John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
- Location
- Boston, United States
- Year
- 1979
- Typology
- Museum
- Materials
- Bamboo & Paper, Concrete, Glass, Marble, Metal cladding, Plaster, Steel
- Context
- Modernism
- Map
- Open location
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), the 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. It is located on Columbia Point in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, next to the University of Massachusetts 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for original papers and correspondence of the Kennedy Administration, as well as special bodies of published and unpublished materials, such as books and papers by and about Ernest Hemingway.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 contains approximately 400,000 photographs, 9,400 video recordings, 24 million documents, and 9,000 audio recordings related to Kennedy's presidency.
