The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, according to the infobox. The text also credits R. Max Brooks, which the infobox omits. The design was completed in summer 1966 and construction began in 1967. The infobox gives the dedication, May 22, 1971, as inaugurated. The text gives no completion date.
The article describes an unadorned 10-story building clad in cream Italian travertine. The University of Texas at Austin paid 15 million of the 18 million dollar cost and donated land taken by eminent domain from a low-income neighborhood. The article names no client. The text says the library is federally run and independent of the university.
A 2012 redesign closed most exhibits, which reopened on December 22. Admission has been charged since 2013. The main exhibit closed in October 2025 for a refresh. The article lists hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
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