I hope that visitors who come here will achieve a closer understanding of the Presidency and that young people will get a clearer comprehension of what this nation tried to do in an eventful period of its history.
- Lyndon B. Johnson
Forty years ago, on July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Celebrate the historic anniversary of Apollo 11 at the LBJ Library by enjoying Al Reinert’s award-winning documentary For All Mankind to be shown free-of-charge on Saturdays in July. [more...]
President and Mrs. Johnson watched the launch of Apollo 11 from Cape Kennedy. The President described the emotion of that day in his memoir, The Vantage Point.
"On the morning of July 16, 1969, at President Nixon's request, I stood under the Florida sun at Cape Kennedy and witnessed the launching of Apollo 11, carrying the voyagers who would first set foot on the moon.
As I watched that vehicle rise on its pillar of flame, seeing sky and earth and rocket all tied together in one majestic and unforgettable panorama, I could not help remembering that earlier vigil, twelve years before, when we strained to see the Soviet Sputnik orbiting overhead. In the short span of time between those two events, we wrote a story that will be told for centuries to come."
Read President Johnson’s Daily Diary for the Apollo 11 launch day, July 16, 1969. [more...]
Read President Johnson’s Daily Diary for the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon, July 20, 1969. [more...]
Beginning July 16th at 9:32 a.m. ET, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum launches an interactive web site where visitors can re-live Apollo 11’s lunar mission. www.wechoosethemoon.org.
On April 13, 2009, the Harry Middleton Lecture featured best-selling author and respected journalist Tom Brokaw on Lessons from the Greatest Generation. [view video...]
As is evident from the construction surrounding the LBJ Library and Museum and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, work is well underway to repair the leaky and deteriorating LBJ Plaza. [more...]
LBJ and the "Great Society" - A new video
"It is all here: the story of our time with the bark off.”
- Lyndon Baines Johnson
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library holds more than 45 million pages of manuscripts, an extensive audiovisual collection, and oral history interviews with more than 1,000 individuals. [more...]
Membership contributions from the Friends have helped make the Library a center of intellectual activity and community leadership by providing support for symposia and conferences, special exhibitions in the Museum, research grants-in-aid for scholars, and a series of Evening With programs that bring distinguished and prominent lecturers to the Library each year.
In honor of the Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Celebration, we are pleased to offer a limited number of autographed copies of President Johnson's The Vantage Point, Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969. [more...]
Obama Inauguration memorabilia, along with items from LBJ's 1965 Inauguration, are now available at the Museum Store. [more...]
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On April 23, 2009, the LBJ Library hosted an Apollo 8 Reunion
Moon Shots: The Art of Pat Rawlings
In honor of the Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Celebration, we are pleased to offer a limited number of autographed copies of President Johnson's The Vantage Point, Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969. [
Obama Inauguration memorabilia, along with items from LBJ's 1965 Inauguration, are now available at the Museum Store. [
