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The LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, at dusk.

LBJ Presidential Library

Situated on a 30-acre site on The University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, the Library houses 45 million pages of historical documents, 650,000 photos and 5,000 hours of recordings from President Johnson's political career, including about 643 hours of his recorded telephone conversations.
A section of a 50-foot-long mural that shows Lyndon Johnson a various stages of his career.

History

The iconic ten-story building was designed by award-winning architect Gordon Bunshaft and features a Great Hall with a stunning four-story, glass-encased view of the archives collection.

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2025 Annual Report

Annual Report

At the LBJ Library, we strove to build community by welcoming diverse speakers, engaging educators and students, and presenting exhibitions that explored the American experience.

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"It's all here, the story of our time—with the bark off. There is no record of a mistake, or an unpleasantness or a criticism, that is not included in the files here."
 

President Lyndon B. Johnson

May 22, 1971