Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

Location within Massachusetts
Location	210 Morrissey Boulevard Columbia Point Boston, MA 02125
Coordinates	42°18′53″N 71°02′07″W / 42.314852°N 71.035401°W / 42.314852; -71.035401
Type	Specialized, Historical, Biographical
Accreditation	American Alliance of Museums
Visitors	62,000 visitors per year (this includes about 16,000 students)[1]
Founder	Edward M. Kennedy & Victoria Reggie Kennedy
Architect	Rafael Viñoly
Public transit access	Red Line JFK/UMass   Greenbush Line JFK/UMass   Kingston Line JFK/UMass   Middleborough/​Lakeville Line JFK/UMass
Nearest parking	On site (no charge)
Website	emkinstitute.org

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate (also known as the Kennedy Institute) is a non-profit civic engagement and educational institution on Columbia Point in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, next to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on the University of Massachusetts Boston campus. Named for long-time U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, the institute contains a full-scale reproduction of the United States Senate Chamber, a replica of Kennedy's Washington, D.C., office, and digital exhibits. The organization includes the Kennedy Home in Hyannis Port, which was donated to the institute in 2012 as part of a "mission of educating the public about the U.S. government, invigorating public discourse, emphasizing the importance of bipartisanship, and inspiring the next generation of citizens and leaders to engage in the public square."^[2] The Kennedy Institute is, along with the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, a co-sponsor of The Senate Project, whose goal is, through hosting a series of Oxford-style debates between leading U.S. Senators, to reintroduce the culture of seeking common ground and bipartisan consensus that has been the essence of the Senate since it was conceived in 1789.