|| Current Exhibitions ||
Herblock!
Celebrates the 100th anniversary of editorial cartoonist Herb Block’s birth (1909-2001) with eighty-two original cartoon drawings, primarily selected from the Library’s extensive Herbert L. Block Collection, and which represent the breadth of his remarkable seventy-two-year career.
Molto Animato!: Music & Animation
Takes a glimpse at familiar and not so familiar works of animated film and the music that makes animation come alive.
Louis Braille: His Legacy and Influence
Gives insight into the legacy of Louis Braille and his version of a tactile system of reading and writing—later refined to enable blind and visually handicapped people throughout the world to read and write.
Exploring the Early Americas
Examines indigenous cultures, the drama of the encounters between Native Americans and Europeans, and the changes caused by the meeting of the two worlds. It features selections from the Jay I. Kislak Collection.
Creating the United States
Offers insights into how the nation’s founding documents were forged and the role that imagination and vision played in the unprecedented creative act of forming a self–governing country.
|| Explore Past Exhibitions ||
With Malice Towards None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition
Commemorates the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of the nation’s revered sixteenth president. The exhibition reveals Lincoln the man, whose thoughts, words, and actions were deeply affected by personal experiences and pivotal historic events. View the schedule for the traveling exhibition dates and venues »
The Gettysburg Address
Shows the Library’s two copies of the famous address. President Lincoln gave a copy to each of his two private secretaries, John Nicolay and John Hay. The Nicolay copy is believed to be the earliest copy that exists.
|| Library of Congress Experience ||
Discover our new exhibitions that bring the world’s largest collection of knowledge, culture, and creativity to life through dynamic displays of artifacts enhanced by interactivity. Examine rare and unique items, including the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, the Gutenberg Bible, the 1507 Waldseemüller map that first named America, Thomas Jefferson’s recreated library, and the architectural wonders of the Thomas Jefferson Building.
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Last Updated: 11/19/2009