Contact Info
LBJ Library and Museum
2313 Red River St.
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 721-0200
johnson.library@nara.gov
General Information
Director
of the LBJ Library and Museum: Mark K. Updegrove
Telephone: 512-721-0158
Email Address: mark.updegrove@nara.gov
Director of
the LBJ Foundation: Joe Youngblood
Telephone:
(512) 232-2280
Administered
by: National Archives and Records Administration
Museum Visiting
Hours: 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, closed on Christmas Day
Archives Reading Room Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m.
- 5 p.m. (closed all Federal holidays).
LBJ Library
Email Address: johnson.library@nara.gov
Main Telephone
Number: 512-721-0200
Reading Room (Archives): 512-721-0212
Administrative Fax Number: 512-721-0170
Archives Fax Number: 512-721-0169
Audio-Visual Archives Fax Number: 512-721-0171
Address: LBJ Library and Museum, 2313 Red River
Street, Austin, Texas 78705
Maps: Click
here for close-up map
The Vision
of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum:
"It is all
here: the story of our time with the bark off. This Library will show
the facts, not just the joy and triumphs, but the sorrow and failures,
too."
"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 Baines Johnson
The Mission
of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum:
To preserve and
protect the historical materials in the collections of the Johnson Library
and make them readily accessible;
To increase public
awareness of the American experience through relevant exhibitions and
educational programs;
To advance the Lyndon
Baines Johnson Library and Museum's standing as a center for intellectual
activity and community leadership while meeting the challenges of a
changing world.
Official Name:
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
Other Appropriate
Name:
LBJ Library and Museum
Dedication
Date:
May 22, 1971
Location:
The Library is situated on a 30-acre site on The University of Texas
campus in Austin, Texas. The building is on a promontory-like plaza
adjoining Sid Richardson Hall and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Library Architecture:
Modern and monolithic in design, the ten-story building is notable for
its unornamented travertine exterior. The east and west walls have
a base thickness of eight feet, curving gently upward to the underside
walls of the tenth floor, which overhangs the exterior walls by fifteen
feet on each side. The north and south walls are set back fifteen
feet, with balconies overlooking the campus and city. The most notable
feature of the interior is the Great Hall, with its ceremonial staircase
and a five-story, glass-encased view of the archives collection.
Library Architects:
Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. Partner-in-charge: Gordon Bunshaft. Also,
Brooks, Barr, Graeber, and White. Partner-in-charge: R. Max Brooks.
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