Events at the Library of Congress

Friday October 11, 2024

Event | film and video screenings

The Birds (Universal Pictures, 1963)
Friday
October 11, 2024
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm EDT Packard Campus Theater Flocks of ferocious birds terrorize a California coastal town in director Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller. Color, 119 min. (Digital)
Event | exhibits and tours

Celebrating 30 Years of the Small Press Expo
Friday
October 11, 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
Friday
October 11, 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
Friday
October 11, 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
Friday
October 11, 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
Friday
October 11, 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
Friday
October 11, 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
Friday
October 11, 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.

Saturday October 12, 2024

Event | exhibits and tours

Celebrating 30 Years of the Small Press Expo
Saturday
October 12, 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
Saturday
October 12, 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
Saturday
October 12, 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
Saturday
October 12, 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
Saturday
October 12, 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
Saturday
October 12, 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.

Monday October 14, 2024

Event | special events

Columbus Day Federal Holiday
Monday
October 14, 2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT All Buildings The Thomas Jefferson Building, including the Great Hall and exhibition spaces, will be open to visitors with timed-entry passes on the federal Columbus Day holiday. All other buildings of the Library will be closed in observance of the federal holiday, including all reading rooms.
Event | exhibits and tours

Celebrating 30 Years of the Small Press Expo
Monday
October 14, 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
Monday
October 14, 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

Experience the Main Reading Room
Monday
October 14, 2024
10:00 am - 4:45 pm 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.
Event | exhibits and tours

Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
Monday
October 14, 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
Monday
October 14, 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
Monday
October 14, 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
Monday
October 14, 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.

Tuesday October 15, 2024

Event | courses and workshops

Hispanic American Business Icons
Tuesday
October 15, 2024
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT Online Only Explore sources that document the extraordinary lives of icon Desi Arnaz, the multifaceted Cuban-born entertainer; Federico José Ronstadt, the illustrious Tucson tycoon; Don Prudencio and Carolina Uanue, who created Goya foods; and Don Vicente Martinez Ybor, the cigar industrialist and founder of Ybor City.
This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com .
Event | exhibits and tours

Celebrating 30 Years of the Small Press Expo
Tuesday
October 15, 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
October 15, 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…