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Eyewitness: American Originals from the National Archives 
February 16-April 20, 2008
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The Museum will be the only venue in Texas where you can be an eyewitness to some of the nation's most powerful historical records. Eyewitness draws on rarely-displayed documents, audio recordings, and film footage from the extensive holdings of the National Archives and its Presidential Libraries and Regional Archives.
History books describe historical events including the Emancipation of slaves or the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, but the power of the original accounts written or recorded at the time of the event allows visitors to experience them firsthand. Many of the documents are enhanced through a free audio tour, in which actors convey the drama of the events in the documents.
The exhibition will present Lady Bird Johnson's audio diary, in which visitors will hear Mrs. Johnson describing the events of President Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963. The Lone Star State's only venue for Eyewitness is also the only stop on the national tour where visitors will be able to see the original typed transcripts of that account. You can also read Thomas Jefferson's account of the French Revolution and the storming of the Bastille, feel the joy of fugitive slave John Boston in a letter to his wife Elizabeth, and hear the wonder in Apollo 8 crew member Jim Lovell's voice as he describes the vastness of space.
This exhibition was created by the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, and the Foundation for the National Archives. The national tour of Eyewitness is sponsored by The Boeing Company.
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Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
1800 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701 -
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Tickets: $5.50/Adults, $4.50/Seniors(65+) and Military, $3/Youth(5-18), Free/Children Under 4 and Members
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February 16-April 20, 2008Times:
Monday-Saturday 9:00am-6:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm-6:00pm -
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