The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum is one of thirteenpresidential libraries administer by the National Archives and RecordsAdministration. The library houses 45 million pages of historical papers,including the papers of Lyndon Baines Johnson and those of his close associatesand others. The library was dedicated on May 22, 1971, with Johnson and PresidentRichard Nixon in attendance. The present director is presidential historianMark K. Updegrove.
The top floor of the library has a 7/8ths level replica ofthe Oval Office decorated as it was during Johnson's presidency. The museumsprovide year-round public viewing of its permanent historical and culturalexhibits and its several traveling exhibits. The library is the onlypresidential library not to charge admission, and has the top visitation of anypresidential library. Upon her death in July 2007 Lady Bird Johnson lay inrepose in the Library, just as her husband had 34 years earlier.
Location | Austin, Texas, USA |
Dedicated | May 22, 1971 |
Named for | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Architect | Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill |
Size | 14 acres |
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