Events at the Library of Congress

Friday September 29, 2023
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NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award Public Ceremony
Friday
September 29, 2023
5:30 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A) Come join us as we honor the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows and acknowledge the 2020-2022 honorees in a live ceremony in Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress, September 29, 2023, 5:30pm-6:30pm. The NEA National Heritage Fellowships is the nation's highest honor in folk and traditional arts. Each year since 1982, the program recognizes recipients' artistic excellence, lifetime achievement,...
Thursday October 5, 2023
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Live! at the Library
Thursday
October 5, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Great Hall The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
Saturday October 7, 2023
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Meet Meg Medina: Family Office Hours with the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Saturday
October 7, 2023
10:00 am - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E) Young readers and families, 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. -
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Packard Campus Open House
Saturday
October 7, 2023
10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Packard Campus Theater The Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center at the Packard Campus in Culpeper, Virginia, welcomes you to an open house, including film screens and special ticketed tours. Film and music buffs, those fascinated by archives or those just interested in visiting this unique building are encouraged to visit the campus for this special event.
Thursday October 12, 2023
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Live! at the Library
Thursday
October 12, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Great Hall The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
Thursday October 19, 2023
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Live! at the Library
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Event has been canceled
October 19, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT Great Hall Due to special event activity, the building will not otherwise be open for Live! at the Library on Thursday, Oct. 19. Please join us on another Thursday evening.
Saturday October 21, 2023
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Family Mystery Day at the Library of Congress
Saturday
October 21, 2023
10:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Great Hall Can You Solve It?: Family Mystery Day at the Library celebrates mystery stories in all their spine-tingling, curious forms. Enjoy two author events (for middle-grade readers in the morning and young adult book readers in the afternoon), a mystery writing workshop, activities and a scavenger hunt.
Thursday October 26, 2023
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Live! at the Library
Thursday
October 26, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Great Hall The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs. -
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Live! at the Library: Pick Your Poison—Mystery Night
Thursday
October 26, 2023
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Great Hall Pick Your Poison—Mystery Night at the Library of Congress celebrates mystery novels in all their confounding glory. Hear Louise Penny in conversation with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. A panel of mystery writers will discuss the perfect murder. Get lost in a real-life mystery in our scavenger hunt! And guess who did it at Erick Acuña Productions’ improv murder mystery show.
Thursday November 2, 2023
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Live! at the Library
Thursday
November 2, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Great Hall The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs. -
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When a Book Holds Your Memories
Thursday
November 2, 2023
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar LJ 119 To mark the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor, 1932-1933 famine-genocide in Soviet Ukraine, artist Lesia Maruschak will offer a public talk about her ongoing exploration of memory surrounding this historic event, titled Project MARIA; The project has been hailed by the National Holodomor Genocide Museum (Kyiv, Ukraine) as one of the most important visual arts exhibitions addressing the famine-genocide in Soviet Ukraine.
Thursday November 9, 2023
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Live! at the Library
Thursday
November 9, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Great Hall The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
Thursday November 16, 2023
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Live! at the Library
Thursday
November 16, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Great Hall The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
Thursday November 23, 2023
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Thanksgiving Federal Holiday
Thursday
November 23, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Add to calendar All Buildings The Library of Congress will be closed today for the federal holiday.
Thursday November 30, 2023
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Live! at the Library
Thursday
November 30, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Great Hall The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
Thursday December 7, 2023
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Live! at the Library
Thursday
December 7, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Great Hall The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
Thursday December 14, 2023
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Live! at the Library
Thursday
December 14, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Great Hall The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
Thursday December 21, 2023
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Live! at the Library
Thursday
December 21, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Great Hall The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
Thursday December 28, 2023
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Live! at the Library
Thursday
December 28, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Great Hall The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
Saturday August 24, 2024
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2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival
Saturday
August 24, 2024
9:00 am - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar East Salon ABC (Street Level, South Building) Mark your calendars for the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Follow the excitement via our hashtag, #NatBookFest.