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...
March 20, 2025
LBJ Museum of San Marcos is excited to have Gerardo Menchaca presenting at the Spring Lecture scheduled for Thursday, March 20th. REGISTER HERE TODAY! Menchaca will be presenting “Current Issues on Immigration,” which should be of interest to all. This program starts at 6:00pm with a reception with the lecture beginning at 6:30pm. 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...
December 4, 2024
The LBJ Museum of San Marcos warmly invites you to join a festive Christmas celebration! The evening will begin with a delicious cookie and hot chocolate reception at 5:30 p.m., leading into a joyful musical program at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024!
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.
October 26, 2023
Photo Credit: Shannon West- San Marcos Daily Record The 2023 LBJ Museum of San Marcos Fall Lecture was held Thursday, October 26, 2023, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the museum's auditorium. A Portrait of Lady Bird: Memories of a Friend, a Former Superintendent of the LBJ National Historical Park The LBJ Museum’s Annual Fall Lecture featured David Vela. Vela was the former LBJ National Historical Park Superintendent and retired Deputy/Acting Director of the National Park Service. He was also the first Latino to be nominated by the President of the United States to serve as Director of the...
