[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21142]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          RECOGNIZING THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM AT DELANEY PLAZA

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                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 8, 2009

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
salute the Sixth Floor Museum at Delaney Plaza for being accepted into 
the prestigious Museum Assessment Program. The Sixth Floor Museum is 
located on the sixth and seventh floors of the Texas School Book 
Depository, the warehouse from which Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated 
President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The Sixth Floor Museum 
at Delaney Plaza opened in 1989 to commemorate the life and detail the 
events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
  The Museum Assessment Program is a highly selective program 
administered by the American Association of Museums through a 
cooperative agreement with the Institute of Museum and Library Services 
that helps museums to improve their services through a rigorous 
evaluation process. Museums of all sizes and types apply for acceptance 
into the Management Assessment Program in hopes of becoming even 
stronger institutions. The program contains elements of peer review and 
self-study that enable museums to identify ways to allocate resources 
more efficiently, approach funders more successfully, and cater more 
directly to audiences of museum goers.
  The Sixth Floor Museum at Delaney Plaza rightfully deserves its 
recent acceptance into the Museum Assessment Program, as it has 
serviced over 6 million visitors since its opening in 1989. The museum 
highlights the impacts of President John F. Kennedy's death on the 
nation and the world through films, photographs, artifacts and 
interpretive displays. The Sixth Floor Museum is one of only four 
museums in Texas to achieve this high honor in 2009.
  I applaud the staff and volunteers at the Sixth Floor Museum at 
Delaney Plaza for their hard work and ability to operate a museum that 
has gained acceptance into such a widely respected assessment program. 
I ask my fellow colleagues to join me in recognizing the Sixth Floor 
Museum at Delaney Plaza for having received such a high honor.

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