Art in the Senate

The United States Senate maintains a collection of over 2,000 pieces of art and historical furniture. The Office of the Senate Curator serves as staff to the U.S. Senate Commission on Art [formerly the U.S. Senate Commission on Art and Antiquities], established in 1968 to accept, place, and preserve works of art, exhibits, and historical objects in the Senate wing of the Capitol and in the Senate Office Buildings.

Collections of the Office of Senate Curator

Learn more about these Senate art collections.

Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection

The Senate’s Oldest Art Collection

Political Cartoons of Thomas Nast

Seth Eastman's Fort Paintings

Senate Reception Room Portraits

The portraits of seven former Senators are displayed in the Senate Reception Room in the Capitol, filling medallion portrait spaces deliberately left vacant by 19th-century Italian artist Constantino Brumidi .

The "Famous Five" Now the "Famous Seven"

Portraits Approved for Senate Reception Room

Vandenberg and Wagner Portraits Unveiled

Photography Collections

Learn more about these Senate photography collections.

Photo Collection of the Senate Historical Office

African American Senators

Women in the Senate

Arthur E. Scott, the Senate's First Photo Historian

Smile:   Photographing the Senate in Session, September 24, 1963

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