Events at the Library of Congress

Saturday September 14, 2024

Tuesday September 17, 2024

  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Celebrating 30 Years of the Small Press Expo

    Tuesday
    September 17, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     This small, curated display highlights material from the annual SPX comics and graphic arts festival.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress

    Tuesday
    September 17, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT     Northwest Gallery     The Library of Congress preserves collective memories representing entire societies as well as intimate records of important moments and rites of passage in individual lives. The inaugural exhibition in the David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery draws from the Library’s rich Americana and international holdings in more than 450 languages and in forms created across time and continents. "Collecting Memories" marks the ways and the…
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin

    Tuesday
    September 17, 2024
    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

    Hispanic Heritage: Oscar Hijuelos

    Tuesday
    September 17, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     This small, curated display features a variety of materials from the Library’s newly acquired personal papers collection of the New York based Cubano author Oscar Hijuelos (1951–2013).
  • Event | exhibits and tours

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

    Tuesday
    September 17, 2024
    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 tours

    Thomas Jefferson's Library

    Tuesday
    September 17, 2024
    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.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Experience the Main Reading Room

    Tuesday
    September 17, 2024
    10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT     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.

Wednesday September 18, 2024

  • Event | lectures and symposia

    Congress.gov Public Forum

    Wednesday
    September 18, 2024
    1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT     Mumford Room (LM-649)     Join us in person for our annual Congress.gov Public Forum, scheduled for September 18th from 1 – 4 p.m. ET. The Library will provide an update on Congress.gov enhancements and the public and Congressional users will have the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback on the site.
    This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com External.
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    Event | special events

    NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award Public Ceremony

    Wednesday
    September 18, 2024
    5:30 pm - 6:45 pm EDT     Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)     Come honor the 2024 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows in a live ceremony in Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress, September 18, 2024, 5:30pm-6:45pm. The NEA National Heritage Fellowships is the nation's highest honor in folk and traditional arts. Since 1982, the program recognizes recipients' artistic excellence, lifetime achievement, and contributions to our nation's traditional arts heritage. The ceremony is…
    This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External.
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    Event | exhibits and tours

    Celebrating 30 Years of the Small Press Expo

    Wednesday
    September 18, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     This small, curated display highlights material from the annual SPX comics and graphic arts festival.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress

    Wednesday
    September 18, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT     Northwest Gallery     The Library of Congress preserves collective memories representing entire societies as well as intimate records of important moments and rites of passage in individual lives. The inaugural exhibition in the David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery draws from the Library’s rich Americana and international holdings in more than 450 languages and in forms created across time and continents. "Collecting Memories" marks the ways and the…
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin

    Wednesday
    September 18, 2024
    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

    Hispanic Heritage: Oscar Hijuelos

    Wednesday
    September 18, 2024
    10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT     Great Hall - 2nd Floor (LJ-200-E)     This small, curated display features a variety of materials from the Library’s newly acquired personal papers collection of the New York based Cubano author Oscar Hijuelos (1951–2013).
  • Event | exhibits and tours

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

    Wednesday
    September 18, 2024
    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 tours

    Thomas Jefferson's Library

    Wednesday
    September 18, 2024
    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.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Experience the Main Reading Room

    Wednesday
    September 18, 2024
    10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT     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.

Thursday September 19, 2024