News Release

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site Reopens Soon for 2025 Visitor Season

NPS

News Release Date: April 28, 2025 Staff at John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (NHS) are pleased to announce that the site is reopening for the 2025 season on Thursday, May 29, the same date that John F. Kennedy was born in the 83 Beals Street home, and will remain open through Thursday, October 30, 2025. During the first four days of the open season, May 29 – June 1, the site will be open exclusively for self-guided open house visitation. Visitor hours in 2025 are from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Thursday through Sunday.

Starting on June 4, guided tours of JFK’s birthplace will be available on the hour and the half-hour from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. From 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., self-guided options are available. Visitors are welcome to follow along with the voice of the president’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, on a self-guided audio wand tour through the first and second floors of the house at these times.

Audio wand tours are also available in a variety of other languages. A ranger-guided virtual tour is also available. Virtual tours can be accessed via the NPS App and the web at https://jofi.stqry.app/1.

Children of all ages can participate in the site’s Junior Ranger program.

Admission is free and available on a first-come first-served basis.

Staff will offer two other regular programs during the summer: a 45-minute long “Neighborhood Tour” which explores the Brookline neighborhood where John F. Kennedy spent the first ten years of his life, offered Thursday through Sunday at 2:15 p.m., staff and weather dependent; and a 90-minute long “Origins Tour,” which covers areas of the North End and downtown Boston relevant to the President’s Fitzgerald and Kennedy ancestors, offered Wednesdays from June 25 through August 20 at 10:15 a.m., staff and weather dependent. The tour starts at the Sam Adams statue outside of Faneuil Hall. 

Both tours are free, but we encourage visitors to call the site the morning of these tours to confirm their availability.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS preserves the birthplace (1917) and early boyhood home of the 35th President of the United States. The modest house was the first home shared by the President’s parents, Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. John, the second of nine children, spent his formative years in Brookline as his family began its rise to national prominence.

In 1966, Mrs. Kennedy returned to 83 Beals Street to commemorate her son’s life, restoring the birthplace to her recollection of its 1917 appearance. The historic house, collections, and neighboring Brookline community permit exploration of early influences that shaped the character and ambitions of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS is located just outside Coolidge Corner at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. The site is a ½ mile-walk from the Coolidge Corner T-Stop (Green Line, C-Cleveland Circle).

Free on-street parking is available on Beals Street for up to two (2) hours.

For more information please call [phone] or visit www.nps.gov/jofi.The public can also stay connected with the site through Facebook (www.facebook.com/JFKennedyNHS) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/JFKennedyNPS.)