We Remember President Lyndon B. Johnson's Birthday on August 27th

Celebrate LBJ’s birthday at the LBJ Presidential Library – free admission, birthday cake and cool air conditioning 

(AUSTIN-TX) – On August 27th, join us as we celebrate what would have been LBJ's 115th birthday at the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum.

LBJ Library:

• Enjoy free admission to the LBJ Presidential Library from 9 a.m. to last admittance at 4 p.m. There's free parking, free birthday cake, and lots of cool air conditioning. 

Explore our two temporary exhibits:

• The Lorax: Who Speaks for the Trees Now?

This family-friendly exhibit looks at Dr. Seuss’s and Mrs. Johnson’s shared interest in environmentalism.  The exhibit features the original artwork from Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax (TM & © 2023 Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. All rights reserved) and explains how and why he donated it to the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum. We invite you inside to explore and play and to find ways in which you, too, can help care for the environment around us.

• Lady Bird: Beyond the Wildflowers 

The former first lady is often associated with promoting environmental conservation and the wildflowers that brighten the country's landscape. This exhibit adds to that legacy by guiding visitors through a comprehensive story of Mrs. Johnson's life featuring letters, photographs, clothing, and artifacts that the public will see for the first time. Lady Bird: Beyond the Wildflowers gives visitors more context to Mrs. Johnson's education, family, campaign efforts, work as a businesswoman, and her role as a philanthropist.

Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas. The 36th president of the United States died in 1973 and is buried at the LBJ Ranch near his birthplace.

Photo: LBJ’s Birthday 1965, LBJ Library photo by Donald Stoderl

President Johnson and his daughters, Lynda Bird Johnson and Luci Baines Johnson, on Air Force 1 en route to the LBJ Ranch.