Events at the Library of Congress
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Event | special eventsMain Reading Room Holiday Opening
Monday
May 30, 2022
10:00 am - 4:30 pm EDT Main Reading Room For the federal Memorial Day holiday, the Library will open to the public, including a rare opportunity to walk through our magnificent Main Reading Room. -
Event | exhibits and toursHere to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
Monday
May 30, 2022
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"Not an Ostrich" and Other Images from America's Library
Monday
May 30, 2022
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 toursThomas Jefferson's Library
Monday
May 30, 2022
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.