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The Breton Fisherman's Prayer plaque that President Kennedy kept on his Oval Office desk, reading 'Oh God thy sea is so great and my boat is so small'

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum · Columbia Point, Dorchester

The Oval Office

Now showingPermanent collection·$24

A replica of the HMS Resolute desk and the personal objects Kennedy kept on it, alongside 1963 film of Birmingham, the University of Alabama and his televised address on civil rights.

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Also at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

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Carrie Mae Weems, Blues and Pinks 3, 2020, archival inkjet prints in six parts

Collection Spotlight: Carrie Mae Weems

Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston

Still from Nari Ward, Pushing Savior, 1996, video, in the ICA Boston collection

Collection Spotlight: Nari Ward

Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston

Installation view of Lucy Raven: Rounds at the ICA Watershed, East Boston

Lucy Raven: Rounds

Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston

All exhibitions in Boston this month Coming up in October

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