Key | Imgs | Short Description |
2016_AL_BHam_LHR_Lib | 37 | AL -- Birmingham -- Linn-Henley Research Library |
2009_CA_LA_Library | 26 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Richard Riordan Central Library |
2015_CA_Redlands_SmileyL | 74 | CA -- Redlands -- A.K. Smiley Public Library |
2010_CA_SB_Library | 54 | CA -- San Bernardino -- Main Library |
2010_CA_Literacy_100731 | 136 | CA -- San Bernardino -- Main Library -- Campaign for Literacy Event |
2010_CA_SBBook_100731 | 76 | CA -- San Bernardino -- Main Library -- Library Book Event |
2012_CA_SD_Library | 12 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library |
2015_CA_SD_Library | 53 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library |
2016_CA_SD_Library | 25 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library |
2017_CA_SD_Library | 9 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library |
2018_CA_SD_Library | 39 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library |
2019_CA_SD_LIbrary | 1 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library |
2022_CA_SD_Library | 37 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library |
2018_CA_SD_Library_Extreme | 28 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes Art Exhibit: A Method for Reaching Extreme Altitudes
On exhibit through September 16, 2018
Featuring the work of eight San Diego artists exploring space art ranging from scientific to science fiction and otherworldly curiosities. Artists Adam Belt, Matthew Bradley, Sheena Rae Dowling, Andrew... |
2015_CA_SD_Library_CCArt | 144 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: Art of Comic-Con There are a lot of duplicates here because I noticed a few times that I had the wrong camera settings and swept through all of the items for a second or third time. I'll resolve that at some point. |
2019_CA_SD_Library_Crafting | 40 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: Crafting Opportunity Crafting Opportunity: Mid-Century Work from the Collection of Mingei International Museum
On View May 11 - Jul 28, 2019
Curated By Barbara Hanson Forsyth
Crafting Opportunity, an exhibition of ceramics, furniture, fashion, fiber art, jewelry, and metalwork, explores the robust artistic output that... |
2022_CA_SD_Library_Echoes | 42 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: Echoes of Africa Echoes of Africa Exhibition
Jun-Aug 2022
Echoes of Africa celebrates classical and contemporary artistic traditions by African and African American artists. This two-part exhibition features African artifacts from San Diego Mesa College's World Cultures Art collection coupled with artworks produced by... |
2015_CA_SD_Library_CCTie | 18 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: San Diego Comic-Con Tie-In These were some of the comic-book-related items that were part of the library's government documents collection. |
2016_CA_SD_Library_CCTie | 61 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: San Diego Comic-Con Tie-In These were some of the comic-book-related items that were part of the library's government documents collection. |
2017_CA_SD_Library_CCTie | 31 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: San Diego Comic-Con Tie-In |
2018_CA_SD_Library_CCTie | 18 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: San Diego Comic-Con Tie-In |
2019_CA_SD_Library_CCTie | 27 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: San Diego Comic-Con Tie-In |
2022_CA_SD_Library_CCTie | 66 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: San Diego Comic-Con Tie-In |
2019_CA_SD_Library_Libris | 58 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: The Art of Ex Libris |
2017_CA_SD_Library_Steroids | 59 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: Weather on Steroids Weather on Steroids: the Art of Climate Change Science
San Diego Central Library Gallery
June 10 - Sept. 3, 2017
Weather on Steroids: the Art of Climate Change Science merges the artistic and the scientific for a visual dialogue about climate change, the effect of variable weather on local... |
2019_CA_SD_Library_Raina_190716 | 14 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Raina Telgemeier Appearance Bestselling Graphic Novelist Raina Telgemeier
Raina Telgemeier, the author and illustrator of several New York Times bestsellers, including Smile, Drama, Sisters, and Ghosts is making an exclusive free and public appearance before Comic-Con at your San Diego Public Library in the Neil Morgan... |
2016_CA_SD_Library_Rare | 22 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Rare Books Collection |
2018_CA_SD_Library_Rare | 51 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Rare Books Collection |
2015_CA_SD_LibraryV | 40 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Views from... |
2016_CA_SD_LibraryV | 24 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Views from... |
2017_CA_SD_LibraryV | 22 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Views from... |
2018_CA_SD_LibraryV | 9 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Views from... |
2019_CA_SD_LibraryV | 8 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Views from... |
2022_CA_SD_LibraryV | 6 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Views from... |
2011_CA_Reagan_AF1 | 69 | CA -- Simi Valley -- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum -- Air Force One hangar |
2011_CA_Reagan_Lib | 236 | CA -- Simi Valley -- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum -- Inside |
2011_CA_Reagan_Outside | 56 | CA -- Simi Valley -- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum -- Outside Areas |
2013_CA_Nixon_Lib | 277 | CA -- Yorba Linda -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace |
2010_CA_Nixon_BP | 27 | CA -- Yorba Linda -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace -- Birthplace |
2013_CA_Nixon_BP | 39 | CA -- Yorba Linda -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace -- Birthplace |
2010_CA_Nixon_Lib | 150 | CA -- Yorba Linda -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace -- Library |
2013_CA_Nixon_Lib_Cent | 121 | CA -- Yorba Linda -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace -- RN Centennial Centennial Exhibit Officially Opens at the Nixon Library
February 18, 2013 By Joe Lopez
The Nixon Centennial Exhibit, Patriot. President. Peacemaker, officially opened at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library Friday, February 15 before former White House officials, and friends and admirers of... |
2013_CA_Nixon_Lib_WG | 140 | CA -- Yorba Linda -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace -- Watergate This section was a complete replacement since my last visit. The National Archives had taken over the library and had issues with the accuracy of some of the displays. The Watergate section of the original library was pretty much a total fabrication before the Archives took over and replaced the whole... |
2023_DC_Carnegie_Lib_HF | 27 | Carnegie Library of Washington, DC -- Hall of Fame Stars |
2006_CO_Denver_Library | 5 | CO -- Denver Public Library |
2006_CO_Denver_LibView | 3 | CO -- Denver Public Library -- Views of Denver |
2011_DC_Tenley_Lib | 4 | DC -- AU Park -- Tenley Friendship Neighborhood Library (4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW) |
2020_DC_Tenley_Lib | 7 | DC -- AU Park -- Tenley Friendship Neighborhood Library (4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW) I always find this building interesting on the outside. Some day I have to go inside and check it out. |
2021_DC_Tenley_Lib | 14 | DC -- AU Park -- Tenley Friendship Neighborhood Library (4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW) |
2004_DC_Folger | 11 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) |
2006_DC_Folger | 10 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) |
2007_DC_Folger | 112 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) |
2009_DC_Folger | 112 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) |
2011_DC_Folger | 82 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) |
2014_DC_Folger | 175 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) |
2015_DC_Folger | 2 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) |
2018_DC_Folger | 4 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) They're doing maintenance work on the outside. |
2019_DC_Folger | 1 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) |
2021_DC_Folger | 38 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) |
2023_DC_Folger | 24 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) The Folger will reopen in September 2023. |
2017_DC_Chevy_Chase_CC | 3 | DC -- Chevy Chase Community Center/Library |
2020_DC_Chevy_Chase_CC | 13 | DC -- Chevy Chase Community Center/Library |
2020_DC_Cleveland_Pk_Lib | 23 | DC -- Cleveland Park Library Closed due to Covid-19 but it looked like a nice place to come back to. Plus it has a G. Byron Peck pandamania and a mural outside. |
2021_DC_Cleveland_Pk_Lib | 31 | DC -- Cleveland Park Library |
2023_DC_Cleveland_Pk_Lib | 26 | DC -- Cleveland Park Library |
2023_DC_Bomb_230123 | 95 | DC -- Cleveland Park Library -- Event: Steve Sheinkin & Nick Bertozzi ("Bomb Graphic Novel: The Race to Build - And Steal - The World's Most Dangerous Weapon") Steve Sheinkin & Nick Bertozzi -- Bomb Graphic Novel: The Race to Build - And Steal - The World's Most Dangerous Weapon -- In Partnership with DCPL at Cleveland Park Library
Politics and Prose is delighted to partner with DC Public Library to present Bomb Graphic Novel by Steve Sheinkin and Nick... |
2019_DC_Daily_DJT_Twitter_190614 | 226 | DC -- Daily Show's Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library @ The Showroom The Daily Show's award-winning Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library is coming to Washington, D.C. for one weekend only, June 14-16, after drawing huge crowds in Austin, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York City.
The pop-up exhibit showcases and analyzes the finest works from... |
2016_DC_Deanwood_Lib | 14 | DC -- Deanwood Library and Community Center |
2018_DC_Blechman_181103 | 43 | DC -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Event: An Afternoon with R. O. Blechman An Afternoon with R. O. Blechman
The creator of what are now considered by many to be the earliest graphic novels, R. O. Blechman, will discuss his first work, The Juggler of Our Lady. This cartoon retelling of the medieval legend was first published in 1953 and later adapted into an award-winning... |
2018_DC_DumbartonO_Jug | 33 | DC -- Dumbarton Oaks Museum -- Exhibit: Juggling the Middle Ages Juggling the Middle Ages
October 16, 2018–February 28, 2019
See how one tale has transformed over time, captivating medieval and modern audiences alike with its enduring messages. Art is miraculous!
A humble juggler-turned-monk struggles to think of a gift worthy of the Virgin Mary, before delivering... |
2017_DC_Folger_Oxford | 103 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: 500 Years of Treasures from Oxford 500 Years of Treasures from Oxford
Feb 4 - April 30, 2017
Founded 500 years ago in 1517, Corpus Christi College, one of the oldest of the 38 self-governing colleges at the modern University of Oxford, is a repository of extraordinary treasures, few of which have ever been seen by the public. To mark... |
2019_DC_Folger_Monument | 142 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: A Monument to Shakespeare A Monument to Shakespeare
Apr 13, 2019 – Jan 05, 2020
Henry Clay Folger and his wife Emily wanted to create a monument to Shakespeare in the U.S. capital. This would be their gift to the American people, an architectural presence on Capitol Hill, and an anchor to the nation’s cultural mile. This... |
2016_DC_Folger_Americas | 128 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: America's Shakespeare America's Shakespeare
Apr 07 – Jul 24, 2016
What makes the words, ideas, and characters of William Shakespeare—an Englishman—so central to American life and thought?
Through a fascinating selection of rare letters, costumes, books, and more, America's Shakespeare reveals how Americans have made... |
2018_DC_Folger_Beyond | 30 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: Beyond Words: Book Illustration in the Age of Shakespeare Beyond Words: Book Illustration in the Age of Shakespeare
Feb 24 – Jun 03, 2018
The Folger exhibition Beyond Words: Book Illustration in the Age of Shakespeare shows how images in early modern books are as full of meaning as the text they illustrate. Explore portraits, views of daily life, maps, and... |
2018_DC_Folger_Churchill | 79 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: Churchill's Shakespeare Churchill's Shakespeare
Oct 06, 2018 – Jan 06, 2019
Mon–Sat: 10am–5pm | Sun: noon–5pm
A towering leader during World War II, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was also a lifelong admirer of Shakespeare. Compelling materials from Cambridge’s Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill’s home Chartwell, and... |
2015_DC_Folger_Decoding | 22 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: Decoding the Renaissance Decoding the Renaissance
500 Years of Codes and Ciphers
November 11, 2014–February 26, 2015
The Renaissance was the first great age of mass communication, but it was also the period when the art of secret writing came into its own. The new science of codes and ciphers produced some of the period’s... |
2017_DC_Folger_1stFolio | 44 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: First Folio! Shakespeare's American Tour First Folio! Shakespeare's American Tour
Nov 19, 2016 – Jan 22, 2017
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the Folger Shakespeare Library sent First Folios to all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC. This exhibition celebrates their return to the Folger, and is the largest... |
2017_DC_Folger_Painting | 42 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: Painting Shakespeare Painting Shakespeare
May 13, 2017 – Feb 11, 2018
Discover the paintings collection at the Folger—its stories, its glories, and Shakespeare’s power to inspire visual artists. From humble oil sketches to international masterpieces, this exhibition presents a sometimes surprising, and always... |
2014_DC_Folger_Thing | 97 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: Shakespeare's the Thing Shakespeare's the Thing
January 28 - June 15, 2014
Kick off William Shakespeare's 450th birthday year with this wide-ranging, often unexpected display drawn from our unequalled Shakespeare holdings.
From Russian and Czech translations to a musical score by Felix Mendelssohn, from centuries-old... |
2016_DC_Folger_Will_Jane | 168 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: Will & Jane: Shakespeare, Austen, and the Cult of Celebrity Will & Jane: Shakespeare, Austen, and the Cult of Celebrity
Aug 06 – Nov 06, 2016
Will & Jane: Shakespeare, Austen, and the Cult of Celebrity will take a close look at these two celebrated authors’ literary afterlives—and find some surprising parallels. For both, adaptations and parodies in different... |
2007_DC_FolgerOH_070429 | 89 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library Open House Enjoy jugglers and jesters, music, song and dance, stage combat workshops, and more. It’s the one day of the year when the Folger Reading Room is open to all—plus, birthday cake for everyone!
A cake-cutting ceremony in honor of Shakespeare presided over by Queen Elizabeth I at 3:30pm on the front... |
2009_DC_FolgerOH_090426 | 110 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library Open House Enjoy jugglers and jesters, music, song and dance, stage combat workshops, and more. It’s the one day of the year when the Folger reading rooms are open to all—plus, birthday cake for everyone!
This year, Elizabethan Fashion is a special focus of the Birthday. We'll explore clothing worn in... |
2011_DC_FolgerOH_110417 | 65 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library Open House Free for All
Folger Events: Shakespeare's Birthday
It's April, the month we welcome spring at the Folger and celebrate Shakespeare. Enjoy music, games, spontaneous Shakespeare performances on the Folger stage, and more during our annual Birthday Open House ! Plus, get a special preview of the... |
2014_DC_FolgerOH_140406 | 25 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library Open House Various pictures including some of Stephen H. Grant's talk about the Folgers. |
2023_DC_DumbartonO_BO | 30 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Bliss and Orientation Galleries Bliss and Orientation Galleries
A small space located immediately to the right of the Museum lobby, the Bliss Gallery is used for small-scale, rotating exhibitions related to the founders of Dumbarton Oaks, Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss. Selected artworks highlight themes relevant to the collections... |
2018_DC_DumbartonO_BC | 1 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Byzantine Collection |
2023_DC_DumbartonO_BC | 180 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Byzantine Collection Byzantine Collection
The Byzantine Collection, which encompasses the imperial, ecclesiastical, and secular realms, is one of the finest collections of portable, sumptuous objects in the world. Selected objects are on display in the Byzantine Gallery and Courtyard Gallery.
The Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine... |
2023_DC_DumbartonO_C | 21 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Exhibit: Contemporaries: Twentieth-Century Painting at Dumbarton Oaks Contemporaries: Twentieth-Century Painting at Dumbarton Oaks
May 9–December 3, 2023 | The exhibition provides a cross-sectional view of the House Collection through a chronological lens, in order to illustrate how objects from across the collection relate to one another, how the narratives of... |
2006_DC_DumbartonO_G | 62 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Gardens |
2023_DC_DumbartonO_L | 32 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Library Exhibit: Garden and Nature in the Medieval World Garden and Nature in the Medieval World
February 13–July 2023 | Snapshots of medieval gardens in a global comparative framework and medieval peoples’ relationship to gardens and nature through their art.
This exhibition presents snapshots of medieval gardens in a global comparative framework,... |
2023_DC_DumbartonO_MR | 49 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Music Room Music Room
European paintings, sculptures, tapestries, and antique furnishings from the House Collection are displayed in the Music Room. Framed by two sixteenth-century Italian Verona marble arches and a sixteenth-century French chimneypiece, the room is essentially Renaissance in character. Artworks... |
2018_DC_DumbartonO_PC | 15 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Pre-Columbian Gallery |
2023_DC_DumbartonO_PC | 194 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Pre-Columbian Gallery Pre-Columbian Gallery
Objects from the Pre-Columbian Collection are on display in the Pre-Columbian Gallery, which opened to the public in 1963. This building is comprised of eight circular domed galleries, with an open-air fountain at the center, all set within a perfect square. Composed of curving... |
2023_DC_DumbartonO_T | 15 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Textile Gallery: Clothing for the Afterlife Textile Gallery
The Textile Gallery features changing exhibitions of Andean and Byzantine textiles. Garments, hangings, and other light-sensitive objects illustrate weaving styles, iconographic elements, and the use and function of cloth in early societies. The Gallery’s floor bears a Byzantine mosaic... |
1997_DC_DumbartonO | 3 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd St NW) |
2011_DC_DumbartonO | 1 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd St NW) The gardens at Dumbarton Oats don't open until 2pm on Sundays. There was quite a line to get in at opening time. |
2013_DC_DumbartonO | 5 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd St NW) Some shots from the street. |
2018_DC_DumbartonO | 1 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd St NW) |
2023_DC_DumbartonO | 21 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd St NW) |
2009_DC_GeorgetownL | 2 | DC -- Georgetown -- Library They're still saying this library is going to reopen in 2010. |
2015_DC_GeorgetownL | 31 | DC -- Georgetown -- Library Including a visit to the Peabody Room. |
2016_DC_Howard_NTHP_160229 | 119 | DC -- Howard University -- Event: National Trust for Historic Preservation announcement about Founders Library We'd like to invite you, as a member and supporter from the Washington, D.C. area, to join us at Howard University’s Founders Library for a special announcement about the historic site on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 at 2 p.m.
From the grand reading rooms to its iconic clock tower, The Founders Library has... |
2016_DC_Howard_Founders | 84 | DC -- Howard University -- Founders Library Including exhibit cases and a backstage tour by Clifford Muse, Jr., Associate Director/University Archivist for the Moorland Spingarn Research Center. |
2017_DC_JB_Bench_170626 | 117 | DC -- Julian Bond bench dedication @ Chevy Chase Community Center A bench was dedicated to Julian Bond in front o the Chevy Chase Community Center. Speakers at the event:
* Randy Speck, Chair, ANC 3/4G
* Honorable Mayor Muriel Bowser
* Honorable Councilmember Mary Cheh
* Honorable Councilmember Brandon Todd
* Pam Horowitz (Julian Bond's widow)
Folks also... |
2020_DC_LOC_15th | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): 15th Amendment |
2020_DC_LOC_Botanic | 32 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): 200th Anniversary of the U.S. Botanic Garden |
2022_DC_LOC_125th | 18 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): A National Treasure: 125th Anniversary of the Thomas Jefferson Building A National Treasure: 125th Anniversary of the Thomas Jefferson Building
This small, curated display tells the story of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, including the early planning and design of the building, initiated and guided by Librarian of Congress Ainsworth Spofford’s vision of the... |
2015_DC_LOC_Apostles | 29 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Apostle's Edition of Saint John's Bible The Apostle's Edition of the Saint John's Bible:
For the new millennium, Saint John's University and Abbey in Minnesota commissioned an illuminated, handwritten Bible, the first of its kind since Gutenberg printed the Bible in 1454.
This contemporary Bible is at once old and new: a masterpiece of the... |
2017_DC_LOC_JMW | 37 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Art of Etching: Masterpieces by James McNeill Whistler |
2018_DC_LOC_16thSt | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing |
2016_DC_LOC_Diff_Shapes | 18 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Books in Different Shapes Books with Different Shapes
Many special format books are used as a learning tool in diverse countries and languages, such as the Japanese cloth book on display, Good Morning. "Pop-up" books are usually three-dimensional or movable books, first created in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.... |
2023_DC_LOC_Shaped | 5 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Books That Shaped America pop-up |
2020_DC_LOC_Boston_Massacre | 14 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Boston Massacre 250th |
2005_DC_LOC_BFG | 3 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Bound for Glory: America in Color Bound for Glory: America in Color
September 8–January 21, 2006
Bound for Glory: America in Color is the first major exhibition of the little known color images taken by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (FSA/OWI). Comprised of seventy digital prints made from... |
2022_DC_LOC_Brazil | 30 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Brazilian Bicentennial Brazilian Bicentennial
Explore the story of Brazilian Independence through the lens of the history of printing and publishing. During its time as a colony, printing was completely forbidden in Brazil, with any and all texts on Brazil coming from outside of the colony. While laws and decrees emanated... |
2017_DC_LOC_BFG_WWI | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): British, French, German Artists View the First World War |
2018_DC_LOC_Rudolph | 18 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Century of Architect Paul M. Rudolph |
2018_DC_LOC_Comics | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Comics Yesterday / Comics Today |
2023_DC_LOC_Construction | 13 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Construction of the National Library |
2024_02_08E2_LOC_Construction | 15 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Construction of the National Library |
2017_DC_LOC_Cooking | 25 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Cooking... |
2023_DC_LOC_Creating | 10 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Creating the United States |
2023_12_14B3_LOC_Home_Rule | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): DC Home Rule at Fifty |
2019_DC_LOC_DofI | 13 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Declaration of Independence News |
2022_DC_LOC_Ike | 32 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Essence of Leadership Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Essence of Leadership
Dwight David Eisenhower was a heralded military commander who strove for peace as a two-term U.S. president. His strong leadership ethos guided him throughout his career and was the critical factor in helping him surmount challenges when his career... |
2015_DC_LOC_Engaging | 22 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Engaging Nature Engaging Nature:
Expeditions headed by topographical engineer and future politician John C. Fremont (1813-1890) in the 1840s helped open the American Far West to pioneer new residents. Laborers of many nationalities went seeking work. Investors sought wealth through railroads and natural resources,... |
2015_DC_LOC_Veterans | 19 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Faces of the Veterans History Project |
2017_DC_LOC_Feminist | 27 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Feminist Music |
2017_DC_LOC_CivilLib | 39 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Fight for Civil Liberties During World War I |
2018_DC_LOC_Douglass | 31 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Frederick Douglass Bicentennial February 2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, touted by Abraham Lincoln as "the most meritous man in the United States." After escaping from slavery, Douglass risked his freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer and writer. In 1847 he founded the North Star,... |
2024_02_08E1_LOC_Rhapsody | 15 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue |
2022_DC_LOC_GershwinP | 24 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Gershwin Prize |
2018_DC_LOC_Wonderful | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): It's a Wonderful Life |
2017_DC_LOC_JFK | 33 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): JFK Manuscripts |
2015_DC_LOC_JrFellows | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Junior Fellows Program A variety of exhibit cases from the Junior Fellows Program |
2018_DC_LOC_L2L | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Letter to Lyrics (Hamilton) |
2019_DC_LOC_Little_Women | 24 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Little Women |
2017_DC_LOC_Luther | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Martin Luther |
2018_DC_LOC_Frankenstein | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Mary Shelley's Frankenstein |
2019_DC_LOC_NAACP | 13 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): NAACP The Fight for Freedom |
2022_DC_LOC_Olmsted | 59 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Olmsted Bicentennial Olmsted Bicentennial: A Library of Congress Exhibition
Hosted by The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
March 15 – June 4, 2022
Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, Great Hall, East and West galleries
The Olmsted Bicentennial exhibit at the Library of Congress highlights... |
2016_DC_LOC_Parks | 29 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Parks Three cases of park history. |
2016_DC_LOC_Poet_Laureate | 19 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Poetry on High: 80 Years of Poets Laureate Poetry on High: 80 Years of Poets Laureate
The US Poet Laureate serves as the nation's official lightning rod for the poetic impulse of Americans. During his or her term, the Poet Laureate seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.
The... |
2016_DC_LOC_Elections | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Presidential Elections Through the Years |
2015_DC_LOC_Parks | 30 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Rosa Parks |
2014_DC_LOC_Shakespeare | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Shakespeare's 450th Happy 450th Birthday William Shakespeare (1564-2014)!
To celebrate, select items from the Library of Congress's diverse collections show just a few of the ways artists have illustrated Shakespeare's plays and characters over hundreds of years. A reduced facsimile edition of the First Folio shows Martin... |
2015_DC_LOC_SPX | 31 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Small Press Expo Collection |
2018_DC_LOC_Geppi | 52 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts
The Library of Congress has a new display of select items from the Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts from Nov. 6, 2018, through Feb. 11, 2019
The Library of Congress announced in May that collector and entrepreneur Stephen A.... |
2019_DC_LOC_Stonewall | 26 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Stonewell @ 50 |
2023_DC_LOC_Waldseemuller | 12 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Waldseemuller's 1507 World Map |
2019_DC_LOC_Whitman | 58 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Walt Whitman @ 200 To mark the 200th anniversary of Whitman’s birth, the Library will display poetry, images and ephemera from Whitman’s life in the Thomas Jefferson Building. Five cases will display Whitman’s handwritten drafts, published poems, original letters, portraits and other rarely seen materials. |
2022_DC_LOC_Grant | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): War and Peace: Ulysses S. Grant at 200 |
2017_DC_LOC_Eisner | 22 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): William Eisner |
2023_12_14B4_LOC_Winter_Warmth | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Winter Warmth and Entertainment |
2014_DC_LOC_YRC | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Young Readers Center (YRC) |
2022_DC_LOC_Filipinas | 18 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Filipinas in the 20th Century Press |
2019_DC_NPHarris_Houdini | 57 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Harry Houdini Collection NBF Presents: Neil Patrick Harris | The Magic Misfits: The Minor Third
Join us for the kick-off event of the Library of Congress National Book Festival Presents series for an exciting evening of magic and moderated conversation with award-winning actor and author Neil Patrick Harris as he celebrates... |
2017_DC_LOC_AwesomeC | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Library of Awesome Library to Celebrate the World of Comics
The Library of Congress is gearing up for a super summer treat celebrating the role of comics and graphic novels in promoting literacy, as collectibles, in the arts, advertising, sociology, popular culture and history. Making a variety of collection items more... |
2017_DC_LOC_ScoresC | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Movie Scores |
2019_DC_LOC_Mozart | 5 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Mozart, Sonata for Violin and Piano, K. 379 (1781) This was a piece hand-written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, part of the collection at the LOC. Most of us were just wowed to see it. |
2019_DC_Pilkey_Peanuts | 68 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Peanuts Collection Ticket holders will be invited to view a display of items from the Library’s extensive comic collection in the Whittall Pavillion prior to the start of the event. |
2022_DC_LOC_Music | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): ??? Music ??? |
2019_DC_LOC_Action | 77 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Art in Action: Herb Block and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times
January 31 - August 17, 2019
This exhibition was inspired by original drawings created for distribution in newspapers by Herbert L. Block (1909–2001), who won three Pulitzer Prizes and became known simply as "Herblock." His artistic... |
2006_DC_LOC_Art | 64 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Cartoon America The following description of the exhibit is from http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/cartoonamerica/
James Arthur Wood, Jr., began collecting original cartoon art as a childhood hobby. In his teens, Wood honed his drawing skills by copying the styles and characters of his favorite cartoonists. He began... |
2007_DC_LOC_Art | 101 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Cartoon America The following description of the exhibit is from http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/cartoonamerica/
James Arthur Wood, Jr., began collecting original cartoon art as a childhood hobby. In his teens, Wood honed his drawing skills by copying the styles and characters of his favorite cartoonists. He began... |
2019_DC_LOC_Comic_Art | 214 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Comic Art: 120 Years of Panels and Pages Comic Art: 120 Years of Panels and Pages
Opened September 12, 2019
Explore the realm of comic art, where visual and narrative storytelling styles have evolved from panels in early newspapers to contemporary comic images. Through unique original drawings and printed pages, this exhibition features the... |
2012_DC_LOC_Earth | 22 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Down to Earth: Herblock and Photographers Observe the Environment Down to Earth: Herblock and Photographers Observe the Environment
September 22, 2012–March 23, 2013
Down to Earth: Herblock and Photographers Observe the EnvironmentEnvironmental issues affect everyone on planet Earth—the quality of the water and food we consume, the air we breathe, and the parks we... |
2017_DC_LOC_Drawn2Purpose | 78 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Drawn To Purpose Drawn To Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists
November 18, 2017 - October 20, 2018
Features the rich collections of the Library of Congress and brings to light remarkable but little-known contributions made by North American women to the art forms of illustration and cartooning.... |
2018_DC_LOC_Drawn2Purpose | 100 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Drawn To Purpose I went through the public comment book to see what people might have drawn. Barbara Dale's drawing is still winner and champion! |
2021_DC_LOC_Geppi | 77 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Geppi Gems Geppi Gems
September 21, 2021-ongoing
COMIC BOOKS have permeated almost every popular entertainment medium in the United States. When Stephen A. Geppi opened the Geppi Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2006, he sought to show how comic books—much like newspapers, television, motion... |
2022_DC_LOC_Geppi | 65 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Geppi Gems Geppi Gems
September 21, 2021-ongoing
COMIC BOOKS have permeated almost every popular entertainment medium in the United States. When Stephen A. Geppi opened the Geppi Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2006, he sought to show how comic books—much like newspapers, television, motion... |
2013_DC_LOC_Gibson | 54 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Gibson Girl's America “The Gibson Girl’s America: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson” Exhibition Opens at Library of Congress on March 30
In the 1890s, illustrator Charles Dana Gibson created the "Gibson Girl," a vibrant, new feminine ideal—a young woman who pursued higher education, romance, marriage, physical well-being... |
2015_DC_LOC_Pointing | 152 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Pointing Their Pens: Herblock and Fellow Cartoonists Confront the Issues Pointing Their Pens: Herblock and Fellow Cartoonists Confront the Issues
March 21, 2015–March 19, 2016
Editorial cartoonists, like all Americans, do not always agree with one another. Issues on which the nation was particularly divided in the twentieth century—the question of U.S. intervention prior... |
2016_DC_LOC_WWI | 46 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): World War I: American Artists View the Great War World War I: American Artists View the Great War
May 7, 2016–May 6, 2017
Heeding the call from artist Charles Dana Gibson to “Draw ‘til it hurts,” hundreds of leading American artists galvanized public interest in the Great War (1914–1918). Although the United States participated as a direct combatant... |
2017_DC_LOC_WWI | 50 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): World War I: American Artists View the Great War World War I: American Artists View the Great War
May 7, 2016–May 6, 2017
Heeding the call from artist Charles Dana Gibson to “Draw ‘til it hurts,” hundreds of leading American artists galvanized public interest in the Great War (1914–1918). Although the United States participated as a direct combatant... |
2017_DC_LOC_Awesome | 68 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Mahogany Row): Library of Awesome Library to Celebrate the World of Comics
The Library of Congress is gearing up for a super summer treat celebrating the role of comics and graphic novels in promoting literacy, as collectibles, in the arts, advertising, sociology, popular culture and history. Making a variety of collection items more... |
2017_DC_LOC_Halloween | 93 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Mahogany Row): LOC Halloween: Chambers of Mystery The Library of Congress is presenting a host of tricks and treats with an autumn pop-up exhibition that embodies seasonal traditions of fantasy and folklore. Making a variety of rarely seen collection items more accessible to the general public, “LOC Halloween: Chambers of Mystery” will show-and-tell... |
2017_DC_LOC_Presidential | 76 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Mahogany Row): Presidential Inaugurations Presidential Inaugurations
Jan. 23 to Feb. 4, 2017
Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address Will Be on View
A two-week display on inaugurations, at the Library of Congress, will feature presidential treasures—the handwritten speeches of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln—and... |
2013_DC_LOC_Opera | 67 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): A Night at the Opera “A Night at the Opera” Exhibition Opens at Library of Congress on Aug. 15
The grandeur of opera—its unforgettable music, stellar performers, and lavish scenery and costumes—has transfixed audiences for more than 400 years. The Library of Congress will celebrate the majestic art form with "A Night at... |
2017_DC_LOC_Baseball | 55 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): Baseball’s Greatest Hits: The Music of Our National Game “Baseball’s Greatest Hits: The Music of Our National Game” Exhibit Opens Feb. 9
Long before the speakers at Wrigley Field blasted Steve Goodman’s “Go, Cubs, Go” after each triumphant Cubs game and long before players approached the batter’s box with their signature walk-up songs, music and baseball... |
2015_DC_LOC_Chamber_Music | 53 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): Chamber Music: The Life and Legacy of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Chamber Music: The Life and Legacy of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
August 13, 2015—January 23, 2016
In 1925 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge (1864–1953) established the Coolidge Foundation at the Library of Congress, an unprecedented gift that ensured her support for contemporary music would continue for many... |
2013_DC_LOC_Kaye | 60 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine: Two Kids from Brooklyn Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine: Two Kids from Brooklyn
February 14–July 27, 2013
This exhibition explores the many talents of the powerful entertainment duo Danny Kaye (1911–1987) and Sylvia Fine (1913–1991), both raised in Brooklyn, New York. Kaye’s career as an entertainer spanned six decades and... |
2015_DC_LOC_Illusion | 62 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): Grand Illusion: The Art of Theatrical Design Grand Illusion: The Art of Theatrical Design
February 12–July 25, 2015
Grand Illusion: The Art of the Theatrical Design journeys from the Baroque courts of Europe to the Broadway stages of the United States. The exhibit draws from collections that document virtually all genres of theater: ballet,... |
2011_DC_LOC_Lucy | 43 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): I Love Lucy: An American Legend I Love Lucy: An American Legend
August 4, 2011–January 28, 2012
In celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the show's debut, the Library of Congress presents I Love Lucy: An American Legend. This exhibition explores the show's history through the Ball and Arnaz family scrapbooks as well as... |
2016_DC_LOC_Jazz_Singers | 58 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): Jazz Singers Jazz Singers
February 11–July 23, 2016
What is a jazz singer? The answer can be as varied as the practitioners of the art form. This exhibit offers perspectives on the art of vocal jazz from the 1920s to the present. Drawn largely from the Library of Congress Music Division’s collections, including... |
2023_DC_LOC_Gottlieb | 23 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): William P. Gottlieb Collection of Photographs 1938-1948 William P. Gottlieb: Collection of Photographs 1938-1948
Shown here is a selection of Gottlieb's photographs images drawn from his collection, now held by the Library of Congress and consisting of nearly 1,800 images. The photographs are notable for Gottlieb's ability to capture the personalities of... |
2016_DC_LOC_OperaB4 | 40 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): #Opera Before Instagram: Portraits, 1890-1955 #Opera Before Instagram: Portraits, 1890-1955
August 11, 2016–January 21, 2017
The Charles Jahant Collection in the Library of Congress Music Division contains nearly 2,000 photographs of opera singers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, many of which are inscribed to him. Jahant began... |
2016_DC_LOC_America_Reads | 91 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: America Reads America Reads
June 16–December 31, 2016
Knowing that opinions can be as varied as the number of people you ask, we urged the public to name "other books that shaped America" and to tell us which of the eighty-eight core books on our list were most important to them. That survey forms the basis of this... |
2018_DC_LOC_Baseball | 219 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Baseball Americana Baseball Americana
June 29, 2018–Summer 2019
Americans had been playing baseball long before they agreed on the rules or even settled on how to spell it.
Base-Ball (1787)
base-ball (1799)
base ball (1818)
Base Ball (1845)
baseball (1899)
They didn't always call it baseball either—in some... |
2014_DC_LOC_Bibles | 5 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Bible Collection Library of Congress Bible Collection
The Giant Bible of Mainz and the Gutenberg Bibles are on view in the East Corridor on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building. The Bibles are surrounded by six murals collectively referred to as The Evolution of the Book.
These murals depict the process of... |
2015_DC_LOC_Bibles | 11 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Bible Collection Library of Congress Bible Collection
Ongoing exhibition, opened April 11, 2008.
In the Great Hall of the Library of Congress, two monumental Bibles face each other as if in dialogue: one, the Giant Bible of Mainz, signifies the end of the handwritten book—and the other, the Gutenberg Bible, marks the... |
2018_DC_LOC_Bibles | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Bible Collection They set up new cases for the bibles. |
2005_DC_LOC_BHope | 8 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Bob Hope and American Variety Bob Hope was among the 20,000 vaudeville performers working in the 1920s. Many of these performers were, like Hope, recent immigrants to America who saw a vaudeville career as one of the few ways to succeed as a "foreigner" in America. Throughout his extraordinary professional career of nearly seventy... |
2006_DC_LOC_BHope | 4 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Bob Hope and American Variety Bob Hope was among the 20,000 vaudeville performers working in the 1920s. Many of these performers were, like Hope, recent immigrants to America who saw a vaudeville career as one of the few ways to succeed as a "foreigner" in America. Throughout his extraordinary professional career of nearly seventy... |
2009_DC_LOC_BHope | 8 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Bob Hope and American Variety Bob Hope was among the 20,000 vaudeville performers working in the 1920s. Many of these performers were, like Hope, recent immigrants to America who saw a vaudeville career as one of the few ways to succeed as a "foreigner" in America. Throughout his extraordinary professional career of nearly seventy... |
2018_DC_LOC_Cherry_Posters | 36 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Cherry Blossom Festival Posters |
2017_DC_LOC_DJustice | 141 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustration Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustration
April 27–October 28, 2017
Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustration showcases the Library’s extensive collections of original art by talented artists hired by both newspapers and television to capture the personal dynamics of legal trials.... |
2017_DC_LOC_Echoes | 561 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Echoes of the Great War Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I
April 4, 2017–January 2019
Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I examines the upheaval of world war as Americans confronted it— both at home and abroad. The exhibition considers the debates and struggles that... |
2015_DC_LOC_Exploring | 57 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Exploring the Early Americas Exploring the Early Americas
Ongoing exhibition, opened December 12, 2007.
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. It provides insight into... |
2018_DC_LOC_Exploring | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Exploring the Early Americas |
2015_DC_LOC_Bay_Psalm | 51 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: First Among Many: The Bay Psalm Book and Early Moments in American Printing First Among Many: The Bay Psalm Book and Early Moments in American Printing
June 4, 2015–January 2, 2016
In 1640, less than two years after landing in Massachusetts Bay, Stephen Daye printed The Whole Booke of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre, known as the Bay Psalm Book, the first... |
2011_DC_LOC_Herblock | 22 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2011) Herblock Looks at 1961: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons
Exhibition dates: September 10, 2011–March 16, 2012
For many Americans, the tensions of 1961—conflicts between East and West, the use of nuclear weapons and traditional warfare, political battles between conservatives and liberals, and... |
2012_DC_LOC_Herblock | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2012) Herblock Looks at 1962: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part II
Exhibition dates: September 22, 2012–March 23, 2013
In 1962, the second year of his presidency, John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) used his executive authority to impose economic and social change in the United States. He fought... |
2013_DC_LOC_Herblock | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2013) Herblock Looks at 1963: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part I
Exhibition dates: March 30, 2013–September 14, 2013
In 1963, during the third and final year of his presidency, John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) faced repeated opposition to his legislative initiatives. Republicans rebuffed his calls for... |
2014_DC_LOC_Herblock | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2014) Herblock Looks at 1964: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part I
Exhibition dates: April 5, 2014–September 13, 2014
During the first year of his presidency, Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) made the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a priority, honoring slain President John F. Kennedy’s... |
2015_DC_LOC_Herblock | 77 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2015) Herblock Looks at 1965: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part II
Exhibition dates: September 26, 2015–March 19, 2016
After winning a landslide victory in the 1964 presidential election, Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) promoted legislation that improved education, medical care, retirement... |
2016_DC_LOC_Herblock | 44 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2016) Herblock Looks at 1966: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part II
Exhibition dates: September 17, 2016–March 11, 2017
During the second year of the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) Herblock drew cartoons that raised an alarm about developments in Vietnam and its impact on domestic... |
2017_DC_LOC_Herblock | 43 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2017) Herblock Looks at 1967: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part I
Exhibition dates: March 18, 2017–September 9, 2017
In 1967, during the third year of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s (1908–1973) administration, Herblock drew some of his most powerful cartoons on issues about which he cared deeply.... |
2018_DC_LOC_Herblock | 54 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2018) Herblock Looks at 1968: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons
Currently on exhibit: March 17–September 8, 2018
In 1968, during the fourth and final year of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration, Herblock focused on the presidential election. Having called attention to Richard M. Nixon’s... |
2019_DC_LOC_Herblock | 69 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2019) Herblock Looks at 1969: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part I
Exhibtion dates: March 23, 2019–September 7, 2019
Richard Milhous Nixon (1913–1994) became the thirty-seventh president of the United States in 1969. Herblock had been a persistent critic of Nixon since 1948, starting with the... |
2021_DC_LOC_Herblock | 29 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2021) Herblock Looks at 1970: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part I
During the second year of President Richard Milhous Nixon’s (1913–1994) term, his handling of both international and domestic issues led Herblock to pick up his ink pen and brush and express his opinion. Anti-crime legislation led... |
2022_DC_LOC_Herblock | 67 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2022) |
2023_12_14B1_LOC_Herblock | 27 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2023) Herblock Looks at 1973: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part II
September 29, 2023–March 23, 2024
As Richard M. Nixon began his second term as president in 1973, negative reaction to the Vietnam War and testimony about Watergate eroded the support from his overwhelming election victory. As the... |
2023_DC_LOC_Herblock | 54 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2023) |
2009_DC_LOC_Gershwin | 15 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
December 11, 2008–Ongoing
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... |
2017_DC_LOC_Gershwin | 83 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin |
2010_DC_LOC_BHope | 19 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture
Ongoing exhibition, opened June 11, 2010.
Bob Hope, who entertainment historian and critic Leonard Maltin declared “may be the most popular entertainer in the history of Western civilization,” was arguably the nation's best-loved topical humorist... |
2017_DC_LOC_BHope | 127 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture |
2022_DC_LOC_Join_In | 185 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Join In: Voluntary Associations in America Join In: Voluntary Associations in America
December 16, 2022–December 31, 2023
America has been called “a nation of joiners.” In their daily lives, in their communities, and in their work and play, Americans have long joined voluntary associations to connect with others, pursue shared goals, and spur... |
2014_DC_LOC_Magna | 115 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor
November 6, 2014–January 19, 2015
This exhibition commemorates the 800th anniversary of the creation of Magna Carta, the charter of liberties that England’s King John granted to his barons in 1215 in order to halt their rebellion and restore their allegiance to his throne.... |
2016_DC_LOC_Mapping | 36 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Ongoing exhibition, open September 1, 2016
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... |
2018_DC_LOC_Mapping | 32 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Mapping a Growing Nation: Southeastern States / Midwestern States They keep rotating items. |
2019_DC_LOC_Mapping | 11 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Mapping a Growing Nation: Western States |
2022_DC_LOC_Mapping | 15 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Mapping a Growing Nation: Western States |
2014_DC_LOC_Mapping | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Mapping A New Nation Mapping a New Nation: Abel Buell’s Map of the United States, 1784
On September 3, 1783, American and British representatives signed the Treaty of Paris that formally concluded the American Revolution and recognized the United States as an independent nation. In March 1784, only six months later, Abel... |
2017_DC_LOC_Hamlisch | 10 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Marvin Hamlisch PEGOT display |
2023_DC_LOC_Hamlisch | 28 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Marvin Hamlisch PEGOT display |
2022_DC_LOC_Ostrich | 95 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Not an Ostrich: & Other Images from America's Library Not an Ostrich: & Other Images from America's Library
Opened March 23, 2022
NOT AN OSTRICH: & OTHER IMAGES FROM AMERICA’S LIBRARY, organized by the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles and drawn from the photography collections of the Library of Congress, presents a taste of this... |
2019_DC_LOC_Parks_Words | 138 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words
Opening December 5, 2019
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) is best known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a crowded bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal event in the civil rights movement that... |
2019_DC_LOC_Women_Vote | 241 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
June 4, 2019–September 2020
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. . . . In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall... |
2020_DC_LOC_Women_Vote | 163 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote (Exhibit Rotation) Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
June 4, 2019–September 2020
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. . . . In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall... |
2019_DC_LOC_Suffrage_Garden | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Suffrage Garden |
2011_DC_LOC_Swann | 74 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Swann Gallery March 18, 2011–Ongoing
The exhibition reveals the power of cartoons to illuminate both human nature and history as well as provoke laughter and reflection. The diverse selection of images on display here represents the fascinating world of caricatures, political cartoons, comics, animation art, graphic... |
2016_DC_LOC_Swann | 38 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Swann Gallery March 18, 2011–Ongoing
The exhibition reveals the power of cartoons to illuminate both human nature and history as well as provoke laughter and reflection. The diverse selection of images on display here represents the fascinating world of caricatures, political cartoons, comics, animation art, graphic... |
2014_DC_LOC_TJLib | 9 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Thomas Jefferson’s Library Thomas Jefferson’s Library
“I cannot live without books.” Thomas Jefferson, June 10, 1815
Throughout his life, books were vital to Thomas Jefferson’s education and well being. His books provided Jefferson with a broader knowledge of the contemporary and ancient worlds than many of his contemporaries... |
2017_DC_LOC_War_Garden | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: World War I Victory Gardens |
2014_DC_LOC_CRA1964 | 240 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit:The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom
September 10, 2014–January 2, 2016
This exhibition, which commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, explores the events that shaped the civil rights movement, as well as the far-reaching impact the act had... |
2015_DC_LOC_CRA1964 | 29 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit:The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom
September 10, 2014–January 2, 2016
This exhibition, which commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, explores the events that shaped the civil rights movement, as well as the far-reaching impact the act had... |
1971_DC_LOC_Ext | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
1997_DC_LOC_Ext | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
1999_DC_LOC_Ext | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2004_DC_LOC_Ext | 6 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2005_DC_LOC_Ext | 12 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2006_DC_LOC_Ext | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2008_DC_LOC_Ext | 39 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2009_DC_LOC_Ext | 67 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2011_DC_LOC_Ext | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2012_DC_LOC_Ext | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2013_DC_LOC_Ext | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2014_DC_LOC_Ext | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2017_DC_LOC_Ext | 40 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images I never noticed the male statues in the fountain before -- two were totally naked and one had a figleaf. Also shown is the new Toni Morrison bench. |
2018_DC_LOC_Ext | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2019_DC_LOC_Ext | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2020_DC_LOC_Ext | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2021_DC_LOC_Ext | 58 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images The fences get razor wire during the securing of the Capitol perimeter after the Trump riot. |
2022_DC_LOC_Ext | 6 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2023_DC_LOC_Ext | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
2023_DC_LOC_Ext_Const | 15 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images -- Construction |
2022_DC_LOC_Int_Const | 19 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Interior Images -- We're Building A Library For You |
2023_DC_LOC_Int_Const | 8 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Interior Images -- We're Building A Library For You |
2021_DC_LOC_Int | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Miscellaneous interior areas |
2022_DC_LOC_Int | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Miscellaneous interior areas |
2023_DC_LOC_Int | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Miscellaneous interior areas |
2013_DC_LOC_PPD | 78 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Prints and Photographs Division pieces |
2015_DC_LOC_European | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: 2nd Floor European Reading Room |
2008_DC_LOC_Asian | 14 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Asian Reading Room (1st Floor) |
2017_DC_LOC_Asian | 24 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Asian Reading Room (1st Floor) |
2017_DC_LOC_CRR | 28 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Congressional Reading Room (1st Floor) |
2014_DC_LOC_Coolidge | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Coolidge Auditorium (Ground floor) |
2017_DC_LOC_Coolidge | 3 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Coolidge Auditorium (Ground floor) |
2015_DC_LOC_Hispanic | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Hispanic Reading Room (2nd Floor) |
2016_DC_LOC_Ceremonial | 55 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Librarian's Ceremonial Office (1st Floor) October 10, 2016
Library of Congress Ceremonial Office Opened for Public Viewing
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced that the historic and architecturally beautiful Ceremonial Office in the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building will be open to the public. Previously, the room was visited... |
2023_DC_LOC_Ceremonial | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Librarian's Ceremonial Office (1st Floor) |
2005_DC_LOC_Mahogany | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Mahogany Row (1st Floor, by Kluge Center) |
2008_DC_LOC_Mahogany | 18 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Mahogany Row (1st Floor, by Kluge Center) |
2009_DC_LOC_Mahogany | 27 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Mahogany Row (1st Floor, by Kluge Center) |
2015_DC_LOC_Mahogany | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Mahogany Row (1st Floor, by Kluge Center) |
2017_DC_LOC_Mahogany | 48 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Mahogany Row (1st Floor, by Kluge Center) |
2010_DC_LOC_MRRCC | 5 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room -- Card Catalog |
2011_DC_LOC_MRRCC | 8 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room -- Card Catalog |
2012_DC_LOC_MRRCC | 10 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room -- Card Catalog |
2023_DC_LOC_MRRCC | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room -- Card Catalog |
1997_DC_LOC_MRR | 5 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
1999_DC_LOC_MRR | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
2002_DC_LOC_MRR | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
2004_DC_LOC_MRR | 10 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
2005_DC_LOC_MRR | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
2007_DC_LOC_MRR | 4 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
2008_DC_LOC_MRR | 80 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) They don't allow public visitors into the main reading room very often and they allow photography even less often. One time they did it for was the "Experience" opening. |
2009_DC_LOC_MRR | 161 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) They don't allow public visitors into the main reading room very often and they allow photography even less often. Today was an open house though so... |
2010_DC_LOC_MRR | 216 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) They open the Main Reading Room for pictures twice a year -- President's Day and Columbus Day. I went both times this year so these pictures might get redundant. |
2011_DC_LOC_MRR | 29 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
2012_DC_LOC_MRR | 24 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) Wide-angle lens time. |
2013_DC_LOC_MRR | 34 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
2017_DC_LOC_MRR | 14 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
2019_DC_LOC_MRR | 29 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
2021_DC_LOC_MRR | 26 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
2023_DC_LOC_MRR | 73 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
2016_DC_LOC_Members | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Members' Room (1st Floor) |
2017_DC_LOC_Members | 34 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Members' Room (1st Floor) |
1997_DC_LOC_NWCorner | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Northwest Corner (Maps) Art (2nd Floor) |
2006_DC_LOC_NWCorner | 9 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Northwest Corner (Maps) Art (2nd Floor) |
2015_DC_LOC_NWCorner | 15 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Northwest Corner (Maps) Art (2nd Floor) |
2018_DC_LOC_NWCorner | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Northwest Corner (Maps) Art (2nd Floor) |
1997_DC_LOC_NWGal | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Northwest Gallery (Early Americas) Art (2nd Floor) |
2015_DC_LOC_NWGal | 14 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Northwest Gallery (Early Americas) Art (2nd Floor) |
2014_DC_LOC_SWCorner | 18 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Southwest Corner (TJeff Library Room) Art (2nd Floor) |
2015_DC_LOC_SWGal | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Southwest Gallery (2nd Floor) |
2017_DC_LOC_SWGal | 26 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Southwest Gallery (2nd Floor) |
1997_DC_LOC_GH | 27 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
1999_DC_LOC_GH | 38 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2002_DC_LOC_GH | 12 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2004_DC_LOC_GH | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2005_DC_LOC_GH | 23 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2006_DC_LOC_GH | 33 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2007_DC_LOC_GH | 30 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2008_DC_LOC_GH | 30 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2009_DC_LOC_GH | 133 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2010_DC_LOC_GH | 110 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2011_DC_LOC_GH | 52 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2012_DC_LOC_GH | 39 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2013_DC_LOC_GH | 14 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2014_DC_LOC_GH | 3 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2016_DC_LOC_GH | 90 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2017_DC_LOC_GH | 47 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2019_DC_LOC_GH | 54 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2021_DC_LOC_GH | 13 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2022_DC_LOC_GH | 29 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2023_DC_LOC_GH | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
2005_DC_LOC_GHX | 6 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display |
2006_DC_LOC_GHX | 8 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display |
2011_DC_LOC_GHX | 12 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display |
2014_DC_LOC_GHX | 18 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display |
2015_DC_LOC_GHX | 12 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display |
2018_DC_LOC_GHX | 42 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display This year, the tree wasn't in the Great Hall. They had to place it one floor above because putting it in the Great Hall conflicted with Paul Ryan's farewell event. Pictures also include the wreaths set up by some of the shops downstairs. |
2019_DC_LOC_GHX | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display |
2022_DC_LOC_GHX | 43 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display |
2017_DC_LOC_Whittall | 25 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Whittall Pavilion (Ground Floor) |
2017_DC_LOC_Tunnel | 13 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Tunnel work They removed the book conveyor belt system between the Madison and Jefferson buildings. |
2018_DC_LOC_Tunnel | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Tunnels |
2019_DC_LOC_Tunnel | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Tunnels I ran into WaPo-alumni Neely Tucker downstairs. |
2023_DC_LOCVw_Dome | 137 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from Dome |
1997_DC_LOCVw | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
1999_DC_LOCVw | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2004_DC_LOCVw | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2011_DC_LOCVw | 6 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2012_DC_LOCVw | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2013_DC_LOCVw | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2015_DC_LocVw | 9 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2016_DC_LOCVw | 3 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2017_DC_LOCVw | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2018_DC_LOCVw | 11 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... The view from the Prints and Photographs section overlooks the residential section of DC. |
2019_DC_LOCVw | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2021_DC_LocVw | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2022_DC_LOCVw | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2023_12_14B2_LOCVw | 4 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2023_DC_LOCVw | 6 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
2015_DC_LOC_Adams | 98 | DC -- Library of Congress John Adams Bldg |
2021_DC_LOC_Adams | 68 | DC -- Library of Congress John Adams Bldg |
2013_DC_LOC_Madison | 27 | DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg |
2015_DC_LOC_Madison | 10 | DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg |
2021_DC_LOC_Madison | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg |
2017_DC_LOC_MadisonVw | 8 | DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg -- Views from... |
2020_DC_LOC_MadisonVw | 22 | DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg -- Views from... |
2023_DC_LOC_MadisonVw | 19 | DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg -- Views from... |
2015_DC_LOC | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress (a couple of images I couldn't figure a location for) |
2009_DC_MPPL | 1 | DC -- Mt Pleasant Public Library |
2010_DC_MPPL | 39 | DC -- Mt Pleasant Public Library Photos of the children's reading room alcove that Aurelius Battaglia decorated with his "Animal Circus" murals. Battaglia later worked on Disney's Dumbo and Pinocchio animated cartoons and you can clearly see the connection. |
2011_DC_MPPL | 4 | DC -- Mt Pleasant Public Library |
2011_DC_MPPLCW_Ext_110409 | 16 | DC -- Mt Pleasant Public Library -- Construction Watch Tour -- Exteriors Construction Watch Tour: Mount Pleasant Library:
Originally designed in 1924 by New York architect Edward Lippincott Tilton, the historic Mt. Pleasant Library in Northwest Washington, D.C., is now undergoing modernization and expansion, designed by CORE Group and HMA2 Architects. Ginnie Cooper, chief... |
2011_DC_MPPLCW_Grp_110409 | 27 | DC -- Mt Pleasant Public Library -- Construction Watch Tour -- Group Construction Watch Tour: Mount Pleasant Library:
Originally designed in 1924 by New York architect Edward Lippincott Tilton, the historic Mt. Pleasant Library in Northwest Washington, D.C., is now undergoing modernization and expansion, designed by CORE Group and HMA2 Architects. Ginnie Cooper, chief... |
2011_DC_MPPLCW_Int_110409 | 96 | DC -- Mt Pleasant Public Library -- Construction Watch Tour -- Interiors Construction Watch Tour: Mount Pleasant Library:
Originally designed in 1924 by New York architect Edward Lippincott Tilton, the historic Mt. Pleasant Library in Northwest Washington, D.C., is now undergoing modernization and expansion, designed by CORE Group and HMA2 Architects. Ginnie Cooper, chief... |
2015_DC_Carnegie_Lib_ADA | 5 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC -- ADA steps Honoring leaders of the Disability Rights Movement on steps across Washington DC.
On March 12, 1990, activists with disabilities abandoned their crutches and wheelchairs to pull themselves up the 83 stone steps at the Capitol Building and demanded passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. On July... |
2007_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 6 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |
2008_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 9 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |
2009_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 9 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |
2011_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 13 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |
2013_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 1 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |
2016_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 2 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) The moon over the hand sculpture. |
2017_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 10 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |
2018_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 5 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |
2019_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 29 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |
2020_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 31 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |
2021_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 10 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) Boarding up the windows again in case the Trump Losers try to protest the Biden inauguration. The Carnegie Library building is where the city's main Apple store is located. Apple had recently dropped the white nationalist app Parler from their app store. |
2023_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 13 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |
2007_DC_Carnegie_LibI | 6 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Interior) |
2009_DC_Carnegie_LibI | 4 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Interior) |
2011_DC_Carnegie_LibI | 13 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Interior) I had been told the previous month that the Historical Society of Washington had closed its facilities here. Yep! From their web site:
The Kiplinger Library of the Historical Society of Washington is temporarily closed because of ongoing financial difficulties. The Society's Board of Trustees is... |
2013_DC_Carnegie_LibI | 22 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Interior) |
2014_DC_Carnegie_LibI | 16 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Interior) |
2019_DC_Carnegie_LibI | 21 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Interior) My first visit since the Apple store reopened the place. |
2021_DC_MLKLib_AS | 12 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Aerosoul Murals for Our Time |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Thomas2F | 15 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Alma Thomas (2nd Floor) |
2024_02_22C3_MLKLib_Thomas2F | 28 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Alma Thomas (2nd Floor) (Partially reviewed) |
2022_DC_MLKLib_BB | 4 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Banned Books This exhibit was coming down by the time I saw it so there was just a remnant piece. |
2015_DC_MLKLib_Beatles | 11 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Beatles Invade |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Snowy | 32 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Beyond the Book: A Snowy Day |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Lion_Mouse | 15 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Beyond the Book: The Lion and The Mouse Summer 2022 | The Lion and The Mouse
The highlighted book for Summer 2022 is The Lion and The Mouse by Jerry Pinkney. This 2009 wordless adaptation of an Aesop fable, tells a story of how an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the... |
2022_DC_MLKLib_BF | 24 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Black Feminism (Kamala Harris shattered glass portrait) |
2022_DC_MLKLib_BLM_Plaza | 160 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: BLM Memorial Fence Artifact Collection Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Artifact Collection
Oct. 28, 2022 - Feb 24, 2023
The DC Public Library, in collaboration with its partners, presents a special exhibit to highlight The Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Artifact Collection, a new digital collection comprised of 1600 images of posters,... |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Winter | 12 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Books from Birth (Winter Display) |
2015_DC_MLKLib_Selznick | 69 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Brian Selznick An exhibit to explore Selznick's images and process is on view in the Great Hall of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library from March 22-June 21. Featuring images from Selznick's books, historical photographs from the Library's Washingtoniana department, multimedia stations and interactive... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_Mingering | 47 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Checkin' Out Mingering Mike: D.C.'s Imaginary Soul Superstar Checkin' Out Mingering Mike: D.C.'s Imaginary Soul Superstar
Exhibit Dates: June 7-August 28, 2023
Presented in collaboration with Hemphill Artworks, Checkin' Out Mingering Mike: D.C.'s Imaginary Soul Superstar features hand-drawn album covers, drawings, and song lyrics by self-taught Washington, D.C.... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_Doo_Wop | 46 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Doo-Wop in D.C.: From the Street Corner to the Stage Doo-Wop in D.C.
Doo-Wop in D.C.: From the Street Corner to the Stage
Exhibit Dates: June 1 - July 23, 2023
In a powerful tribute to the original pioneers of early Rhythm and Blues of the late 1940s through the early 1960s, The African American Music Association in partnership with the Atlanta Doo-Wop... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_Till | 208 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See
Jan. 26 - Mar. 12, 2023 | Great Hall
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-MobleyEmmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See is a touring exhibition recommended for visitors ages 10 and up that shares the story of how a mother's bravery and fight for... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_TillO_230126 | 35 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See -- Opening I had already registered for another event this evening so I missed the opening event but people were assembling for it as I was leaving. Description of the event I did not manage to attend:
Let the World See: Emmett Till and the Media
Produced in coordination with the opening of the DC Public... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_Freedom | 4 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Freedom is Not Guaranteed by Xaviera Simmons Freedom is Not Guaranteed by Xaviera Simmons
About the Artwork
The phrase “Freedom is Not Guaranteed,” is taken from the title of a large-scale artwork by renowned artist Xaviera Simmons displayed on the 9th and G corner of the MLK Library this fall. An artist whose vast practice includes photography,... |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Hip_Hop | 13 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Hip Hop Pop-Up |
2023_DC_MLKLib_Leo_Else | 48 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius -- All Else Leonardo da Vinci
Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius
Exhibition: June 21 - Aug. 20, 2023
Note: This special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is open during regular library hours, seven days a week. Capacity in the exhibit is limited for the protection of the... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_Leo_Codex | 134 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius -- Codexes Leonardo da Vinci
Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius
Exhibition: June 21 - Aug. 20, 2023
Note: This special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is open during regular library hours, seven days a week. Capacity in the exhibit is limited for the protection of the... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_Leo_Conf | 46 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius -- Confindustria Leonardo da Vinci
Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius
Exhibition: June 21 - Aug. 20, 2023
Note: This special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is open during regular library hours, seven days a week. Capacity in the exhibit is limited for the protection of the... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_Leo_Lab | 22 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius -- Lab Leonardo da Vinci
Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius
Exhibition: June 21 - Aug. 20, 2023
Note: This special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is open during regular library hours, seven days a week. Capacity in the exhibit is limited for the protection of the... |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Words | 57 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Invisible Words Invisible Words
An exhibit featuring a thoughtfully curated collection of signs created by people experiencing homelessness, presented by the Ignatian Volunteer Corps and the Eleven Eleven Foundation.
This exhibit features a thoughtfully curated collection of signs created by people experiencing... |
2024_02_22C2_MLKLib_Thomas | 169 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Let this World be Beautiful (Alma Thomas) Let this World be Beautiful: a two-part exhibition celebrating the legacy of Alma W. Thomas
Feb. 17 - Apr. 14, 2024
“Let This World Be Beautiful: Celebrating the Life and Art of Alma Thomas” is a DC Public Library exhibition honoring the remarkable Washington, D.C. artist Alma W. Thomas.
Known for... (Partially reviewed) |
2023_DC_MLKLib_LiteraryAP | 121 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Literary Arts Program Literary Arts Program
Exhibit Dates: November 1, 2023 - April 7, 2024
Begun in 1970 by high school teacher David Aaronson, the Literary Arts Program (LAP) allowed high school students in the District of Columbia Public Schools to explore the creative arts and gain experience and skills in the media... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_MotM | 44 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Mothers of the Movement Companion Exhibit to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley:
Let the World See: Mothers of the Movement
Jan. 26 - Mar. 12, 2023 | Great Hall
Each location on the exhibit tour has been invited to contribute local content in response to the prompt, "What are the difficult truths in your community's... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_First_Folio | 92 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Pass the Story On: Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400 Pass the Story On: Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400
Part of Searching for Shakespeare: Celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare’s First Folio
Dates Sat, Apr 01 — Sun, Apr 30, 2023
Come see a First Folio — the book that gave us Shakespeare — and explore how some stories are preserved while others are... |
2016_DC_MLKLib_Plans | 17 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Plans for Redesign |
2021_DC_MLKLib_SW | 25 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Story Walk |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Mural | 55 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: The Making of the King Mural The Making of the King Mural
Jan. 17 - Mar. 31, 2022
Learn about the Making of the iconic MLK Mural by Don Miller
The Making of the MLK Mural Exhibit tells the story of the iconic memorial to Dr. King’s life and work that hangs today in the Great Hall of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_Todas | 17 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Todas las Manos Todas Las Manos: Commemorating 50 Years Since the Military Coup in Chile
Exhibit Dates: September 9-October 22, 2023
Todas Las Manos: Commemorating 50 Years Since the Military Coup in Chile is a five-part mural installation created by Francisco Letelier and artists from the Latin American Youth... |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Walking | 45 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Walking with King This was an exhibit in the children's section, consisting of 40 pages describing King's life and influences. |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Politely | 45 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: We're Not Asking Politely We're Not Asking Politely
Jan 17 - Mar 31, 2022
We Are Not Asking Politely: How letter writers won the campaign to rename the library tells the story of how D.C.'s downtown central library became the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
Only months after Dr. King's assassination, District... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_BF | 178 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist D.C. We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist D.C.
Mar. 30, 2023 – Sep. 2024
DDC Public Library is proud to host We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC, presented as part of a groundbreaking partnership with the National Women’s History Museum. We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC traces... |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Migration | 145 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration
June 18—Aug. 28, 2022 | Great Hall East
Debuting at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library before a multi-year tour of U.S. libraries, World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration is a traveling exhibition that aims to change the public... |
2022_DC_MLKLib_WWI | 32 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: WWI Memorial: Telling the Story WWI Memorial: Telling the Story
Jan. 10 - Mar. 31, 2022
Have you ever visited the Washington, D.C. World War I Memorial on the National Mall? DC Public Library has a new exhibit dedicated to the District's World War I Memorial honoring the DC residents that served in the War.
In April 1917, when... |
2015_DC_MLKLib_Miss_Celie | 5 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: "I love you Miss Celie" (#uncensoreddc) by Nekisha Durrett Nekisha Durrett
Uncensored DC | I Love You Miss Celie, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Washington, DC
She quotes the story in another piece of work, “I Love You Miss Celie,” which was presented at the MLK Library during Banned Books Week in 2015. The image is a 48 foot by 30 foot drawing... |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Rep | 117 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: (East Gallery) D.C. Represented |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Voices | 7 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: (Middle Gallery) Voices of D.C. & Maps |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Values | 38 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: (West Gallery) A Revolution of Values A Revolution of Values
In the MLK Library's new exhibit, you can explore the issues that moved D.C. activists and Martin Luther King Jr. to take action for justice.
By DC Public Library
“We must recognize that we can’t solve our problems until there is a radical redistribution of economic and... |
2021_DC_MLKLib_Vw | 47 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Roof and view from... |
2022_DC_MLKLib_Vw | 11 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Roof and view from... |
2023_DC_MLKLib_Vw | 44 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Roof and view from... |
2015_DC_MLKLib_Wash | 42 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Washingtoniana section Various things in the Washingtoniana section |
2017_DC_MLKLib_Wash | 34 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Washingtoniana section |
2008_DC_MLKLib | 12 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW) |
2013_DC_MLKLib | 14 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW) |
2017_DC_MLKLib | 4 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW) Closed for renovations. |
2018_DC_MLKLib | 15 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW) |
2019_DC_MLKLib | 6 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW) |
2020_DC_MLKLib | 35 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW) |
2021_DC_MLKLib | 104 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW) |
2022_DC_MLKLib | 135 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW) |
2023_DC_MLKLib | 7 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW) |
2024_02_22C1_MLKLib | 5 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW) (Partially reviewed) |
2023_DC_Petworth_Lib | 10 | DC -- Petworth -- Petworth Neighborhood Library |
2010_DC_Shaw_Lib | 1 | DC -- Shaw Neighborhood Library |
2012_DC_Shaw_Lib | 6 | DC -- Shaw Neighborhood Library |
2016_DC_Shaw_Lib | 6 | DC -- Shaw Neighborhood Library |
2020_DC_Shaw_Lib | 8 | DC -- Shaw Neighborhood Library |
2024_01_28C2_ShepherdPk_Lib | 21 | DC -- Shepherd Park -- Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library (Partially reviewed) |
2021_DC_SW_Lib | 15 | DC -- Southwest -- Southwest Library (900 Wesley Pl SW) |
2019_DC_Woodridge_Lib | 13 | DC -- Woodridge Neighborhood Library |
2021_DC_Woodridge_Lib | 6 | DC -- Woodridge Neighborhood Library |
2019_DC_Woodridge_Fight | 16 | DC -- Woodridge Neighborhood Library -- Exhibit: Brookland Fight the Freeways |
2008_DE_Hagley_House | 62 | DE -- Wilmington -- Hagley Museum and Library -- House area |
2008_DE_Hagley_Museums | 76 | DE -- Wilmington -- Hagley Museum and Library -- Museums |
2008_DE_Hagley_Yards | 136 | DE -- Wilmington -- Hagley Museum and Library -- Yards |
2015_GA_JCarter_Library | 328 | GA -- Atlanta -- Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum |
2015_GA_JCarter_LibraryO | 51 | GA -- Atlanta -- Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum -- Outside |
2009_DC_CDLM_090624 | 47 | Hist Soc of Wash DC & the Humanities Council @ Carnegie Library -- A Conversation w/the District's Living Mayors A Conversation with the District’s Living Mayors: 30 years of Transformation
The Humanities Council presents a discussion on the transformation of Washington, D.C. over the past 30 years. Invited panelists include all living Mayors of Washington. Note: Two showed up: Anthony Williams and Marion... |
2007_DC_HSW | 1 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library |
2009_DC_HSW | 5 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library Included here are some photos of Roland L. Freeman, guest curator for the "Quilts for Obama: Celebrating the Inauguration of our 44th President" exhibition at the museum:
The Historical Society of Washington, DC, as part of the city’s inaugural celebration activities presents, “Quilts for Obama,”... |
2013_DC_HSW | 3 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library |
2019_DC_HSW | 3 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library |
2020_DC_HSW | 9 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library Tomorrow we will open our galleries again. Nothing is simpler, really. A key turns, a sign shifts into place, a smile is readied.
Welcoming the public is at the core of what the DC History Center does. During “normal” times, students, scholars, volunteers, and community members are all welcome on the... |
2016_DC_District_160106 | 45 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library -- Event: DISTRICT photo exhibit opening Desperation. Beauty. Energy. The every-day in the capital city. Presented by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., and Joseph Mills, DISTRICT explores Washington during the 1960s and 1970s through the extraordinary eye of photographer Chris Earnshaw.
Exhibit will then be on view in the Historical... |
2019_DC_HSW_HH | 45 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library -- Exhibit: DC Hall of History |
2020_DC_HSW_HH | 12 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library -- Exhibit: DC Hall of History |
2019_DC_HSW_Big | 45 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library -- Exhibit: The Big Picture THE BIG PICTURE
In the first half of the 20th century, photographers recorded milestones using panoramic technology. Very few people alive have seen them. Until now.
THE BIG PICTURE reveals how these craftsmen captured DC history. From Rudolph Valentino’s visit to the White House to the 1924 World... |
2007_DC_Leepson_070912 | 20 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library -- Mark Leepson ("Desperate Engagement") General Jubal A. Early -- "Desperate Engagement": Journalist, historian and author Marc Leepson will present a talk, followed by a booksigning on his new book Desperate Engagement. This tells the story of the little-known but crucial Civil War Battle of Monocacy. It follows Confederate General Jubal A.... |
2023_DC_Should_Care_230721 | 118 | Hist Society of Wash DC -- Event: Why You Should Care About DC Statehood (w/Nolan Williams Jr., Derek Musgrove, Senator Paul Strauss, and Kelsye Adams) Why You Should Care About DC Statehood
Join us for a screening of "Becoming Douglass Commonwealth" followed by a conversation about DC statehood and why you should care.
If you’re paying attention in DC, signs of the statehood movement are all around you. Driving through town, you see license plates... |
2023_DC_HSW | 10 | Hist Society of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library |
2023_DC_HSW_Carnegie_Lib | 43 | Hist Society of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library -- Exhibit: Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square |
2023_DC_HSW_HH | 44 | Hist Society of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library -- Exhibit: DC Hall of History |
2023_DC_HSW_HR50 | 78 | Hist Society of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library -- Exhibit: Home Rule 50 Home Rule 50
Featuring contemporary images by emerging photographers, DC Home Rule 50 explores urgent themes of self-governance, full citizenship, free elections, and DC statehood. The pop-up exhibit is located in the West Gallery and placed in conversation with the main exhibit, THE BIG PICTURE.
DC... |
2018_IL_Pritzker | 22 | IL -- Chicago -- Pritzker Military Museum & Library |
2018_IL_Pritzker_WWI | 96 | IL -- Chicago -- Pritzker Military Museum & Library -- Exhibit: Lest We Forget: Sailors, Sammies and Doughboys Over There in World War I The Pritzker Military Museum & Library’s new original exhibit, Lest We Forget: Sailors, Sammies and Doughboys Over There in World War I, explores the experiences of those who served in World War I and the role the United States played in ending the first global conflict. The exhibit will feature... |
2007_IL_Lincoln_Museum | 40 | IL -- Springfield -- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum |
2009_IL_Lincoln_Museum | 14 | IL -- Springfield -- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum |
2004_KY_LexingtonKY_LibVw | 3 | KY -- Lexington -- Lexington Library -- Views from... |
2004_KY_LexingtonKY_Lib | 9 | KY -- Lexington -- Public Library |
2010_KY_LexingtonKY_Lib | 38 | KY -- Lexington -- Public Library |
2019_MA_Springfield_Lib | 14 | MA -- Springfield -- Springfield City Library |
2019_MA_Stockbridge_Lib | 2 | MA -- Stockbridge -- Library Museum & Archives |
2021_MA_Stockbridge_Lib | 32 | MA -- Stockbridge -- Library Museum & Archives |
2011_MD_Pratt_Lib | 35 | MD -- Baltimore -- Enoch Pratt Free Library |
2018_MD_Pratt_Lib | 62 | MD -- Baltimore -- Enoch Pratt Free Library |
2023_MD_Bethesda_Lib | 15 | MD -- Bethesda -- Connie Morella Library |
2014_MD_UMd_HornbakeL | 11 | MD -- College Park -- University of Maryland -- Hornbake Library |
2016_MD_Umd_HornbakeL | 6 | MD -- College Park -- University of Maryland -- Hornbake Library |
2016_MD_UMd_HornbakeL_Labor | 39 | MD -- College Park -- University of Maryland -- Hornbake Library -- DC LaborFest AFL-CIO Archive Tour Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/UMDLabor2016
Celebrate International Labour Day by joining a community interested in promoting labor history by editing the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Part celebration and part workshop, help us build awareness and increase visibility of our labor collections and expand... |
2016_MD_Umd_HornbakeL_Alice | 132 | MD -- College Park -- University of Maryland -- Hornbake Library -- Exhibit: Alice 150 Years and Counting Celebrating 150 Years of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Selections from the Collection of August and Clare Imholtz
October 2015 - July 2016
“How do you know I'm mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn't have come here.”
2015 is the sesquicentennial anniversary of one of... |
2014_MD_UMd_HornbakeL_Bladen | 13 | MD -- College Park -- University of Maryland -- Hornbake Library -- Exhibit: Bladensburg Rediscovered Coming August 2014
Beyond the Battle: Bladensburg Rediscovered
History has not been kind to our neighboring town of Bladensburg. Though a bustling town in the past, Bladensburg has been all but forgotten. Once equaling Alexandria and Georgetown, it functioned as a colonial sea port, an early federal... |
2014_MD_UMd_HornbakeL_EPrint | 6 | MD -- College Park -- University of Maryland -- Hornbake Library -- Exhibit: Early Printing The Early Printing Collection
The Early Printing Collection is a set of thirty-six leaves and pages that were painted in Europe in the late 15th century. It features printed pages from Bibles and other religious and historical chronicles, including leaves from well-known works like The Nuremberg... |
2014_MD_UMd_HornbakeL_Exor | 6 | MD -- College Park -- University of Maryland -- Hornbake Library -- Exhibit: Exorcist "Exorcist House"
In 1971, William Peter Blatty published The Exorcist, a chilling novel that continues to frighten readers today. The story is inspired by events that tok place in a neighborhood just a few miles from campus. As a college student at Georgetown University in 1949, Blatty heard tales of a... |
2017_MD_Umd_HornbakeL_FDoug | 53 | MD -- College Park -- University of Maryland -- Hornbake Library -- Exhibit: Frederick Douglass and Wye House Frederick Douglass and Wye House: Archaeology and African American Culture in Maryland
On display through July 2017
Thousands of African and African American families were enslaved in Maryland for almost 250 years. Little evidence of their daily lives was preserved which leaves many questions about... |
2014_MD_UMd_HornbakeL_WMUC | 21 | MD -- College Park -- University of Maryland -- Hornbake Library -- Exhibit: WMUC For over 75 years, the University of Maryland has been actively involved in radio. What began as an introductory course in the Speech Department blossomed into a thriving student-run station, first as WMUC AM 650, then as WMUC-FM in College Park, and WMUC Digital.
Generations of students have lent... |
2015_MD_Fred_Artz_PL | 105 | MD -- Frederick -- C. Burr Artz Public Library |
2018_MD_Fred_Artz_PL | 53 | MD -- Frederick -- C. Burr Artz Public Library |
2019_MD_Kensington_Lib | 3 | MD -- Kensington -- Public Libraries |
2023_MD_Kensington_Lib | 39 | MD -- Kensington -- Public Libraries |
2017_MD_Laurel_LibPk | 35 | MD -- Laurel -- Laurel Library and Emancipation Community Park |
2023_MD_PotomacMD_Lib | 48 | MD -- Potomac -- Public Library (10101 Glenolden Dr.) |
2023_MD_PotomacMD_LibO_230415 | 154 | MD -- Potomac -- Public Library (10101 Glenolden Dr.) -- Reopening Event County Executive Elrich, Council President Glass to Join Montgomery County Public Libraries for Reopening of Potomac Branch on Saturday, April 15
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and County Council President Evan Glass will be among those joining Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL), other... |
2022_MD_Rockville_Lib | 59 | MD -- Rockville -- Rockville Memorial Library |
2023_MD_Rockville_Lib | 8 | MD -- Rockville -- Rockville Memorial Library |
2023_MD_Rockville_Lib_Bambi | 8 | MD -- Rockville -- Rockville Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Bambiraptor |
2022_MD_Rockville_Lib_Eman | 52 | MD -- Rockville -- Rockville Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Emancipation and the Pursuit of Education |
2022_MD_Rockville_Lib_Hist | 46 | MD -- Rockville -- Rockville Memorial Library -- Exhibit: History of Rockville Library 1869 to 2006 |
2022_MD_Rockville_Lib_Lynch | 41 | MD -- Rockville -- Rockville Memorial Library -- Exhibit: It Happened in Rockville: Remembering Two Lynchings "It Happened in Rockville: Remembering Two Lynchings" Exhibit to be Displayed at Rockville Memorial Library
By Laurie White
Post date: January 24, 2022
The Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project (MoCoLMP) “It Happened in Rockville: Remembering Two Lynching” exhibit is coming to the Rockville... |
2009_MD_SSL_Ells | 10 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Ellsworth Library (8901 Colesville Rd) Included here are pictures of "The Old Tavern", a WPA-vintage mural that used to be in the post office. It was later moved to the new Silver Spring library. |
2019_MD_SSL_Ells | 14 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Ellsworth Library (8901 Colesville Rd) The old library is currently being used as a community store -- The Friendship Library -- for selling old books. The woman at the desk said it would be closing around September 18. There was some discussion about turning the building into a childcare or eldercare facility. |
2004_MD_SSL | 5 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2005_MD_SSL | 3 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2006_MD_SSL | 4 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2007_MD_SSL | 16 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2008_MD_SSL | 45 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2010_MD_SSL | 99 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) Demolition around the site of the new Silver Spring library. The last of the buildings to be torn down was the Moose Lodge and auto garage. The workers took down the dedication plaque and found the time capsule (and old Band-Aid box) which was going to go the Silver Spring Historical Society. Later in... |
2011_MD_SSL | 13 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2013_MD_SSL | 82 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2014_MD_SSL | 45 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2015_MD_SSL | 93 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2016_MD_SSL | 11 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2017_MD_SSL | 7 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2018_MD_SSL | 6 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) The lion/mouse scupture has been moved to the front lawn. It used to be up on the fifth floor balcony. |
2019_MD_SSL | 1 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2020_MD_SSL | 28 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) Including Covid-19 signs |
2022_MD_SSL | 3 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) They had had the formal renaming ceremony earlier in the day. I thought that meant the main sign would change but they just changed the side sign.
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, County Council President Gabe Albornoz, and County Councilmember Will Jawando will join members of the family of... |
2023_MD_SSL | 6 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) |
2017_MD_SSL_Model | 25 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) -- Design Model The library's model is on display. |
2015_MD_SSL_Opening_Cer_150620 | 131 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) -- Opening Event -- Ceremony Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett, Montgomery County Public Libraries and The Department of General Services invite you to
The Grand Opening of the Silver Spring Library.
Participating in the opening ceremonies were:
* County Executive Ike Leggett,
* County Council President George... |
2015_MD_SSL_Opening_Mob_150620 | 109 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) -- Opening Event -- The Mob Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett, Montgomery County Public Libraries and The Department of General Services invite you to
The Grand Opening of the Silver Spring Library |
2015_MD_SSL_Vw | 60 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) -- Views from... |
2016_MD_SSL_Vw | 14 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) -- Views from... |
2017_MD_SSL_Vw | 9 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Library (900 Wayne Ave) -- Views from... |
2010_MD_Takoma_CC | 12 | MD -- Takoma Park Community Center |
2019_MD_Takoma_CC | 10 | MD -- Takoma Park Community Center |
2020_MD_Takoma_CC | 37 | MD -- Takoma Park Community Center |
2021_MD_Takoma_CC | 7 | MD -- Takoma Park Community Center |
2022_MD_Takoma_CC | 25 | MD -- Takoma Park Community Center |
2023_MD_Takoma_CC | 29 | MD -- Takoma Park Community Center |
2023_MD_Takoma_LibT | 10 | MD -- Takoma Park Maryland Library (Temporary Location @ 7505 New Hampshire Ave.) |
2022_MD_Wheaton_Lib | 52 | MD -- Wheaton -- Wheaton Community Recreation Center |
2023_MD_Wheaton_Lib_Lynch | 46 | MD -- Wheaton -- Wheaton Community Recreation Center -- Exhibit: It Happened in Rockville: Remembering Two Lynchings "It Happened in Rockville: Remembering Two Lynchings" Exhibit at Wheaton Library Through Feb. 28
The Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project’s “It Happened in Rockville: Remembering Two Lynchings” exhibit is being displayed at the Montgomery County Public Libraries’ Wheaton branch through Feb. 28.... |
2015_DC_Selznick_150508 | 109 | MLK Memorial Library -- Event: Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Featuring Brian Selznick Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Featuring Brian Selznick
Love Is a Dangerous Angel: Thoughts on Queerness and Family in Children's Books
The DC Public Library is proud to host the 2015 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture sponsored by The Association for Library Service to Children on Friday, May 8, 2015 at the Martin... |
2023_DC_Betancourt_230831 | 90 | MLK Memorial Library -- Event: David Betancourt ("Avengers Assembled") w/Helena Andrews-Dyer Avengers Assembled with David Betancourt
The Origin of the Earths Mightiest Heroes
Fans of the Marvel Universe and readers of all ages are invited to celebrate the release of "The Avengers Assembled: The Origin of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes" with author David Betancourt.
As a child, David... |
2022_DC_Banksy_220813 | 18 | MLK Memorial Library -- Event: Documentary Screening: Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art Documentary Screening: Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art
Filmfest DC and the DowntownDC BID are pleased to invite you to a special free screening of Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art. This 2019 documentary, directed by Elio España, focuses on the work and impact of the world's most infamous street... |
2023_DC_Reading_King_230405 | 88 | MLK Memorial Library -- Event: Reading Dr. King in America Reading Dr. King in America
The 55th Anniversary of Dr. King's Assassination
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will host Reading with Dr. King in America in partnership with the DC Black History Celebration Committee featuring Timon Kyle Durrett and more.
Join D.C. Black History Celebration... |
2022_DC_Beyond_Granite_221207 | 160 | MLK Memorial Library -- Event: Special Preview of Beyond Granite's Inaugural Exhibition on the National Mall Please join Monument Lab, the Trust for the National Mall, and project partners for this special livestream preview of Beyond Granite and its inaugural exhibition, coming to the National Mall and Washington, DC, in 2023.
Speakers and Panel Discussions
Exclusive announcement of the 2023 inaugural... |
2023_DC_Nguyen_231004 | 82 | MLK Memorial Library -- Event: Trung Le Nguyen ("The Magic Fish") w/Ted Osius Author Talk - Trung Le Nguyen
At a time when LGTBQ and API voices are targeted for book bans, join us for a special conversation with Vietnamese American cartoonist Trung Le Nguyen.
In partnership with The Vietnam Society and the Mayor's Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs, join the Library... |
2023_DC_Smith_230328 | 102 | MLK Memorial Library and Loyalty Bookstores -- Event: Clint Smith and Elizabeth Acevedo ("Above Ground: Poems by Clint Smith") Clint Smith and Elizabeth Acevedo
Above Ground: Poems by Clint Smith
A book discussion and book signing with Clint Smith and Elizabeth Acevedo.
Join the Library and Loyalty Books for the book release and discussion of Clint Smith's new book, Above Ground: Poems, Clint Smith's first book of Poetry... |
2008_MO_SLMPL | 37 | MO -- St. Louis -- Main Public Library |
2018_MO_SLMPL | 87 | MO -- St. Louis -- Main Public Library |
2018_MO_SLMPL_Working | 20 | MO -- St. Louis -- Main Public Library -- Exhibit: Working in America Working In America
Working in America takes an intimate look at how we feel about work.
Through powerful photographs and honest stories, the exhibit explores the relationships between social, cultural, physical and psychological realities of work that shape everyday life.
Inspired by Studs Terkel's... |
2001_NY_NYPL_Jefferson_Mkt | 8 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Jefferson Market Library @ 425 Sixth Avenue) |
2023_12_22D1_NYPL_Jefferson_Mkt | 101 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Jefferson Market Library @ 425 Sixth Avenue) |
2023_NY_NYPL_Jefferson_Mkt | 1 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Jefferson Market Library @ 425 Sixth Avenue) |
2023_12_22D2_NYPL_Jefferson_MFT | 31 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Jefferson Market) -- Exhibit: The Fables and Fairy Tales The Fables and Fairy Tales Exhibit
Through February 1, 2024
The Fables and Fairy Tales Exhibit presents a compilation of tales and fables, well-known and cherished by both children and adults.
We are all brought up with fairy tales, which explore facets of human conflict often with a provided moral.... |
2016_NY_NYPL_Curious_Hand | 111 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: A Curious Hand: The Prints of Henri-Charles Guérard (1846-1897) A Curious Hand: The Prints of Henri-Charles Guérard (1846-1897)
Open now. Ends February 26th, 2017.
Described by the influential nineteenth-century art critic Roger Marx as “the engraver of curiosity par excellence,” Henri-Charles Guérard was one of the most skilled and inventive French printmakers of... |
2019_NY_NYPL_Dickens | 17 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: A Dickens Christmas A Dickens Christmas
Open now. Ends January 5th, 2020.
Charles Dickens, long an avid theatre-goer and performer in amateur theatricals, gave his first public reading of A Christmas Carol in 1853. The charismatic author is said to have employed a different voice, a different style, for each of his... |
2023_12_20D4_NYPL_Dickens | 18 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: A Dickens Christmas A Dickens Christmas
Through January 6, 2024
Charles Dickens, long an avid theatergoer and performer in amateur theatricals, gave his first public reading of A Christmas Carol in 1853. The charismatic author is said to have employed a different voice, a different style, for each of his characters, and... |
2016_NY_NYPL_WritersX | 17 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: A Writer's Christmas: Dickens & More A Writer's Christmas: Dickens & More
Open now. Ends January 8th, 2017.
The arrival of Christmas evokes a range of feelings in most of us—from intense nostalgia, to playful whimsy, to high seriousness, to simple joy. In this respect, great writers are no different. Now on display, from the Library's... |
2017_NY_NYPL_WritersX | 14 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: A Writer's Christmas: Dickens & More A Writer's Christmas: Dickens & More
Open now. Ends January 8th, 2018.
The arrival of Christmas evokes a range of feelings in most of us—from intense nostalgia, to playful whimsy, to high seriousness, to simple joy. In this respect, great writers are no different. Now on display, from the Library's... |
2016_NY_NYPL_Hancock | 68 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Alexander Hamilton: Striver, Statesman, Scoundrel Alexander Hamilton: Striver, Statesman, Scoundrel
Open now. Ends December 31st, 2016.
Alexander Hamilton, an orphaned immigrant from the Caribbean, acted as George Washington’s top aide in the American Revolution, created the American financial system, and waged ideological battles against Thomas... |
2019_NY_NYPL_Comics | 59 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Comics at the New York Public Library Comics at the New York Public Library
On view through October 10th, 2019
The New York Public Library is delighted to celebrate the creative attributes of comics. The Library holds an extensive collection of comics spanning the medium’s history. Students, artists, and comic book aficionados visit the... |
2023_NY_NYPL_ERA | 83 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Equal Rights Amendment: A Century of Speaking Out Equal Rights Amendment: A Century of Speaking Out
Through January 7, 2024
In August 1920, the movement for women’s equality in the United States won a massive victory with the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. Following the passage of the amendment, in 1921, Alice... |
2022_NY_NYPL_Folly | 82 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Fortune and Folly in 1720 Fortune and Folly in 1720
Through February 19, 2023
In 1720, everyday citizens converged on the banking streets of Paris, London, and Amsterdam, speculating in New World trading companies and other maritime ventures. By the close of that year, an unprecedented bull market would culminate in the... |
2019_NY_NYPL_GutenbergMT | 16 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Gutenberg Meets the Transistor |
2022_NY_NYPL_GutenbergMT | 4 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Gutenberg Meets the Transistor |
2019_NY_NYPL_Stonewall | 82 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50 Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50
Through July 13th, 2019
This season, The New York Public Library is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Through a new exhibition, a series of programs, book recommendations, and more, we invite you to learn more about the emergence of the modern... |
2019_NY_NYPL_Made | 135 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Made at NYPL Made at NYPL
Ends July 3rd, 2020
Since The New York Public Library’s founding in 1895, its world-renowned research collections have provided the setting for an ever-unfolding story. It is a tale of curiosity, imagination, and persistence, told every day by the countless researchers who give voice to... |
2023_12_20D3_NYPL_Beerbohm | 89 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Max Beerbohm: The Price of Celebrity Max Beerbohm: The Price of Celebrity
Through January 27, 2024
The English artist and writer Sir Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)—or just “Max,” as he came to be known—felt the uneasiness about the power of celebrity that many of us feel today. He longed to be a celebrity himself: to be admired and sought... |
2023_NY_NYPL_Subway | 51 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: New York Subways 1977: Alen MacWeeney New York Subways 1977: Alen MacWeeney
Through January 7, 2024
Alen MacWeeney (b. 1939, Dublin) began his photography career in Ireland working as a press photographer and freelancing for fashion magazines, before moving to New York City in 1961 to be an assistant for the celebrated photographer... |
2017_NY_NYPL_Picturing | 32 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Picturing the City: Illustrated Maps of NYC Picturing the City: Illustrated Maps of NYC
Open now. Ends April 9th, 2018.
The New York Public Library’s extensive map collection includes a treasure trove of artistically creative cartography. When maps are embellished with pictures, as they have been since mapping began, we receive geographic... |
2016_NY_NYPL_Politics | 17 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Politics of Persuasion Politics of Persuasion: 150 Years of Presidential Campaigning
In this display, The New York Public Library is proud to present presidential campaign ephemera dating back nearly 150 years: a lapel pin with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, a Barry Goldwater bumper sticker, and even a Richard Nixon poster... |
2023_NY_NYPL_Treasures | 348 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures
Ongoing
For more than 125 years, The New York Public Library has collected, preserved, and made accessible the world’s knowledge. Now, for the first time, the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures showcases some of... |
2016_NY_NYPL_Preserving | 45 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Preserving a Masterpiece: From Soaring Ceilings to Subterranean Storage Preserving a Masterpiece: From Soaring Ceilings to Subterranean Storage
Open now. Ends October 9th, 2016.
Celebrate the legacy of The New York Public Library’s iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street with our new exhibition, Preserving a Masterpiece: From Soaring Ceilings... |
2016_NY_NYPL_Protests | 18 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Protests in Print Protests in Print
Open now. Ends January 18th, 2017.
The term “alternative press” is used by librarians, publishers, authors, and artists to group together forms of print that diverge from the production and distribution methods of conventionally published materials. As a platform for both personal... |
2016_NY_NYPL_Splendour | 25 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Splendour Among Shadows Splendour Among Shadows
Open now. Ends September 28th, 2016.
In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of The New York Public Library’s Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, the Library presents a new exhibition, Splendour Among Shadows: Celebrating 30 Years of the Pforzheimer... |
2019_NY_NYPL_Rayner | 66 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: The Watercolors of William P. Rayner The Watercolors of William P. Rayner
On view through October 13, 2019
The New York Public Library presents an exhibition of over 50 works by watercolorist and travel writer William P. Rayner (1929–2018). During his three-decade career as editorial business manager at Condé Nast, and on trips with... |
2019_NY_NYPL_Ugly_Duckling | 45 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Ugly Duckling Presse Ugly Duckling Presse Chapbook and Zine Collection: Other Presses, Other Places
Open now. Ends January 12th, 2020.
Founded in 1993, Ugly Duckling Presse is a Brooklyn-based non-profit publisher that produces poetry, translations, experimental non-fiction, performance texts, and books by artists.
The... |
2019_NY_NYPL_Whitman | 121 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: Walt Whitman: America's Poet Walt Whitman: America's Poet
Through August 30th, 2019
Two hundred years after his birth, Walt Whitman remains one of America's most influential writers, arguably our national poet. His life's work, Leaves of Grass, is a perennial best-seller, and Whitman himself has attained the status of cultural... |
2017_NY_NYPL_Recent | 141 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: What's New? Recent Acquisitions What's New? Recent Acquisitions
Open now. Ends February 11th, 2018.
In the Wachenheim gallery, curators from research collections across the Library tell the stories behind our newest holdings, from a book printed in Peru 500 years ago to the set design for the musical In the Heights. On the third... |
2018_NY_NYPL_Revolution | 163 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Exhibit: You Say You Want a Revolution: Remembering the 60s You Say You Want a Revolution: Remembering the 60s
Through September 1, 2018
Discover the counterculture of the 1960s and 70s in this comprehensive exhibition at the Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at 42nd Street. Part of a citywide celebration of the 1960s, this exhibition explores the... |
2008_NY_NYPL_Misc | 3 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Miscellaneous |
2016_NY_NYPL_Misc | 126 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Miscellaneous |
2017_NY_NYPL_Misc | 19 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Miscellaneous |
2018_NY_NYPL_Misc | 9 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Miscellaneous |
2019_NY_NYPL_Misc | 55 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Miscellaneous |
2022_NY_NYPL_Misc | 8 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Miscellaneous |
2023_12_20D2_NYPL_Misc | 16 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Miscellaneous |
2023_NY_NYPL_Misc | 6 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Miscellaneous |
2016_NY_NYPL_Childrens | 18 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Room: Children's Center (Winnie-the-Pooh) |
2016_NY_NYPL_Periodical | 19 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Room: DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room |
2016_NY_NYPL_Salomon | 50 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Room: Edna Barnes Salomon Room |
2016_NY_NYPL_McGrawR | 19 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Room: McGraw Rotunda |
2016_NY_NYPL_RoseR | 28 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Room: Rose Main Reading Room |
2023_NY_NYPL_VC | 25 | NY -- NYC -- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Bldg) -- Visitor Center |
2023_NY_NYPL_SNFL | 27 | NY -- NYC -- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) -- And view from... |
2017_OH_Billy_Watterson | 18 | OH -- Columbus -- OSU -- Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum -- Exhibit: Selections from Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes |
2017_OH_Billy_Vault | 336 | OH -- Columbus -- OSU -- Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum -- Exhibit: Tales from the Vault Tales From The Vault: 40 Years / 40 Stories: 40th Anniversary exhibit
March 25, 2017 - October 22, 2017
Celebrating 40 Years at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
Explore 40 stories about fascinating collectors, groundbreaking comics, controversial cartoons, influential characters,... |
2017_OH_Billy_Treasures | 107 | OH -- Columbus -- OSU -- Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Collections Treasures from the Collections of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
This permanent exhibit features a selection of exceptional artwork and artifacts highlighting the breadth and depth of our collections. |
2017_OH_OSU_Thompson | 12 | OH -- Columbus -- OSU -- Thompson Library |
2017_OH_OSU_Thompson_Trail | 74 | OH -- Columbus -- OSU -- Thompson Library Gallery -- Exhibit: Hot on the Trail of Iconic Detectives Hot on the Trail of Iconic Detectives
Thompson Library Gallery
May 24 - September 17, 2017
The game is afoot! Hot on the Trail of Iconic Detectives explores popular depictions of fictional detectives over the last 150 years. Curated by English Librarian Jennifer Schnabel, the exhibition examines... |
2007_PA_Carnegie_Lib_AR | 8 | PA -- Pittsburgh -- Carnegie Public Library (Allegheny Regional) The library was closed due to damage from a lightning strike. It sounded a bit like the plot to "Back to the Future" but the following is from http://www.carnegielibrary.org/about/pressroom/2006/allegheny083106.html
Repairs to Begin on Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Allegheny Regional
Press... |
2007_PA_Carnegie_Lib_Oakland | 22 | PA -- Pittsburgh -- Carnegie Public Library (Oakland -- Main library) |
2015_MD_Takoma_CC_80th_151216 | 74 | Takoma Park Community Center -- Event: Library's 80th Birthday Party Happy Birthday to the Library!
Takoma Park Maryland Library
Come celebrate the Takoma Park Maryland Library’s 80th birthday with cake and lemonade!
Then, at 7:30 p.m., you are invited to attend a public meeting in the Community Center where the latest concept design for the proposed Library... |
2003_UT_Salt_Library | 17 | UT -- Salt Lake City -- Main Library |
2016_UT_Salt_Library | 40 | UT -- Salt Lake City -- Main Library |
2016_UT_Salt_Library_APF | 25 | UT -- Salt Lake City -- Main Library -- Alt Press Fest exhibit |
2016_UT_Salt_LibrarySq | 16 | UT -- Salt Lake City -- Main Library -- Library Square |
2003_UT_Salt_LibraryVw | 13 | UT -- Salt Lake City -- Main Library -- Views from... |
2016_UT_Salt_LibraryVw | 22 | UT -- Salt Lake City -- Main Library -- Views from... |
2023_VA_FC_Styles_Lib | 9 | VA -- Falls Church -- Mary Riley Styles Public Library |
2005_VA_Marshall | 13 | VA -- Lexington -- George C. Marshall Museum and Library |
2005_VA_State_Lib | 40 | VA -- Richmond -- Virginia State Library -- incl Exhibit: Art from Capitol Square Since the Virginia state capitol is being gutted for an expansion, there was a lot of art work which had to be moved out. They decided to put a selection of the 400 pieces from the State Capitol, the Virginia Executive Mansion, the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the Library of Virginia on display at the... |
2007_VA_State_Lib | 27 | VA -- Richmond -- Virginia State Library -- incl Exhibit: Myth and Memory display Myth and Memory: Understanding 400 Years of Virginia History
(January 8, 2007—January 15, 2008)
Myth and Memory: Understanding Four Hundred Years of Virginia History examined how Virginians have remembered their past through public events, through writing about history, and through marking history on... |
2015_VA_State_Lib | 82 | VA -- Richmond -- Virginia State Library -- incl Exhibit: To Be Sold To Be Sold
(October 27, 2014—May 30, 2015)
To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade offers a frank exploration of Virginia's role in the business of the second middle passage—the forced relocation of two-thirds of a million African Americans from the Upper South to the Cotton South in the... |