The award presentation was made by Caroline Kennedy, president of the Kennedy Library Foundation, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith at a formal ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston. The presentation of the Profile in Courage Award to a non-American was unprecedented. The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum is open daily 9 am-5 pm. The Museum is closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum is located off Morrissey Blvd., next to UMass Boston's campus.
Parking is free.
The Museum is fully handicapped accessible. The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum is a presidential library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration and supported, in part, by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, a non-profit organization. The Kennedy Library and the Kennedy Library Foundation seek to promote, through educational and community programs, a greater appreciation and understanding of American politics, history, and culture, the process of governing and the importance of public service.