Events at the Library of Congress

Wednesday February 1, 2023
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Event | exhibits and tours
Black History Month 2023: Black Resistance
Wednesday
February 1, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E) This small, curated display explores how African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression—in many forms—from America’s earliest days into the 21st century. Items featured are from the Rare Book and Special Collections, Manuscript, and Prints and Photographs Divisions. -
Event | exhibits and tours
Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
Wednesday
February 1, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar George and Ira Gershwin Room Experience the glamour and sophistication of the 1920s and 1930s in this permanent tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin, who helped provide a musical background to the period. The exhibition contains a wealth of materials that provide insight into their careers and personalities, including manuscript and printed music, lyric sheets and librettos, correspondence, photos, paintings, and drawings, all from the Library's Gershwin Collection,... -
Event | exhibits and tours
Join In: Voluntary Associations in America
Wednesday
February 1, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar South Gallery This major exhibition examines the longstanding impulse of Americans to join together for common purposes such as fellowship, charity, professional growth, emergency services, societal reform and community building. -
Event | exhibits and tours
Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Wednesday
February 1, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Northwest Gallery A part of this major exhibition, Abel Buell’s "New and Correct Map of the United States of North America" is the first map of the newly independent United States compiled, printed, and published in America by an American. The exhibition comprises maps of the northeastern and southeastern regions of the United States. -
Event | exhibits and tours
"Not an Ostrich" and Other Images from America's Library
Wednesday
February 1, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Southwest Gallery A major exhibition organized by the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles and drawn from the photo collections of the Library of Congress, "Not an Ostrich" presents a taste of this institution’s spectacular holdings of more than 14 million images. Photos reproduced for this exhibition, made between 1839 and today, trace the evolution of photography, from daguerreotypes and other early processes to contemporary... -
Event | exhibits and tours
Thomas Jefferson's Library
Wednesday
February 1, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Southwest Pavilion Take a trip through this major exhibition, a re-created version of Jefferson’s library, which assembles 6,487 volumes that founded the Library of Congress, and learn how one of America’s greatest thinkers was inspired through the world of books.
Thursday February 2, 2023
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Event | courses and workshops
Literacy Awards Applicant Information Session
Thursday
February 2, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Online Only This webinar will provide an overview of the 2023 Literacy Awards Program application and evaluation criteria. During this session, Literacy Awards staff will review application requirements and respond to questions about the application.More information at zoomgov.com External. -
Event | courses and workshops
Orientation to Legal Research Webinar Series: U.S. Federal Statutes
Thursday
February 2, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Online Only Join Legal Reference Librarian Louis Myers for an Orientation to Legal Research webinar for an overview of “U.S. Federal Statutes.” This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. Statutory and legislative research, including information and how to find and use the U.S. Code, the U.S. Statutes at Large, and U.S. federal bills and resolutions.This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com External. -
Event | special events
Live! at the Library
Thursday
February 2, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Great Hall The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs. -
Event | special events
Live! at the Library: American Folklife Center Open House
Thursday
February 2, 2023
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST
Add to calendar American Folklife Center Reading Room To kick-off Black History Month, The American Folklife Center will host an open house featuring items related to African-American history and heritage in the United States. Visitors are welcome to stop by and view the collections, and chat with Folklife Center staff. -
Event | exhibits and tours
Black History Month 2023: Black Resistance
Thursday
February 2, 2023
10:00 am - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E) This small, curated display explores how African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression—in many forms—from America’s earliest days into the 21st century. Items featured are from the Rare Book and Special Collections, Manuscript, and Prints and Photographs Divisions. -
Event | exhibits and tours
Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
Thursday
February 2, 2023
10:00 am - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar George and Ira Gershwin Room Experience the glamour and sophistication of the 1920s and 1930s in this permanent tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin, who helped provide a musical background to the period. The exhibition contains a wealth of materials that provide insight into their careers and personalities, including manuscript and printed music, lyric sheets and librettos, correspondence, photos, paintings, and drawings, all from the Library's Gershwin Collection,... -
Event | exhibits and tours
Join In: Voluntary Associations in America
Thursday
February 2, 2023
10:00 am - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar South Gallery This major exhibition examines the longstanding impulse of Americans to join together for common purposes such as fellowship, charity, professional growth, emergency services, societal reform and community building. -
Event | exhibits and tours
Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Thursday
February 2, 2023
10:00 am - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Northwest Gallery A part of this major exhibition, Abel Buell’s "New and Correct Map of the United States of North America" is the first map of the newly independent United States compiled, printed, and published in America by an American. The exhibition comprises maps of the northeastern and southeastern regions of the United States. -
Event | exhibits and tours
"Not an Ostrich" and Other Images from America's Library
Thursday
February 2, 2023
10:00 am - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Southwest Gallery A major exhibition organized by the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles and drawn from the photo collections of the Library of Congress, "Not an Ostrich" presents a taste of this institution’s spectacular holdings of more than 14 million images. Photos reproduced for this exhibition, made between 1839 and today, trace the evolution of photography, from daguerreotypes and other early processes to contemporary... -
Event | exhibits and tours
Thomas Jefferson's Library
Thursday
February 2, 2023
10:00 am - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Southwest Pavilion Take a trip through this major exhibition, a re-created version of Jefferson’s library, which assembles 6,487 volumes that founded the Library of Congress, and learn how one of America’s greatest thinkers was inspired through the world of books.
Friday February 3, 2023
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Event | film and video screenings
Love in the Afternoon (Allied Artists, 1957)
Friday
February 3, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Packard Campus Theater Join us at the Packard Campus Theater for a showing of the film, "Love in the Afternoon". A bit of May-December (well, at least October) love between Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn. Directed by Billy Wilder. Black & White, 130 minutes. -
Event | exhibits and tours
Black History Month 2023: Black Resistance
Friday
February 3, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E) This small, curated display explores how African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression—in many forms—from America’s earliest days into the 21st century. Items featured are from the Rare Book and Special Collections, Manuscript, and Prints and Photographs Divisions. -
Event | exhibits and tours
Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
Friday
February 3, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar George and Ira Gershwin Room Experience the glamour and sophistication of the 1920s and 1930s in this permanent tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin, who helped provide a musical background to the period. The exhibition contains a wealth of materials that provide insight into their careers and personalities, including manuscript and printed music, lyric sheets and librettos, correspondence, photos, paintings, and drawings, all from the Library's Gershwin Collection,... -
Event | exhibits and tours
Join In: Voluntary Associations in America
Friday
February 3, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar South Gallery This major exhibition examines the longstanding impulse of Americans to join together for common purposes such as fellowship, charity, professional growth, emergency services, societal reform and community building. -
Event | exhibits and tours
Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Friday
February 3, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Northwest Gallery A part of this major exhibition, Abel Buell’s "New and Correct Map of the United States of North America" is the first map of the newly independent United States compiled, printed, and published in America by an American. The exhibition comprises maps of the northeastern and southeastern regions of the United States. -
Event | exhibits and tours
"Not an Ostrich" and Other Images from America's Library
Friday
February 3, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Southwest Gallery A major exhibition organized by the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles and drawn from the photo collections of the Library of Congress, "Not an Ostrich" presents a taste of this institution’s spectacular holdings of more than 14 million images. Photos reproduced for this exhibition, made between 1839 and today, trace the evolution of photography, from daguerreotypes and other early processes to contemporary... -
Event | exhibits and tours
Thomas Jefferson's Library
Friday
February 3, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Southwest Pavilion Take a trip through this major exhibition, a re-created version of Jefferson’s library, which assembles 6,487 volumes that founded the Library of Congress, and learn how one of America’s greatest thinkers was inspired through the world of books.
Saturday February 4, 2023
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Event | film and video screenings
From Russia, With Love (United Artists, 1963)
Saturday
February 4, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Packard Campus Theater Join us at the Packard Campus Theater for a showing of the film, "From Russia, With Love (United Artists, 1963)." America (and the world) fell in love with Sean Connery as the suave spy James Bond. This is the second film in the series and John F. Kennedy named the source novel as one of his favorites. Color, 115 minutes. -
Event | exhibits and tours
Black History Month 2023: Black Resistance
Saturday
February 4, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E) This small, curated display explores how African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression—in many forms—from America’s earliest days into the 21st century. Items featured are from the Rare Book and Special Collections, Manuscript, and Prints and Photographs Divisions.