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Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library’s Jefferson Building was the largest library building in the world when it opened in 1897; today, it’s still one of the world’s most beautiful libraries. Want some inside advice about what to see? Check out some favorite spots from the Library's visitor engagement staff.
Posted in: Architecture, Exhibitions, Libraries, Library Work and Employees, New Visitors Experience, Thomas Jefferson
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Because George Washington and King George III were on opposite sides of America’s war of independence from Britain, we have learned to think of them as opposites. Our research for an upcoming Library of Congress exhibition, “The Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution,” however, has turned up something much more interesting: They were surprisingly alike in temperament, interests and, despite the obvious differences in their lives and experiences.
Posted in: American Revolution, Exhibitions, George Washington, LCM, Manuscripts, Researcher Stories, U.S. Presidents, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
George Washington made his living as a land surveyor from ages 17 to 20, an enterprise that took him deep into the Blue Ridge Mountains in what is now Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia. His diaries and surveying field notebooks are preserved at the Library, along with the rest of his papers, and are featured in a new exhibit, "The Two Georges."
Posted in: Exhibitions, George Washington, LCM, Maps, U.S. Presidents