John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum
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| Location | Hyannis, Massachusetts |
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| Website | jfkhyannismuseum.org/ |
The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum is a museum located in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The John F. Kennedy Hyannis museum is a multimedia exhibit designed to open a window to the days JFK spent on Cape Cod. These exhibits feature a thematic panorama of photographs, archival films, artifacts, text panels, oral histories and a video narrated by Walter Cronkite. Some specifics include a video on the Kennedys,[1] a Kennedy Family Tree, and a statue, "What Could Have Been", portraying John F. Kennedy walking on the beach with his adult son, John F. Kennedy, Jr..[1] The statue, which was funded with federal money, was once put in jeopardy when funding to pay for it was targeted as pork-barrel spending in Congress.
Annually, a special new exhibit is unveiled in June and displayed throughout the year. The newest exhibit is called Jack and Bobby: Brothers First and opens on June 3, 2015. The museum itself is housed in the former town hall building. The building was occupied by the town until the 1980s, when the town offices moved across the village green to a building originally built to house the Hyannis State Normal School.
The basement of the museum houses the Hall of Fame for the Cape Cod Baseball League.
The museum preserves and promotes the legacy of President Kennedy, his family, and their deep connection to Cape Cod.
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- John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum - official site
