The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood is the official library for the thirty-fifth president of the United States and part of the National Archives’ Presidential Library System. Conceived in 1963 as both an archive and a museum preserving a complete record of Kennedy’s presidential era, the project was carried forward after his assassination by Jacqueline Kennedy. Designed by I. M. Pei, it was delayed for years after opposition forced abandonment of the original Cambridge site. Relocated to Columbia Point, it opened in 1979 and remains a major research center holding millions of documents, manuscripts, and exhibitions on Kennedy’s life, presidency, and legacy.

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