Johnson Library
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and
Museum is one of 13 Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives
and Records Administration. The Library houses 45 million pages of historical
documents, including the papers of Lyndon Baines Johnson and those of his close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 then-President Richard Nixon in attendance. The current director is
Presidential historian Mark K. Updegrove. President Johnson is buried at his
ranch, near
Johnson City, Texas, at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical
Park.
President Nixon and former President Johnson at the museum's dedication in 1971
Lyndon Baines Johnson
The Library, adjacent to the LBJ School of Public Affairs, occupies a 14-acre
(57,000 mē) campus that is federally run and independent from The University of
Texas at Austin. The top floor of the Library has a 7/8ths scale replica of the
Oval Office decorated as it was during Johnson's presidency. The museum provides
year-round public viewing of its permanent historical and cultural exhibits and
its many traveling exhibits. The Library has the highest visitation of any
Presidential Library (with the exception of the first two or three years of any
new Presidential Library, which in some cases sees more visitors).
Lyndon Baines Johnson
After her death in July, 2007, the body of Lady Bird Johnson lay in repose in the Library and Museum, just as her husband's had after his death, 34 years earlier.
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7/8ths scale replica of the Oval Office
Lyndon Baines Johnson Oval Office Desk
Lyndon Baines Johnson
atrium
Presidential Papers
research desk
Latin American Studies
School of Public Affairs
School of Public Affairs
Olmec statue
Latin American Studies
Father of Public Education
Argentina
library
Latin Notables
Archives from 1500's Spanish Colonial Period
at the Latin American historical archive of the University of Texas
Conquering Spanish in Aztec country
Spanish Colonials
Wedding Sacrament
unfinished drawing of Aztec Chiefs
sketch of the town
the accompanying description of the town sent to Spain
map detail
larger view