Big things are coming to the Library very soon! 👀 Read about it in the latest issue of the Library of Congress Magazine (), and keep watching this space for more.
It's Children's Book Week! In 2019, for the 100th anniversary of Children's Book Week, the Library launched this virtual collection of dozens of historically-significant digitized children's books, including their stunning illustrations! Check them out:
Happy National Nurses Day! The American Folklife Center, part of the Library of Congress, just posted a new Occupational Folklife Project collection. It features 15 interviews documenting the careers & work culture of members of Chi Eta Phi, a renowned historically Black national…
The work of John Wood, the country’s first federal photographer, has largely been forgotten by history. A new book published by Smithsonian Books in association with the Library sheds overdue light on his life & work.
It's
#PreservationWeek
and we are celebrating by bringing you a behind the scenes look at what some of our conservation experts do on a daily basis to preserve the materials housed at the Library of Congress!
The “kid in a candy store” vibes of chef
@carlahall
at the Library of Congress are unmatched. We want to thank her for her visit and her
#LiveAtTheLibrary
discussion of her new show “Chasing Flavor.”
To see what's coming up Live at the Library, visit !
A one-of-a-kind Asian Pacific American Heritage Month experience: Library Innovator in Residence Jeffrey Yoo Warren is inviting the public to visit a series of virtual 3D reconstructions of once-thriving historic Asian American communities.
Learn more:
“O Captain! My Captain!”
On this last day of National Poetry Month behold this item from the
@librarycongress
Manuscript Division: Printed copy of one of Walt Whitman’s most popular poems with handwritten corrections by him.
#NationalPoetryMonth
On this day in 1789, George Washington surprised guests of the nation's first inauguration with a speech after taking the oath of office. The inaugural address has been customary ever since.
The Library is home to the speech manuscript, which still has faint fold lines from…
Black men were among the first cowboys in the U.S. but pop culture erased them from the Western milieu over time, creating misleading iconography of an Old West filled with white men on horseback. Our collections help document a more accurate picture.
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Annie Lennox discusses why the Library of Congress & the
#GershwinPrize
in particular are such meaningful parts of American culture. 🥰 You can still watch the 2024 Gershwin Prize concert honoring Elton John & Bernie Taupin on the PBS app & website!
The Library of Congress is one of the destinations for
#AmericasFieldTrip
! This nationwide contest invites 3rd to 12th-grade students to dive deep into the heart of our nation's story & express what America means to them.
Enter by May 17th!
It's the Library's birthday. 🥰 Looking pretty good for 224, don't you think? Hopefully we'll continue to be a beacon of knowledge and truth, a venue for art and culture, and a maker of smiles and wonder for at LEAST another 224 years.
The deadline for submitting your film for the
@librarycongress
Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for film is May 1. Multiple prizes to help you finish your American history documentary. Info here:
What is now called the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (part of the Library of Congress) was established in 1931. By 1934 the service was distributing sound recordings called "talking books," along with braille materials. That means we’ve been in the…
Happy Earth Day! 🌎
Our planet provides us with so much. In this nation alone, we are blessed with the most beautiful God-given landscapes. Let’s act together to protect it.
Photographs from the
@librarycongress
collection: