Tuesday
April 22, 2025
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
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Join Rachel Gross, author of "Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America," to learn more about her book and the surprising military origins of your favorite outdoor gear.
Tuesday
April 22, 2025
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
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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.
Tuesday
April 22, 2025
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
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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.
Tuesday
April 22, 2025
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
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Great Hall
In celebration of National Poetry Month in April, the Library of Congress presents a small, curated display devoted to Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning poet Mary Oliver (1935–2019). Oliver had a close affinity with the outdoors from childhood. Her work is deeply rooted in her keen observations of birds and other animals, plants, light, and waterways. During her lifetime, she published more than…
Tuesday
April 22, 2025
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
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Southwest Gallery
This small, curateddisplay celebrates the history of the Thomas Jefferson Building, which opened to the public on November 1, 1897. Designed in an Italian Renaissance style, this building features the works of more than 40 American sculptors and painters. It was also the first building in Washington, D.C., designed with electric lighting. The state-of-the-art facility was built to accommodate the Library of Congress’s burgeoning…
Tuesday
April 22, 2025
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
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Southeast 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.
Tuesday
April 22, 2025
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
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Southwest Gallery
A new exhibition, “The Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution,” explores the lives and legacies of George Washington and King George III of Britain, adversaries during America’s war for independence. The Library of Congress brings their papers together for the first time to reveal the real men behind the myths. Exhibition opens March 28.
Wednesday
April 23, 2025
6:00 pm -
7:30 pm
EDT
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Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
The Library of Congress and Washington National Opera celebrate the 90th anniversary of George and Ira Gershwin's landmark work "Porgy and Bess." Artists of the Washington National Opera perform selections from "Porgy and Bess," and hear a discussion about the history and impact of this iconic American work for the stage.
Wednesday
April 23, 2025
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
EDT
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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.
Wednesday
April 23, 2025
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
EDT
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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.
Wednesday
April 23, 2025
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
In celebration of National Poetry Month in April, the Library of Congress presents a small, curated display devoted to Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning poet Mary Oliver (1935–2019). Oliver had a close affinity with the outdoors from childhood. Her work is deeply rooted in her keen observations of birds and other animals, plants, light, and waterways. During her lifetime, she published more than…
Wednesday
April 23, 2025
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
EDT
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Southwest Gallery
This small, curateddisplay celebrates the history of the Thomas Jefferson Building, which opened to the public on November 1, 1897. Designed in an Italian Renaissance style, this building features the works of more than 40 American sculptors and painters. It was also the first building in Washington, D.C., designed with electric lighting. The state-of-the-art facility was built to accommodate the Library of Congress’s burgeoning…
Wednesday
April 23, 2025
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
EDT
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Southeast 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.
Wednesday
April 23, 2025
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
EDT
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Southwest Gallery
A new exhibition, “The Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution,” explores the lives and legacies of George Washington and King George III of Britain, adversaries during America’s war for independence. The Library of Congress brings their papers together for the first time to reveal the real men behind the myths. Exhibition opens March 28.
Thursday
April 24, 2025
2:00 pm -
3:00 pm
EDT
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We hope you will join writer-editor at the Law Library of Congress Heather Casey for this informational and interesting webinar on coalition governments. This webinar will look at coalition governments around the world. The focus will be on explaining what coalition governments are and how they are formed in various jurisdictions, as well as how coalition governments function, with an emphasis on the similarities…
Thursday
April 24, 2025
3:00 pm -
4:00 pm
EDT
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The Law Day program is an annual event cosponsored by the American Bar Association and the Law Library of Congress. This virtual Law Day 2025 event "Constitutions, Unity, and the Rule of Law," will explore how law, specifically constitutionalism, has been used to promote unity in nations around the world. Moderating the event will be Dr. Alejandro Ponce from the World Justice Project and…
Thursday
April 24, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
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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.
Thursday
April 24, 2025
10:00 am -
8:00 pm
EDT
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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.
Thursday
April 24, 2025
10:00 am -
8:00 pm
EDT
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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.
Thursday
April 24, 2025
10:00 am -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
In celebration of National Poetry Month in April, the Library of Congress presents a small, curated display devoted to Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning poet Mary Oliver (1935–2019). Oliver had a close affinity with the outdoors from childhood. Her work is deeply rooted in her keen observations of birds and other animals, plants, light, and waterways. During her lifetime, she published more than…
Thursday
April 24, 2025
10:00 am -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Southwest Gallery
This small, curated display celebrates the history of the Thomas Jefferson Building, which opened to the public on November 1, 1897. Designed in an Italian Renaissance style, this building features the works of more than 40 American sculptors and painters. It was also the first building in Washington, D.C., designed with electric lighting. The state-of-the-art facility was built to accommodate the Library of Congress’s…
Thursday
April 24, 2025
10:00 am -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Southeast 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
April 24, 2025
10:00 am -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Southwest Gallery
A new exhibition, “The Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution,” explores the lives and legacies of George Washington and King George III of Britain, adversaries during America’s war for independence. The Library of Congress brings their papers together for the first time to reveal the real men behind the myths. Exhibition opens March 28.
Friday
April 25, 2025
7:30 pm -
9:30 pm
EDT
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Packard Campus Theater
Steve Martin plays a tough private eye who interacts with classic film noir characters while investigating the mysterious death of a noted scientist. Martin and director Carl Reiner previously collaborated on the 1979 classic comedy, “The Jerk.” Black & white, 88 min. (Film)
Friday
April 25, 2025
8:00 pm -
10:00 pm
EDT
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Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
One of the world’s most celebrated pianists, acclaimed for technical mastery and poetic, captivating interpretations, Hélène Grimaud plays late works by Beethoven and Brahms in a beautiful program that ends with the great Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor.
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Event | exhibits and tours
Event | exhibits and tours
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Event | concerts and performances