Boston, MA—The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today announced that the pink silk dress worn by Jacqueline Kennedy during the 1962 White House Staff Christmas reception is now on display in the First Lady Exhibit in the Museum at the Kennedy Presidential Library.
The silk radzimir dress, designed by Hubert de Givenchy, has minimal detailing on the front and complex twists of drapery finished with a bow in the back. Mrs. Kennedy wore the dress at the White House on December 12, 1962 for the staff Christmas reception, where 1,200 guests were entertained with music by Air Force, Army, and Navy choral groups, and the Marine Band. Photographs taken at the party show President and Mrs. Kennedy posing in front of a sixteen-foot Christmas tree decorated with toys, candy canes, and gingerbread houses.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum features 25 multimedia exhibits and period settings from the White House, offering an exciting “you are there” experience and creating a stirring account of President Kennedy’s thousand days in office.
General admission to the Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library is $12.00. Admission for seniors over the age of 62 and college students with appropriate identification is $10.00, and for children ages 13-17, $9.00. Children ages 12 and under are admitted for free.
The Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with the exceptions of Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. The Library is located in the Dorchester section of Boston, off Morrissey Boulevard, next to the campus of the University of Massachusetts/Boston. Parking is free. There is free shuttle-service from the JFK/UMass T Stop on the Red Line. The Museum is fully handicapped accessible. For more information, call (866) JFK-1960 or access www.jfklibrary.org on the Internet.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is a presidential library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration and supported, in part, by the Kennedy Library Foundation, a non-profit organization.