming House (we will arrive to the house using the city's streetcar). This is the place where Lee Harvey Oswald was living at the time of the president’s assassination. We will also visit the location where Oswald’s infamous rifle picture was taken.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: 214 W Neely St, Dallas, TX 75208, USA
We will visit the Neely House, the place where the incriminating photograph which showed Lee Harvey Oswald in his backyard, holding the same type of rifle used to assassinate President John F. Kennedy was taken.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Texas Theatre, 231 W Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX 75208-4510
We will stop at the Texas Theater a Dallas landmark located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. It gained historical significance on November 22, 1963, as the location of Lee Harvey Oswald's arrest for the killing of Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, 411 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75202-3301
Our last stop is at the Sixth Floor Museum, the museum examines the life, times, death, and legacy of United States President John F. Kennedy and is located at the very spot from which Lee Harvey Oswald, according to four government investigations, shot and killed the President on November 22, 1963.
Duration: 1 hour
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Main Street and Market Street, Dallas, TX 75202
The John F. Kennedy Memorial was the first memorial by famed American architect and Kennedy family friend Philip Johnson, and was approved by Jacqueline Kennedy. Johnson called it "a place of quiet refuge, an enclosed place of thought and contemplation separated from the city around, but near the sky and earth." Dallas raised $200,000 for the memorial by August 1964, entirely from 50,000 individual donations contributed by private citizens.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Dealey Plaza National Historic Landmark District, 500 Main St, Dallas, TX 75202-3521
Called the "birthplace of Dallas". It was the location of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, on November 22, 1963. The Dealey Plaza Historic District was named a National Historic Landmark in 1993 to preserve Dealey Plaza, street rights-of-way, buildings and structures by the plaza visible from the assassination site, that have been identified as witness locations or as possible locations for assassins.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Grassy Knoll, Elm St, Dallas, TX 75202
The grassy knoll is a small, sloping hill inside the Dealey Plaza and adjacent by the former Texas School Book Depository. It became well known following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The knoll was above Kennedy and to his right (west and north) during the assassination on November 22, 1963.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Oswald Rooming House Museums, 1026 N Beckley Ave, Dallas, TX 75203, USA
This walking tour includes exclusive access to Oswald's Rooming House (we will arrive to the house using the city's streetcar). This is the place where Lee Harvey Oswald was living at the time of the president’s assassination. We will also visit the location where Oswald’s infamous rifle picture was taken.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: 214 W Neely St, Dallas, TX 75208, USA
We will visit the Neely House, the place where the incriminating photograph which showed Lee Harvey Oswald in his backyard, holding the same type of rifle used to assassinate President John F. Kennedy was taken.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Texas Theatre, 231 W Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX 75208-4510
We will stop at the Texas Theater a Dallas landmark located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. It gained historical significance on November 22, 1963, as the location of Lee Harvey Oswald's arrest for the killing of Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, 411 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75202-3301
Our last stop is at the Sixth Floor Museum, the museum examines the life, times, death, and legacy of United States President John F. Kennedy and is located at the very spot from which Lee Harvey Oswald, according to four government investigations, shot and killed the President on November 22, 1963.
Duration: 1 hour
Included
- Professional tour guide
- Entry/Admission - Oswald Rooming House
- Entry/Admission - Sixth Floor Museum
- Local Taxes
- Entry/Admission - Oswald Rooming House Museums
- Entry/Admission - The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Not included
- Gratuities
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Features
Cultural
85%
Tourism
85%
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