Inside UNT Dallas Law School’s New Lee Harvey Oswald Exhibit – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

UNT Dallas College of Law gave NBC 5 a tour of historic features that have been taped for public access in the near future. Parts of the building were the former Dallas Police Headquarters and where Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby.

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UNT Dallas Law Center was Dallas City Hall until 1978 and parts of it were Dallas Police Headquarters until 2003. Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby were both imprisoned on the 5th floor here .

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A 1956 addition to the Dallas City Hall building first housed the Dallas Police Headquarters and City Court. It’s still Dallas City Court today.

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Garage door entrances like this on the south and north sides of the building lead to the basement where prisoners were brought through the building. Jack Ruby evidently walked to the basement hallway where he fired the fatal shot that killed Lee Harvey Oswald as Oswald was taken to the Dallas County Jail in November 1963. Security of High Level Defendants has been very different since then.

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This is the 5th floor display of UNT Dallas Law School with cells that have been preserved. Lee Harvey Oswald and then Jack Ruby were imprisoned in the same high security cell. This area will NOT be open to the public to ensure student safety.

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Sign posted outside the cell where Oswald and Ruby were imprisoned in 1963.

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I spent a few seconds in this historic cell and it’s long enough! I am told that there is no replacement for the old locking mechanism parts and I was happy to walk out without closing the door!

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This is the shooting area on the 4th floor of the building. It will NOT be open to the public to ensure the safety of students and law school.

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The historical display in the shooting area which will NOT be open to the public.

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A display in an area of UNT Dallas Law School that will NOT be open to the public.

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This is the third flood interrogation room in the old portion of the Dallas Police Building that will NOT be open to the public.

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A closer view of the interview room which will NOT be open to the public.

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Details of the 1963 interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald.

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This is the former Dallas City Council Chambers in the Old Dallas City Hall building, now a UNT Dallas Law School classroom, NOT open to the public.

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This is a fictional UNT Dallas Law School courtroom that is NOT open to the public.

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Basement hallway entrance to the UNT Dallas Law School display which may one day be open to the public. Pictures from 1963 hang on the wall.

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Another view of the hallway display entering the historic basement exhibit at UNT Dallas Law School that may one day be open to the public.

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Historic exhibit includes old radios and televisions

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Interactive exhibits on the events of November 1963 with a ground map showing the locations. May possibly be open to the public.

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Display illustrating how suspicious lineups were conducted in 1963 and how Oswald was paraded in front of cameras.

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This is a recreation of the Dallas Police Reservations area with interactive computers that would not have been present in 1963.

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This exhibit on the actual shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald is located at the exact location where the shooting occurred in what was then a hallway. It may soon be open to the public.

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The display changes to a window that shows the actual area of the basement garage that is no longer accessible. Oswald was to be taken to a waiting vehicle in the garage.

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