Events at the Library of Congress

Thursday June 30, 2022
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Event | special eventsFrom Conflict to Creativity: Veteran Artists Showcase (Morning Session) Thursday
June 30, 2022
10:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT LJ-119 Watch live demonstrations of glass art, photography, painting, pottery, blacksmithing and singing by veteran artists Lisa Firmin, Terri Souder, Clem Danish, Ehren Tool, Edith Disler and Matthew Gill. At 11:30am, Terri Souder and Lisa Firmin will share their experiences and answer questions.This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External. -
Event | special eventsFrom Conflict to Creativity: Veteran Artists Showcase (Closing Ceremony) Thursday
June 30, 2022
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A) Join us in the Library of Congress’ historic Coolidge Auditorium as we ceremoniously culminate this rich series of events and PTS Awareness Month with a special program during which Uniting US will donate more than 100 veterans’ oral history interviews to VHP, where they will be archived and made accessible for future generations.This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External. -
Event | courses and workshopsCongress.gov Webinar Thursday
June 30, 2022
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT Online Only Join the Law Library of Congress for a Congress.gov webinar. This orientation is designed to give a basic overview of Congress.gov. While the focus of the session will be searching legislation and the congressional member information attached to the legislation, the new features of Congress.gov will also be highlighted.This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com External. -
Event | special eventsLive! at the Library Thursday
June 30, 2022
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
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 | lectures and symposiaLive! at the Library: A Conversation with Sean Doolittle Thursday
June 30, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A) Join us this Thursday for a conversation with Washington Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle, and a special performance from the U.S. Air Force Band’s Airmen of Note. -
Event | exhibits and tours50th Anniversary of the Watergate Scandal Thursday
June 30, 2022
10:00 am - 8:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Great Hall - 1st Floor (LJ-100) The break-in of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate Complex on June 17, 1972, was to ensure President Richard Nixon’s re-election. Instead, it set into motion a political controversy that became the prism by which we view all corruption and scandal to this day. This display features Watergate-related documents from the Library's manuscript collections. -
Event | exhibits and toursExploring the Early Americas Thursday
June 30, 2022
10:00 am - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Northwest Gallery Exploring the Early Americas features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress. The exhibition includes two extraordinary maps by Martin Waldseemüller created in 1507 and 1516, which depict a world enlarged by the presence of the Western Hemisphere. -
Event | exhibits and toursGeppi Gems Thursday
June 30, 2022
10:00 am - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Graphic Arts Gallery Showcases a selection of Stephen A. Geppi’s generous donation to the Library of comic art. The exhibition represents themes from the Geppi's former museum, including Walt Disney’s iconic characters, westerns, superheroes, science fiction, horror, sports music and entertainment. -
Event | exhibits and toursHere to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin Thursday
June 30, 2022
10:00 am - 8:00 pm EDT
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 toursJuneteenth: Books from the General Collections Thursday
June 30, 2022
10:00 am - 8:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E) Juneteenth is a recent federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of African Americans that were still enslaved in Galveston, Texas, and other places until the end of the Civil War in 1865. This display features books about Juneteenth from the Library's general collections in the Main Reading Room. -
Event | exhibits and toursMapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood Thursday
June 30, 2022
10:00 am - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Northwest Gallery 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
June 30, 2022
10:00 am - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Southwest Gallery Organized by the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles and drawn from the photo collections of the Library of Congress, this exhibition 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 digital technology. -
Event | exhibits and toursThomas Jefferson's Library Thursday
June 30, 2022
10:00 am - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Southwest Pavilion Take a trip through 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 July 1, 2022
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Event | exhibits and tours50th Anniversary of the Watergate Scandal Friday
July 1, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Great Hall - 1st Floor (LJ-100) The break-in of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate Complex on June 17, 1972, was to ensure President Richard Nixon’s re-election. Instead, it set into motion a political controversy that became the prism by which we view all corruption and scandal to this day. This display features Watergate-related documents from the Library's manuscript collections. -
Event | exhibits and toursExploring the Early Americas Friday
July 1, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Northwest Gallery Exploring the Early Americas features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress. The exhibition includes two extraordinary maps by Martin Waldseemüller created in 1507 and 1516, which depict a world enlarged by the presence of the Western Hemisphere. -
Event | exhibits and toursGeppi Gems Friday
July 1, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Graphic Arts Gallery Showcases a selection of Stephen A. Geppi’s generous donation to the Library of comic art. The exhibition represents themes from the Geppi's former museum, including Walt Disney’s iconic characters, westerns, superheroes, science fiction, horror, sports music and entertainment. -
Event | exhibits and toursHere to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin Friday
July 1, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
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 toursJuneteenth: Books from the General Collections Friday
July 1, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E) Juneteenth is a recent federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of African Americans that were still enslaved in Galveston, Texas, and other places until the end of the Civil War in 1865. This display features books about Juneteenth from the Library's general collections in the Main Reading Room. -
Event | exhibits and toursMapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood Friday
July 1, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Northwest Gallery 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
July 1, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Southwest Gallery Organized by the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles and drawn from the photo collections of the Library of Congress, this exhibition 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 digital technology. -
Event | exhibits and toursThomas Jefferson's Library Friday
July 1, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Southwest Pavilion Take a trip through 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 July 2, 2022
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Event | exhibits and tours50th Anniversary of the Watergate Scandal Saturday
July 2, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Great Hall - 1st Floor (LJ-100) The break-in of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate Complex on June 17, 1972, was to ensure President Richard Nixon’s re-election. Instead, it set into motion a political controversy that became the prism by which we view all corruption and scandal to this day. This display features Watergate-related documents from the Library's manuscript collections. -
Event | exhibits and toursExploring the Early Americas Saturday
July 2, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Northwest Gallery Exploring the Early Americas features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress. The exhibition includes two extraordinary maps by Martin Waldseemüller created in 1507 and 1516, which depict a world enlarged by the presence of the Western Hemisphere. -
Event | exhibits and toursGeppi Gems Saturday
July 2, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Graphic Arts Gallery Showcases a selection of Stephen A. Geppi’s generous donation to the Library of comic art. The exhibition represents themes from the Geppi's former museum, including Walt Disney’s iconic characters, westerns, superheroes, science fiction, horror, sports music and entertainment. -
Event | exhibits and toursHere to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin Saturday
July 2, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
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,...