点评:The John F. Kennedy Library & Museum is an excellent overview of his life & political career as he rises to presidency. The galleries inside the museum are decorated to remind you of the White House's interior, and are laid out in mostly chronological order. Many of the gifts given to him (and wife Jacquline) over his presidency have ended up here to highlight events in both their lives. Note the Museum concentrates on things he did in life; his death is not covered in much depth.
Both his youth, military service, and early political career is covered in about the same level of detail. Like most Presidential Libraries, the display galleries stressed the things that went well during his time in office, and less on the things that didn't go that well (these are not ignored). A nice touch was all the newsreel & television clips that highlight particular events, so you get a good ideas of how his administration was being presented to the public.
There are several short (15 - 20 minutes) films that give an overview of major events in Kennedy's life. Be sure to make time to see these as well. These galleries aren't too cluttered with lots of similar artifacts, so it's easier to walk through the Museum without bing overwhelmed with detail.
A current special exhibit was on "Presidential Pets," which covered all the different pets that sometime got to be as famous as the President. Both adults & children will find this exhibit charming.
Note this Museum is ~1 mile from the nearest subway station, so getting there from the "JFK" MBTA subway stop isn't as easy as the map might show. This is still an excellent way to spend 2-3 hours covering recent American history.
翻译:约翰·F·肯尼迪图书馆暨博物馆全面展现了肯尼迪的生平及其政治生涯,以及他如何一步步登上总统宝座。博物馆内部的展厅布置仿照白宫的风格,并基本按照时间顺序排列。许多在他担任总统期间(以及他的妻子杰奎琳)收到的礼物最终都陈列于此,以此来展现他们人生中的重要事件。值得注意的是,博物馆主要侧重于他生前的成就,对他的去世着墨不多。
博物馆对他的青年时期、军旅生涯和早期政治生涯的介绍详略得当。与大多数总统图书馆一样,展厅的重点在于他执政期间的成功之处,而较少提及那些不太顺利的事情(当然,这些也并非被忽略)。一个亮点是穿插其中的新闻短片和电视片段,它们突出了特定的事件,让参观者能够更好地了解当时政府是如何向公众展示其执政形象的。
此外,博物馆还播放了几部时长15至20分钟的短片,概述了肯尼迪人生中的重大事件。务必抽出时间参观这些展厅。这些展厅的展品并不繁杂,不会像其他展厅那样堆砌大量相似的文物,因此您可以更轻松地参观博物馆,而不会被琳琅满目的展品所淹没。
目前正在举办的特展是“总统宠物”,展出了所有曾与总统齐名的宠物。这个展览老少皆宜,趣味盎然。
请注意,该博物馆距离最近的地铁站约1英里,因此从MBTA“JFK”地铁站前往博物馆并不像地图上显示的那样便捷。尽管如此,这里仍然是了解美国近代史的绝佳去处,您可以花上2-3个小时来此参观。