Event Special Events Live! at the Library: A Night at the Adams: 85th Anniversary Celebration
Date and Location
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When: Thursday, April 18, 2024
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
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Where: John Adams Building - John Adams Building
120 2nd Street SE, Washington, DC 20002
Part of Live at the Library
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Come celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Art Deco and Beaux-Arts inspired John Adams Building, now the home of the Science and Business Reading Room! The Library of Congress Adams Building first opened to the public in April 1939. Explore the building and reading room with tours from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. during Live at the Library!
In celebration of the 85th anniversary of the reading room and building. Enjoy a display at the Adams building of material highlighting the 1939 World's Fair and items from the period the building opened and how those technologies have evolved. Visitors are invited to explore the architecture and history of this award-winning building through a display available in the Jefferson Reading Room.