Game Night at the Library | Including a Simultaneous Chess Exhibition

Make new friends and have fun at this classic game night. We’ll have a great selection of board and card games, old and new, available to borrow on a first-come, first-served basis, as well as lots of seating to join in the fun.

Kennedy Library Director and chess national master Alan Price will also be conducting a simultaneous exhibition with up to 30 different chess players. Preference to play in the exhibition matches will be given to advance registrants, though walk-ins may be accommodated if space permits.

The JFK Café and Museum Store will be open late.

Registration is encouraged and helps us plan for supplies and staffing support. Walk-in visitors are welcome, though we thank you for understanding that space may be limited due to capacity.

Games available include:

• Monopoly
• Battleship
• Sorry (Retro version)
• Connect Four
• Scrabble (Retro version)
• Boggle
• Carcassone
• Settlers of Catan
• Playing cards
• Retro Uno (Retro version)
• Checkers
• Chess
• Backgammon
• Parcheesi
• Tic Tac Toe
• Snakes & Ladders
• Life - (1960s version)
• Mancala
• Cribbage
• Mahjong
• Yahtzee
• Candy Land
• Moon Landing puzzle
• 1960's TV puzzle

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston, United States

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