Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
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The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, directed by Betty Sue Flowers, is one of 11 presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. The library houses 40 million pages of historical documents which include the papers from the entire public career of Lyndon Baines Johnson and those of his close associates. The library was dedicated on May 22, 1971, with Johnson and then-President Richard Nixon in attendance.
The library, adjacent to the LBJ School of Public Affairs, occupies 14 acres (57,000 m²) on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin. The top floor of the library has a 7/8ths scale replica of the Oval Office decorated as it was during Johnson's presidency. The museum provides year-round public viewing of its permanent historical and cultural exhibits and its many traveling exhibits. The library is the only Presidential Library not to charge admission, and historically has had has the highest visitation of any Presidential Library (with the exception of the first few years of any new Presidential Library, which sees far more visitors).
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