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Date
Winter 1-1987
Description
Designed by Chinese-American and modernist master architect I. M. Pei, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum opened in 1979 after years of set back. It is located in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. This photograph shows the circular section of the building which houses two theaters. To the left is a 115 glass pavilion that connects the theaters to the tower where the archives and offices are located (not pictured).
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Dates
1917-
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Subject Headings
Architecture, Modern -- 20th Century -- Modern movement; Architecture -- Buildings -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Memorials -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Presidential libraries -- Massachusetts -- Boston;
Country Name
United States of America
Region Name
Massachusetts
City Name
Boston
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet and Pei, Ieoh Ming, "Boston: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum" (1987). Smolski Images. 620.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/620
Keywords
architecture, American, presiedntial libraries, monuments
Notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._M._Pei
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Presidential_Library_and_Museum