April 4, 2025
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum of San Marcos hosted the 22nd Annual Ted Breihan Open Golf Tournament on April 4th at the Kissing Tree Golf Club! https://www.kissingtreegolfclub.com/about-the-course Ted Breihan was a distinguished community leader for several decades, serving on the museum’s board of directors from 2000 to 2014. A proud graduate of Southwest Texas State University in 1953, he was an active member of the San Marcos City Council from 1974 to 1980 and contributed to various local organizations, including the Southside Community Center, the Scheib Center, and the United Methodist Church. The community mourned Mr. Breihan's passing on November...
March 20, 2025
We hosted our Spring Lecture on Thursday, March 20th at 6:00pm Immigration Attorney Gerardo Menchaca presented “Current Issues on Immigration” The LBJ Museum Lecture Series is always open free to the public. Immigration Attorney Gerardo Menchaca has dedicated his career to working in immigration law. Menchaca helps clients from all around the world deal with the complexities of US immigration law. As an immigration lawyer, Menchaca provides his clients with comprehensive legal guidance regarding business and family immigration matters, including obtaining highly sought-after visas such as H1B’s, L1A’s, E2’s and the EB-5. Moreover, he counsels his clients on all aspects...
January 25, 2025
Beto O’Rourke served as the guest speaker at the 2025 LBJ Museum Benefit Gala, held on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at the LBJ Student Center at Texas State University in San Marcos. Beto’s presentation offered valuable insights into voting rights, particularly through the narrative of Lawrence Aaron Nixon and his struggle from the 1920s until 1944 to secure his right to vote, despite the Supreme Court ruling in his favor. Throughout the evening, Beto engaged with the audience, taking photos with many attendees, as you can see below. Thank you to our Presidential Sponsor! Thank you to our Vice Presidential...
December 4, 2024
The LBJ Museum of San Marcos hosted its annual Christmas program, which featured performances by students from Bowie Elementary who sang festive holiday songs. San Marcos Mayor Jane Hughson also participated by lighting the Christmas tree. Following the children's performances, Santa made an appearance to hear the children's Christmas wishes and to pose for photographs.
October 3, 2024
Thursday, October 3rd 6:00 P.M. Reception 6:30 P.M. Presentation Begins At the Fall Lecture, Dennis Fagan, Photographer, Director and Writer, will show photos of Lady Bird and discuss their relationship and how it developed. Perhaps like no other first lady in American history, Lady Bird Johnson filled the 38 years of her post White House years with a passion for ecological reform. Her intentions involved changing the outlook of Texans and Americans to return to the natural beauty that we all came from. Dennis Fagan inherited the position of principal photographer for efforts outdoors and stuck with it for about...
July 18, 2024
We are so thrilled to host our Special Guest Speaker, daughter of Liz Carpenter, Christy Carpenter! ***FREE ADMISSION!!*** This event will begin at 6:00pm with reception followed by presentation at 6:30pm. Register Now The LBJ Museum is pleased to announce that Christy Carpenter, Liz Carpenter’s daughter andbiographer, will be speaking at the museum’s summer Chautauqua on Thursday, July 18th. Lastyear the LBJ Museum brought back the Chautauqua, an institution that provided popular adulteducation courses and entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. San Marcos wasthe site of a pretty famous Chautauqua around 1900 and their summer camp format...
April 19, 2024
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum of San Marcos celebrated the 21st Annual Ted BreihanOpen Golf Tournament on April 19th at the Kissing Tree Golf Club. “This year we are pleased to be celebrating our 21st anniversary of the LBJ Museum Ted BreihanMemorial Golf Tournament and appreciate all the support we have received from long-timesponsors and as well as delighted to welcome new sponsors to this event,” said Wayne Kraemer,Museum Board President. “We want to thank all of the teams that entered, our sponsors, andKissing Tree Golf Club for making it a wonderful event. We are thankful that we can continue...
March 21, 2024
Thursday, March 21st, 2024 "Women On Politics" A focus on the inner workings of government and women's roles in influencing policy. -Moderator- Dr. Ann Burnette: Piper Professor and Regent’s Teaching Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Texas State University -Panelists- Talan Tyminski: Tyminski, currently serving as Senior Vice President at the Mach 1 Group, is a seasoned communication expert with a decade-long career spanning both public and private sectors. She's played pivotal roles in over a dozen political campaigns across Utah, Illinois, and Texas at all levels. Before joining Mach 1, Tyminski led crisis communications at the Texas Workforce Commission during...
January 20, 2024
The 2024 LBJ Museum of San Marcos Benefit Gala was held on Saturday, January 20, 2024, from 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM in the LBJ Student Center Grand Ballroom at Texas State University. The Gala featured Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley as our speaker. The 2024 LBJ Museum Benefit Gala Speech Video https://youtu.be/NDyVOhphgSs?feature=shared Douglas Brinkley & LBJ Museum of San Marcos Board Reception Silent Auction Gala Guests Thank you to our Presidential Sponsor! Thank you to our Congressional Sponsor! Thank you to our Co-Host Thank you to these local businesses, organizations, and individuals who donated to our Silent Auction Senator Judith...
December 6, 2023
The LBJ Museum of San Marcos Christmas program began with a cookie and hot chocolate reception at 5:30 p.m. and a musical program at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
