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Visitors can tour many highlights on Capitol Hill without registering.

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Official painted portrait of 11th Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers.
On February 24, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Mr. Ayers to serve as...

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With the recent Kennedy Center announcement that the award-winning musical...
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    First Phase Complete

    More than 300 marble stone carvings replaced unsound and/or missing details on the Senate wing's cornice and column capitals.

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    It's About Time

    Time has taken its toll on the Capitol's stone, but our preservation effort will restore even the finer details, hand-carved…

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    Behind the Capitol Scaffolding

    More than 150 rosettes and more than 50 modillions were replaced on the Senate Extension.

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U.S. Capitol Exterior Preservation - Stone and Metal