The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Dallas County, United States | Museum

Since 1989, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas in the United States, has welcomed more than 6 million visitors from around the world, people of all ages seeking information and understanding about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
Collective memory is a shared experience, and The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza invites you to submit your remembrances of President Kennedy or read the reflections of others.
The assassination of President Kennedy changed the city of Dallas, Texas, and the world, forever. As a tribute to this extraordinary man, John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza was dedicated on June 24, 1970. In the years since it has become an integral part of Dallas, Texas' urban landscape and cultural heritage.
While aesthetically simple, the intent of the Kennedy Memorial is often misunderstood. Renowned American architect Philip Johnson designed the structure as a thoughtful piece of art intended for reflection and remembrance. Johnson?s design is a "cenotaph," or open tomb, that symbolizes the freedom of John F. Kennedy?s spirit.
The memorial is a square, roofless room, 30 feet high and 50-feet-by-50-feet wide. Visitors enter the room after a short walk up a slight concrete incline that is embossed with concrete squares. Once inside, visitors see a low-hewn granite square in which John Fitzgerald Kennedy's name is carved. The letters have been painted gold to capture the light from the "floating" white column walls and the pale concrete floor. These words are the only ones in the empty room.
Hailed as "The Front Door of Dallas," Dealey Plaza served as the major gateway to the city from the west and, equally important, as a symbol of civic pride. In November 1963, the focus changed when President Kennedy was assassinated in the heart of the plaza. Instantly, the cradle of Dallas, Texas, history became known as an internationally recognized murder site.
Grief-stricken citizens began to bring flowers and mementos to Dealey Plaza the day after the assassination. These were the first acts in the transformation of the area into an unofficial memorial site to honor the slain president.
Three decades after the Kennedy assassination, in October 1993, the secretary of the Interior designated Dealey Plaza a National Historic Landmark District. This new historic status acknowledged that the spot where John F. Kennedy died was important in United States history.