US Presidential Libraries Contribute to Research, Education
April 22,2013
On April 25, former presidents and cabinet members will be in Dallas for the inauguration of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Every modern president has a library in his name starting with Herbert Hoover, who left the White House in 1933. These institutions are the official repositories of presidential records and documents, with oversight from the National Archives. They also serve an educational function.
President Lyndon Baines Johnson, or LBJ, died in 1973. But a life-like animatronic representation of him greets visitors to his library in Austin, Texas.
Visitors find it entertaining. “Pretty cool, a little disconcerting, but very life-like," said one woman.
After a $10 million renovation, the LBJ Presidential Library is now more interactive, with computerized exhibits.
Visitors can listen to some of the more than 640 hours of telephone conversations President Johnson recorded for posterity.
Lyndon Johnson assumed office after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. And though he brought about civil rights laws and anti-poverty programs, his legacy is clouded by the Vietnam war.
LBJ Library Director Mark Updegrove says presidential libraries do not glorify their namesakes and in fact present a full picture of their time in office.
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