Events at the Library of Congress
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Event | film and video screeningsAbdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori, an African Prince Enslaved in the American South
Friday
June 17, 2022
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm EDT Online Only Join the creators of “Prince Among Slaves” (Best Documentary American Black Film Festival, 2008) for a special Juneteenth screening and discussion.This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com External. -
Event | lectures and symposia
Fifty Years of Watergate Panel Discussion
Friday
June 17, 2022
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT Online Only June 17, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of Watergate – a scandal that, to this day, remains a central aspect of American life and continues to define modern-day political controversy. Margaret Sullivan will moderate a discussion with Dwight Chapin, Leonard Downie Jr., Rick Perlstein, and Leah Wright Rigueur on the influence and importance of Watergate over these past five decades.This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External. -
Event | exhibits and toursHere to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
Friday
June 17, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT 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 toursMapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Friday
June 17, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT 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
June 17, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT 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 toursThomas Jefferson's Library
Friday
June 17, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT 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.