Events at the Library of Congress

Thursday April 18, 2024

Friday April 19, 2024

  • Event | film and video screenings

    Somewhere In Time (Universal, 1981)

    Friday
    April 19, 2024
    7:30 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Packard Campus Theater     This part period-drama, part time-travel fantasy comes from science fiction author Richard Matheson, who adapted the screenplay from his own novel. Filmed primarily on location at the sprawling Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, this romance stars Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, whose love transcends the laws of time. Also featured is a memorable original score based on the music of Rachmaninoff. Color, 103 minutes.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin

    Friday
    April 19, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     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

    Join In: Voluntary Associations in America

    Friday
    April 19, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     South Gallery     This major exhibition examines the longstanding impulse of Americans to join together for common purposes such as fellowship, charity, professional growth, emergency services, societal reform and community building.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Display

    Friday
    April 19, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     This display includes material from the Library’s collections that highlights the work of each of the past Gershwin prize recipients as well as the 2024 recipients, songwriting duo Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

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

    Friday
    April 19, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     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

    Sakura: Icon of Spring

    Friday
    April 19, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     For more than a hundred years, cherry blossoms have signaled the arrival of spring in Washington, DC. They have become symbols of peace and friendship between the United States and Japan. This display, "Sakura: Icon of Spring", features the Library of Congress’s extensive Sakura collections and a new book on the subject.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Thomas Jefferson's Library

    Friday
    April 19, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     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
    April 19, 2024
    10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT
    Add to calendar     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 April 20, 2024

  • Event | courses and workshops

    Meet Meg Medina: Family Office Hours with the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

    Saturday
    April 20, 2024
    10:00 am - 4:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     LJ 119     Meg Medina, 8th National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, invites you to join special one-on-one sessions as part of her Cuéntame! Let’s Talk Books platform.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin

    Saturday
    April 20, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     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

    Join In: Voluntary Associations in America

    Saturday
    April 20, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     South Gallery     This major exhibition examines the longstanding impulse of Americans to join together for common purposes such as fellowship, charity, professional growth, emergency services, societal reform and community building.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Display

    Saturday
    April 20, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     This display includes material from the Library’s collections that highlights the work of each of the past Gershwin prize recipients as well as the 2024 recipients, songwriting duo Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

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

    Saturday
    April 20, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     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...