For Immediate Release: May 31, 2006
Further information: Brent R. Carney (617) 514-1662, Brent.Carney@JFKLFoundation.org
Boston, MA – Today the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum announced that the red dress worn by Jacqueline Kennedy as she gave her Emmy Award-winning televised tour of the White House has returned home to the JFK Library and Museum after being featured in New York City, Paris, Washington D.C. and Chicago as part of the exhibition, Jacqueline Kennedy – The White House Years.
Though most viewers remember it as grey from the black and white television broadcast, the red dress was seen by more than 50 million television-viewing Americans on February 14, 1962, as Mrs. Kennedy gave the nation its first look inside the newly restored White House. This Chez Ninon dress is now on display in the First Lady Exhibit in the Museum at the Kennedy Presidential Library.
A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy, originally produced by CBS Broadcasting Inc. in 1962, is available in DVD format with a special introduction by Walter Cronkite. Mrs. Kennedy's Emmy Award-winning White House tour is available on DVD in the Museum Store for $19.95.
The Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library features 25 inspiring, multimedia exhibits and period settings from the White House that create a stirring account of President Kennedy’s thousand days in office and offers an exciting “you are there” experience.
General Admission to the Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library is $10.00. Admission for seniors over the age of 62 and college students with appropriate identification is $8.00, and for children ages 13-17, $7.00. Children ages 12 and under are admitted for free.
The Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with the exceptions of Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. The Library is located in the Dorchester section of Boston, off Morrissey Boulevard, next to the campus of the University of Massachusetts/Boston. Parking is free. There is free shuttle-service from the JFK/UMass T Stop on the Red Line. The Museum is fully handicapped accessible. For more information, call (866) JFK-1960.