Events at the Library of Congress

Monday, October 21, 2019

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

  • Event | courses and workshops
    Orientation to Law Library Collections Tuesday
    October 22, 2019
    10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT
    Add to calendar     The Orientation to Law Library Collections class is designed to give attendees an introduction to the Law Library of Congress collections (print and online) and services. As the largest law library in the world, with resources covering U.S. federal and state laws and foreign legal materials, techniques for locating the items will be explained. Reference services and research reports and guides will be explored. Law Library Media Center
  • Event | courses and workshops
    Research Orientation: Serial & Government Publications Division Tuesday
    October 22, 2019
    10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Designed as a basic introduction for researchers and staff. Tour the reading room and learn about our favorite databases. This course is taught by our reference specialists and is designed as a basic introduction for researchers using the Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room's collections and resources. Each hour-long session includes a tour of the N&CPR Reading Room, procedures on how to locate and... Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Evan Thomas on First: Sandra Day O'Connor Tuesday
    October 22, 2019
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Assistant Deputy Librarian Colleen Shogan will interview author Evan Thomas on his recent biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court. LJ-119
  • Event | exhibits and tours
    Exploring the Early Americas Exhibition Tuesday
    October 22, 2019
    8:30 am - 4:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Exploring the Early Americas features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress. Northwest Gallery
  • Event | exhibits and tours
    Herblock Gallery Tuesday
    October 22, 2019
    8:30 am - 4:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     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
    October 22, 2019
    8:30 am - 4:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     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
    Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture Tuesday
    October 22, 2019
    8:30 am - 4:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     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
    Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood Tuesday
    October 22, 2019
    8:30 am - 4:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     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
    "Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote" Tuesday
    October 22, 2019
    8:30 am - 4:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Handwritten letters, speeches, photographs and scrapbooks, created by American suffragists who persisted for more than 70 years to win voting rights for women, will be featured in a new exhibition at the Library of Congress. Southwest Gallery
  • Event | exhibits and tours
    Thomas Jefferson's Library Tuesday
    October 22, 2019
    8:30 am - 4:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     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
    visites guidées en français Tuesday
    October 22, 2019
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     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 Visitor Assembly Area
  • Event | exhibits and tours
    visitas guiadas en español Tuesday
    October 22, 2019
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Centro para Visitantes de la Biblioteca del Congreso ofrecerá visitas guiadas en español del edificio Thomas Jefferson. Visitor Assembly Area
  • Event | exhibits and tours
    Public Tours of the Thomas Jefferson Building Tuesday
    October 22, 2019
    10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT
    11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
    1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
    2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
    3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     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, October 23, 2019