Events at the Library of Congress

Thursday October 3, 2024

Friday October 4, 2024

  • Event | lectures and symposia

    Center Court: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the Supreme Court

    Friday
    October 4, 2024
    5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EDT     Online Only     A panel of distinguished legal experts will discuss Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, from varying perspectives, from clerking for the justice to arguing in front of her.
    This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External.
  •
    Event | film and video screenings

    The Mummy (Universal Pictures, 1999)

    Friday
    October 4, 2024
    7:30 pm - 10:00 pm EDT     Packard Campus Theater     Brendan Fraser is a raider of the lost sarcophagus in this high-tech, effects-filled remake of the 1932 Universal Pictures horror classic. Color, 124 min. (Film)
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Celebrating 30 Years of the Small Press Expo

    Friday
    October 4, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     This small, curated display highlights material from the annual SPX comics and graphic arts festival.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress

    Friday
    October 4, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT     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. "Collecting Memories" marks the ways and the…
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin

    Friday
    October 4, 2024
    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 tours

    Hispanic Heritage: Oscar Hijuelos

    Friday
    October 4, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     This small, curated display features a variety of materials from the Library’s newly acquired personal papers collection of the New York based Cubano author Oscar Hijuelos (1951–2013).
  • Event | exhibits and tours

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

    Friday
    October 4, 2024
    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 tours

    Thomas Jefferson's Library

    Friday
    October 4, 2024
    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.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Experience the Main Reading Room

    Friday
    October 4, 2024
    10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT     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 October 5, 2024

  • Event | film and video screenings

    Mighty Joe Young (RKO, 1949)

    Saturday
    October 5, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT     Packard Campus Theater     Hollywood showmen attempt to exploit a giant African gorilla raised by an orphan girl. Black & white, 94 min. (Film)
  • Event | film and video screenings

    Invasion of Astro-Monster (Toho, 1965)

    Saturday
    October 5, 2024
    7:30 pm - 10:00 pm EDT     Packard Campus Theater     Alien beings from the mysterious “Planet X” unleash Godzilla, Rodan, and King Ghidorah as part of a devious plan to invade Earth. Color, 94 min. (Digital)
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Celebrating 30 Years of the Small Press Expo

    Saturday
    October 5, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     This small, curated display highlights material from the annual SPX comics and graphic arts festival.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress

    Saturday
    October 5, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT     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. "Collecting Memories" marks the ways and the…
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin

    Saturday
    October 5, 2024
    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 tours

    Hispanic Heritage: Oscar Hijuelos

    Saturday
    October 5, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     This small, curated display features a variety of materials from the Library’s newly acquired personal papers collection of the New York based Cubano author Oscar Hijuelos (1951–2013).
  • Event | exhibits and tours

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

    Saturday
    October 5, 2024
    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 tours

    Thomas Jefferson's Library

    Saturday
    October 5, 2024
    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.