News Releases

Feb 1–3, 2007- The Future of the Welfare State Conference - Jan. 18, 2007

December 7 & December 10 - UT Chamber Singers Sing an Evening of Christmas Favorites

Public Thinking about Democracy’s Challenge: Reclaiming the Public’s Role - Nov. 20, 2006

LBJ Library releases telephone conversation recordings - Nov. 17, 2006

Lady Bird Johnson and Senator Kay Baily Hutchison join UT and Library officials at the ceremonial groundbreaking for repairs to the Plaza - Nov. 2006.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visits LBJ Library - August 24, 2006

Hill Country Media Day: September 10, 2006

Power to the People: The Electrification of Rural Texas Open September 2, 2006 to May 28, 2007
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June 2006 - The D. B. Hardeman Prize Application deadline is February 1, 2007

March 10-11, 2006, Presidential Libraries and the National Archives hosted a two-day conference examining the history of the Vietnam War and the American presidency

Special Screening of "An Ocean Away"

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Plaza gets a long-awaited repair

LBJ Telephone Conversation Cassette Tapes Discount (March 20, 2006)

LBJ Library features a computer kiosk where visitors can print a translation of guide in four languages (March 3, 2006)

HearThis.com hosts LBJ Texas Forums New Podcast (March 2, 2006)

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation awards the Harry Middleton Fellowship in Presidential Studies
(February 21, 2006)

Sen. Biden at LBJ - Feb. 23, 2006

D.B. Hardeman Prize awarded to Michael Ybarra by the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation (Feb. 7, 2006)

Brigadier General Ezell Ware, Jr. visits LBJ (Feb. 2006)

Celebrate Presidents’ Day at Austin’s Presidential Library & Museum (Jan. 31, 2006)

Tax-Free Shopping Weekend at LBJ Museum Store (Dec. 3- 4, 2005)

Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation names new executive director (Aug. 5, 2005)

Presidential Libraries Stamp Release (August 4, 2005)

An Evening With John Sacret Young (May 2, 2005)

An Evening With Nick Kotz (April 28, 2005)

LBJ School of Public Affairs and LBJ Library and Museum team up for LBJNow! Web site

An Evening With Max Holland (November 1, 2004)

Ode to the Johnson Era: Appreciation of 1964 social reforms runs deep in America (September 12, 2004)

40th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act Celebrated in Austin and in Johnson City (September 3, 2004)

LBJ Library Director editorial published in the Austin American-Statesman (August 23, 2004)

Visitors invited to help commemorate LBJ's 96th Birthday (August, 27, 2004)

Screenings of The West Wing at the LBJ Library (May 19, 2004)

Austin Celebrates Black History Month at the LBJ Library (February 13, 2003)

An Evening with Gregory Curtis (February 24, 2004)

President Johnson's Daughters Speak at LBJ Library (December 16, 2003)

Nellie Connally Press Conference (December 15, 2003)

A Presidential Christmas (December 6, 2003)

Season's Greetings: Christmas from the White House (October 24, 2003)

Declaration of Independence Road Trip (October 24, 2003)

The White House in Miniature (October 10, 2003)

The People's Vote: 100 Documents That Shaped America (October 6, 2003)

Birthday Cake and Refreshments to Celebrate LBJ's 95th Birthday (August 12, 2003)

Discovering America: The World of Lewis and Clark Exhibit Closes Aug. 3, 2003 (July 28, 2003)

Light From the Age of Augustine Exhibit on Display in Museum Lobby (May 23, 3003)

Lewis and Clark Celebration May 10, 2003 (May 6, 2003)

LBJ's Oval Office Telephone Conversations From January-March 1966 to be Released (February 14, 2003)

Lewis and Clark Exhibit to Open at LBJ Library and Museum on Feb. 15, 2003 (January 15, 2003)

Discovering America: The World of Lewis and Clark Opening Celebration (February 11, 2003)

"Old Ironsides" Coming to LBJ Library and Museum (January 15, 2003)

Tax-Free Shopping Weekend at LBJ Museum Store (November 26, 2003)

We Shall Overcome: Photographs From the American Civil Rights Era Opens Oct. 19, 2002 (October 1, 2002)

LBJ Library and Museum Celebrates Austin Museum Day (September 16, 2002)

Gulf of Tonkin Recordings and Portion of Pentagon Papers Released (June 6, 2003)

Former Forest Service Chief Receives Lady Bird Johnson Conservation Award (January 14, 2002)

Journalist/Author Bill Moyers to speak at Harry Middleton Lectureship Series (January 4, 2002)

12 Millionth Visitor Honored at LBJ Library and Museum (December 11, 2001)

The Future of Presidential Libraries Symposium (Nov. 26-27, 2001)

12 Millionth Visit Expected Dec. 11, 2001

Release of LBJ's Telephone Conversations June - July 1965 (May 25, 2001)

Panelists to Discuss Terrorist Attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon at LBJ Library forum (Sept. 26, 2001)

National Archives Announces New Director of the Lyndon Johnson Library (September 17, 2001)

Release of LBJ's Telephone Conversations Jan. - March 1965 (May 12, 2000)

First Lady's Gallery Permanent Exhibit at LBJ Library (December 22, 1998)