Current Exhibitions
Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
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 early American map is known to exist in only seven copies. Philanthropist David M. Rubenstein has generously placed his copy of the map at the Library.
#Opera Before Instagram: Portraits, 1890-1955
Explores what opera critic Charles Jahant’s Instagram account might have looked like had he lived in the internet age, with photographs of his favorite opera singers, along with captions giving his assessment of each singer’s talent and history.
America Reads
Celebrates the public’s choice of the top 40 books by American authors that had a profound effect on American life.
World War I: American Artists View the Great War
Presents the work of American Artists who galvanized public interest in World War I from its onset through its aftermath (1914–1918).
Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture
Explores artifacts that represent an array of viewpoints on the interplay of politics and entertainment in American public life.
Herblock Gallery
Celebrates the work of editorial cartoonist Herbert L. Block—better known as "Herblock"—with an ongoing display of ten original drawings, to change every six months, drawn from the Library's extensive Herbert L. Block Collection.
Explore Past Exhibitions
From the Home Front and the Front Lines
Consists of original materials and oral histories drawn from the Veterans History Project collections at the Library of Congress.
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