Key | Imgs | Short Description |
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_DC_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_DC_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) |
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2024_03_23A1_Lincoln | 181 | Abraham Lincoln 2024 Symposium @ Fords Theatre (Page 1 of 2) Abraham Lincoln Institute Twenty-Seventh Annual Symposium
“The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship”
Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. (ALI), provides free, ongoing education on the life, career, and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ALI offers resources for educators, g... (Partially reviewed) |
2024_04_09A2_Ghosts | 205 | Library of Congress -- Event: Library Hosts Cast Members of CBS Comedy Ghosts Library Hosts Cast Members of CBS Comedy Ghosts
Event to Feature Panel with Asher Grodman, Danielle Pinnock, Richie Moriarty, Rebecca Wisocky, Román Zaragoza, Library Items Curated for Each Ghost’s Time Period and Special Episode Screening
The Library of Congress will host cast members from CBS’s hi... (Partially reviewed) |
2024_03_23A4_Lincoln4 | 179 | Abraham Lincoln 2024 Symposium @ Fords Theatre (Page 2 of 2) Abraham Lincoln Institute Twenty-Seventh Annual Symposium
“The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship”
Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. (ALI), provides free, ongoing education on the life, career, and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ALI offers resources for educators, g... (Partially reviewed) |
2024_01_14B1_Gonna_Take | 196 | Labor Heritage Foundation @ McGinty's Public House -- MLK "Gonna Take Us All Ball" (Page 1 of 2) MLK "Gonna Take Us All Ball"
Recommit to Dr. King’s dream of equality and justice for all and celebrate Elise Bryant’s well-deserved retirement from LHF!
By Labor Heritage Foundation
Tickets are now FREE! Thanks to the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO, AFSCME 112, the International Association of Heat ... |
2024_02_13B1_USCHS_Freedom | 218 | USCHS -- Freedom Award (2024) to Cheryl L. Johnson (Page 2 of 2) Everything else We look forward to your attendance at the Freedom Award Reception honoring Cheryl L. Johnson, the 36th Clerk of the House of Representatives
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society is honored to present its 2023 Freedom Award to Cheryl L. Johnson to recognize her exceptional leadership and pivotal role ... (Partially reviewed) |