Dedicated on May 21, 1971, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library was the first Presidential library to be located on a university campus (i.e. The University of Texas in Austin). It is one of thirteen Presidential libraries run by the National Archives and Records Administration. In addition to exploring the life of LBJ ( our 36th President serving from 1963 to 1969), the museum contains a 7/8th scale replica of his Oval Office. Within the library, a four story Great Hall is home to 45 million pages of historical documents pertaining to Johnson's public tenure. Visitors can listen to recordings of telephone conversations Johnson had with other public personalities. With over 125,000 visitors per year, this is one of the more popular Presidential libraries.
Dominating the main lobby is this 1968 Lincoln Limousine that LBJ ordered for use after he left the Presidency. Unlike the official Presidential limo, this one was neither armored, bulletproof, nor bomb-proof.
Johnson felt that one of the highlights of his Presidency was his June 13, 1967 appointment of Thurgood Marshall as a Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court.