The First Lady’s Gallery

Introduction to First Lady's Gallery exhibit

'Lady Bird Johnson' by Norman Rockwell, 1964

Lady Bird Johnson with LBJ's casket in the Great Hall

December 22, 1998, Lady Bird Johnson's 86^th birthday, marked the opening of a new permanent exhibit at the LBJ Library and Museum about the former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson. The First Lady's Gallery is a portrait of Mrs. Johnson's legacy as a humanitarian, an unofficial diplomat, and a champion of the environmental movement. The First Lady's Gallery exhibit in the LBJ Library closed in July 2012. We hope you enjoy this online presentation.

Click on the first image to view the complete slideshow. Read a transcription of the video, narrated by Catherine Robb and listen to an intimate telephone conversation between LBJ and Lady Bird.

Then & Now

Bob Schieffer Remembers Lady Bird Johnson (CBS News)

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Did You Know…

Liz Carpenter, a campaign aide who would later become Lady Bird's press secretary, wrote the 58-word speech that Johnson delivered after President Kennedy was assassinated. [LBJ Library photo by Robert Knudsen. #D1112-10]