Events at the Library of Congress

Thursday December 12, 2024

Friday December 13, 2024

  • Event | film and video screenings

    While You Were Sleeping (Walt Disney Pictures, 1995)

    Friday
    December 13, 2024
    7:30 pm - 10:00 pm EST     Packard Campus Theater     Lucy (Sandra Bullock) is a lonely Chicago transit worker who rescues a handsome commuter from the path of a speeding subway train. As he languishes in a coma, his concerned family mistakes her for his fiancée, and she goes along with the deception. Color, 100 min. (Film)
  • Event | concerts and performances

    Julius Rodríguez

    Friday
    December 13, 2024
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST     Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)     Julius Rodriguez, also known as "OrangeJulius," at 25, is a prodigious jazz talent blending R&B and classical influences with virtuosic piano and drum performances, praised by The New York Times.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Animals in the Archive

    Friday
    December 13, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     From quirky presidential pets to literate horses to activists who hit the streets to advocate for animal rights, this small, curated display offers a small cross-section of from Library’s animal-themed collections.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress

    Friday
    December 13, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST     Northwest Gallery     The Library of Congress preserves collective memories representing entire societies as well as intimate records of important moments and rites of passage in individual lives. The inaugural exhibition in the David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery draws from the Library’s rich Americana and international holdings in more than 450 languages and in forms created across time and continents.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Herblock Looks at 1974: 50 Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons

    Friday
    December 13, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     This small, curated display features a selection of the 1974 work of editorial cartoonish Herbert L. Block, known to the world as Herblock, including cartoons about the Watergate investigation.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin

    Friday
    December 13, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST     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.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    "Not an Ostrich" and Other Images from America's Library

    Friday
    December 13, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST     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
    December 13, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST     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.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Experience the Main Reading Room

    Friday
    December 13, 2024
    10:30 am - 11:30 am EST     Main Reading Room     The Library of Congress welcomes visitors to experience its grand Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building. Usually reserved for credentialed researchers, this access will offer visitors a glimpse inside one of Washington’s most beautiful spaces.

Saturday December 14, 2024

  • Event | film and video screenings

    Gremlins (Warner Bros., 1984)

    Saturday
    December 14, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST     Packard Campus Theater     Billy Peltzer receives an unusual pet for Christmas, which leads to incredible trouble when he fails to take care of it properly. Color, 106 min. (Film)
  • Event | film and video screenings

    Batman Returns (Warner Bros., 1992)

    Saturday
    December 14, 2024
    7:30 pm - 10:00 pm EST     Packard Campus Theater     Only Batman (Michael Keaton) can defend the city from total chaos as The Penguin (Danny DeVito) lays twisted waste to Gotham City. Meanwhile, the Dark Knight may have met his equal in the lethally lithe Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer), who may be friend or foe. Color, 126 min. (Film)
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Animals in the Archive

    Saturday
    December 14, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     From quirky presidential pets to literate horses to activists who hit the streets to advocate for animal rights, this small, curated display offers a small cross-section of from Library’s animal-themed collections.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress

    Saturday
    December 14, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST     Northwest Gallery     The Library of Congress preserves collective memories representing entire societies as well as intimate records of important moments and rites of passage in individual lives. The inaugural exhibition in the David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery draws from the Library’s rich Americana and international holdings in more than 450 languages and in forms created across time and continents.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Herblock Looks at 1974: 50 Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons

    Saturday
    December 14, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     This small, curated display features a selection of the 1974 work of editorial cartoonish Herbert L. Block, known to the world as Herblock, including cartoons about the Watergate investigation.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin

    Saturday
    December 14, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST     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.