|
JOHN F. KENNEDY NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE IN BROOKLINE
83 Beals Street
Brookline, MA 02446
(617)566-7937
|
|
This historic house museum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
May through mid-September. Guided tours of the house are offered every half hour starting at 10 a.m. The last ranger-led tour is at 3 p.m. followed by an open house from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
|
| John F. Kennedy National Historic Site (NHS) preserves and interprets the birthplace in 1917 and boyhood home of the 35th President of the United States. The modest frame house at 83 Beals Street, Brookline, was also the first home shared by the president’s father and mother, Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and represents the social and political beginnings of one of the world’s most prominent families. Shortly after President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, his family repurchased the birthplace and restored it as a memorial to him under the close supervision of Rose Kennedy. John F. Kennedy National Historic Site was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1965 and established as an area of the National Park Service in 1969.
|
| The restored nine-room presidential birthplace includes a collection of household furnishings, photographs, and significant mementos personally collected and arranged by the president’s mother. Many pieces in the museum collection are original to the 1914-1921 period, and reflect the lifestyle, various pursuits and interests of the Kennedy family. A taped narrative produced by Rose Kennedy in her own words provides a unique and evocative addition to the ranger-guided tour.
|
|
| During the summer months National Park Service rangers lead visitors on walking tours of the neighborhood which include homes, schools, and the church associated with the Kennedy family. A variety of student education programs and activity materials are also available. For more information , please call John F. Kennedy National Historic Site at (617) 566-7937
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
