Semi-Annual Main Reading Room Open House
Monday
February 18, 2019
10:00 am -
3:00 pm
EST
Twice each year, the Library of Congress opens its magnificent Main Reading Room to share information about how the public can access the Library’s resources year-round. The Main Reading Room will be open to the public on the federal Presidents Day holiday, Monday, Feb. 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Main Reading Room is located on the first floor of the Library’s...
Main Reading Room
Event
| exhibits and tours
Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Monday
February 18, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
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. This important early American map is known to exist in only seven copies. Philanthropist David M. Rubenstein has generously placed his copy of the map at the Library.
Great Hall North Gallery
Event
| exhibits and tours
Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture
Monday
February 18, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
Politicians and entertainers have dominated public life in America for much of the twentieth century. Members of both professions have found their worlds increasingly entangled. The exhibition explores some of these entanglements, focusing on the careers of Bob Hope and other entertainers who were involved in the political climate of their times. Explore artifacts that represent an array of viewpoints on the interplay of...
Bob Hope Gallery of American Entertainment
Event
| exhibits and tours
Thomas Jefferson's Library
Monday
February 18, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
Take a self-guided 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.
Southwest Gallery
Event
| exhibits and tours
Herblock Gallery
Monday
February 18, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
The Herblock Gallery celebrates the work of editorial cartoonist Herbert L. Block—better known as "Herblock"—with an ongoing display of ten original drawings, to change every six months, drawn from the Library's extensive Herbert L. Block Collection.
Graphic Arts Gallery
Event
| exhibits and tours
Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
Monday
February 18, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
Experience the glamour and sophistication of the 1920s and 1930s in this permanent tribute to the brothers 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, personal and business correspondence, photographs, paintings, and drawings, all from the Gershwin Collection in...
George and Ira Gershwin Room
Event
| exhibits and tours
Baseball Americana
Monday
February 18, 2019
8:30 am -
5:00 pm
EST
The major "Baseball Americana" exhibition celebrates baseball as community, including the people, from amateur players to professionals, baseball diamonds from city lots to rural fields, and places across the globe from Mexico to Japan that have embraced the game. “Baseball Americana” will explore baseball’s gritty roots, its changing traditions and the game today.
South Gallery
Event
| exhibits and tours
Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times
Monday
February 18, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
New exhibition, “Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times,” pairs original drawings by editorial cartoonist Herblock with historical and contemporary artists’ prints, drawings and posters that respond to major issues from the 17th century to the present day.
Graphic Arts Gallery
Event
| exhibits and tours
Whittall Open House
Monday
February 18, 2019
10:00 am -
12:00 pm
EST
Periodically, the Library opens the Music Division's Whittall Pavilion for public viewing. A volunteer from the Office of Visitor Engagement is on hand to describe and answer questions about the Whittall's Stradivari string instruments, flute collection and artwork. Visitors are invited to take advantage of these opportunities to experience this beautiful and intimate space.
Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Event
| exhibits and tours
Public Tours of the Thomas Jefferson Building
Monday
February 18, 2019
10:30 am -
11:30 am
EST
11:30 am -
12:30 pm
EST
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
EST
1:30 pm -
2:30 pm
EST
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
EST
3:30 pm -
4:30 pm
EST
Take a free one-hour walking tour of the historic Thomas Jefferson building to learn about its symbolic art and architecture. Volunteer docents tell the story of the Library, America's oldest cultural institution: its history, collections, and services for Congress and the nation.
Ground Floor Information Desk
Event
| exhibits and tours
Presidents' Day Baseball Tour
Monday
February 18, 2019
11:00 am -
12:00 pm
EST
A free docent-led tour of Baseball Americana, meet at the exhibition entrance.
South Gallery
Event
| exhibits and tours
Tour: Baseball Americana
Monday
February 18, 2019
11:00 am -
12:00 pm
EST
A free docent-led tour of Baseball Americana, meet at the exhibition entrance.
South Gallery
Event
| exhibits and tours
visites guidées en français
Monday
February 18, 2019
11:00 am -
12:00 pm
EST
Direction de l’Accueil et des Services aux Visiteurs de la bibliothèque du Congrès propose des visites guidées en français de l’édifice Thomas Jefferson.
Ground Floor Information Desk
Event
| exhibits and tours
Tour: Exploring the Early Americas Exhibition
Monday
February 18, 2019
11:30 am -
12:00 pm
EST
This tour examines indigenous cultures, the drama of the encounters between Maya, Aztec, and Inca cultures and European explorers and settlers, and the changes caused by the meeting of the two worlds. It features selections from the Jay I. Kislak Collection as well as the Waldseemüller Maps, created in 1507 and 1516.
Northwest Gallery
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
Renaud Capuçon and Guillaume Bellom
Tuesday
February 19, 2019
6:30 pm -
7:00 pm
EST
Pre-concert conversation with Renaud Capuçon, violin and Guillaume Bellom, piano.
Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Event
| concerts and performances
Renaud Capuçon, violin and Guillaume Bellom, piano
Tuesday
February 19, 2019
8:00 pm -
9:00 pm
EST
A sought-after soloist for major orchestra engagements around the globe, Renaud Capuçon is a violinist of “panache, sensitivity and sizzling virtuosity” (Chicago Tribune).
Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
Event
| exhibits and tours
Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Tuesday
February 19, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
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. This important early American map is known to exist in only seven copies. Philanthropist David M. Rubenstein has generously placed his copy of the map at the Library.
Great Hall North Gallery
Event
| exhibits and tours
Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture
Tuesday
February 19, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
Politicians and entertainers have dominated public life in America for much of the twentieth century. Members of both professions have found their worlds increasingly entangled. The exhibition explores some of these entanglements, focusing on the careers of Bob Hope and other entertainers who were involved in the political climate of their times. Explore artifacts that represent an array of viewpoints on the interplay of...
Bob Hope Gallery of American Entertainment
Event
| exhibits and tours
Thomas Jefferson's Library
Tuesday
February 19, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
Take a self-guided 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.
Southwest Gallery
Event
| exhibits and tours
Herblock Gallery
Tuesday
February 19, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
The Herblock Gallery celebrates the work of editorial cartoonist Herbert L. Block—better known as "Herblock"—with an ongoing display of ten original drawings, to change every six months, drawn from the Library's extensive Herbert L. Block Collection.
Graphic Arts Gallery
Event
| exhibits and tours
Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
Tuesday
February 19, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
Experience the glamour and sophistication of the 1920s and 1930s in this permanent tribute to the brothers 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, personal and business correspondence, photographs, paintings, and drawings, all from the Gershwin Collection in...
George and Ira Gershwin Room
Event
| exhibits and tours
Baseball Americana
Tuesday
February 19, 2019
8:30 am -
5:00 pm
EST
The major "Baseball Americana" exhibition celebrates baseball as community, including the people, from amateur players to professionals, baseball diamonds from city lots to rural fields, and places across the globe from Mexico to Japan that have embraced the game. “Baseball Americana” will explore baseball’s gritty roots, its changing traditions and the game today.
South Gallery
Event
| exhibits and tours
Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times
Tuesday
February 19, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
New exhibition, “Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times,” pairs original drawings by editorial cartoonist Herblock with historical and contemporary artists’ prints, drawings and posters that respond to major issues from the 17th century to the present day.
Graphic Arts Gallery
Event
| exhibits and tours
Public Tours of the Thomas Jefferson Building
Tuesday
February 19, 2019
10:30 am -
11:30 am
EST
11:30 am -
12:30 pm
EST
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
EST
1:30 pm -
2:30 pm
EST
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
EST
3:30 pm -
4:30 pm
EST
Take a free one-hour walking tour of the historic Thomas Jefferson building to learn about its symbolic art and architecture. Volunteer docents tell the story of the Library, America's oldest cultural institution: its history, collections, and services for Congress and the nation.
Ground Floor Information Desk
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Event
| exhibits and tours
Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Wednesday
February 20, 2019
8:30 am -
4:30 pm
EST
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. This important early American map is known to exist in only seven copies. Philanthropist David M. Rubenstein has generously placed his copy of the map at the Library.
Great Hall North Gallery