| John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°18′57.21″N 71°2′2.71″W / 42.3158917°N 71.0340861°W |
| Named for | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–1963) |
| Construction started | August 1977 Groundbreaking: June 12, 1977 |
| Inaugurated | Dedicated on October 20, 1979 Rededicated on October 29, 1993[1] |
| Cost | $20.8 million[2] |
| Management | National Archives and Records Administration |
| Technical details | |
| Size | 10 acres (40,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | I. M. Pei |
| Website | |
| jfklibrary.org | |
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–1963), the 35th president of the United States (1961–1963). It is located on Columbia Point in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, next to the University of Massachusetts at Boston, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, and the Massachusetts Archives and Commonwealth Museum. Designed by the architect I. M. Pei, the building is the official repository for original papers and correspondence of the Kennedy Administration, as well as special bodies of published and unpublished materials, such as books and papers by and about Ernest Hemingway.
The library and museum is part of the Presidential Library System, which is administered by the Office of Presidential Libraries, a part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).[3]
The library and Museum were dedicated in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and members of the Kennedy family.
- ^ "Rededication of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, October 29, 1993". John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Archived from the original on August 7, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
- ^ Huxtable, Ada (October 27, 1979). "The Museum Upstages The Library". The New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2008.
The project for the Harvard location was for a much larger, three-part complex which was to include the library-museum, the John F. Kennedy School of Government and an Institute of Politics. Only the School of Government has been built at Harvard." "A 125-foot (38 m) high, nine-story, white concrete tower housing offices and archives, and a low circular section containing two theaters are connected by a truss-walled, gray glass pavilion that rises a full 115 feet (35 m) to form the ceremonial heart of the structure." "Finishes are neither luxurious nor special; standard components have kept the cost to $20.8 million raised from public gifts and the Kennedy family.
- ^ Shanahan, Mark (November 27, 2017). "Two years later, JFK library still without a permanent director". The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 28, 2017.