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