While You're Here

Planning your time

LIMITED TIME

Short on time? We recommend prioritizing the following galleries and artifacts to gain the most insight into President Johnson’s life and political career. This visit is approximately 30-45 minutes.

Begin on the 10th Floor

  • Oval Office
  • Lady Bird Johnson’s Office

4th Floor

  • Jackie Kennedy Letter (After transition section)
  • Pick up a phone in the Great Society Gallery, specifically the first column about civil rights (J. Edgar Hoover or
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)
  • Voting Rights Desk OR Flip through the Voting Rights interactive screen
  • Moon Rock
  • “The Hotline” Teletype Machine (in the Vietnam War section)
  • Step into the Great Hall and look up at the four floors of archival boxes

3rd Floor

  • Animatronic LBJ
  • The Store at LBJ

FILM EXTRAS

If you have slightly more time, consider sitting down for one of our films.

  • Introduction film, 3rd Floor, 11 minutes
  • Civil rights film, 4th floor, 9 minutes
  • Legacy film, 4th floor, 6 minutes
  • First Family film, 10th floor, 6 minutes
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Friends of the LBJ Library

When you become a member of the Friends of the LBJ Library, you'll be making an important contribution to the library's mission -- and to our community. You will also get special access to events.