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Location: Austin, Texas (LBJ's birthplace: Johnson City, 1908)
Opened: 1971
Attendance: estimated 150,000
Admission: $8 adults; $5 seniors (admission for the library鈥檚 first 41 years was free, but since the opening on new exhibits on Dec. 22, visitors are encouraged to pay a 鈥渟uggested鈥� fee.
Bestselling gift shop biography: 鈥淚ndomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency" by Mark K. Updegrove, LBJ Library director
Hot-selling souvenir item: a marble paperweight with the words 鈥淐an Do鈥� etched on it. To be called a 鈥淐an Do鈥� person was the highest compliment President and Mrs. Johnson paid people they admired.
Lesser-known facts: The LBJ Library was the first presidential library located on a university campus 鈥� the University of Texas in Austin. The library houses 45 million documents.
