Rare JFK artifacts on display at Newseum

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Visitors to the Newseum will be able to view rarely-seen artifacts from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy starting Friday, including personal items owned by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and the movie camera used to capture the Zapruder film of the shootings.

The museum at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW will display the items for one year in an exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination on Nov. 22, 1963. Artifacts on display include the clothing worn by Lee Harvey Oswald at the time of his arrest, his wallet, and the 8mm movie camera used by eyewitnesss Abraham Zapruder.

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