Lying in State of President George H. W. Bush

The public is invited to pay their respects to President George H. W. Bush from 7:30 p.m. Monday, December 3, to 7 a.m. Wednesday, December 5. Please enter through the Capitol Visitor Center.

On Monday, December 3, Tuesday, December 4, and Wednesday, December 5, the Capitol Visitor Center will be closed for normal operations, and all Capitol tours are cancelled.

If you have a tour reservation and would like to reschedule, please visit our website at www.visitthecapitol.gov or contact the Visitor Services Office at (202)226-8000.

On Thursday, December 6, the Capitol Visitor Center will reopen for normal operations 8:30 a.m.

Visitor Survey

We hope you enjoyed visiting the U.S. Capitol and thank you for sharing your thoughts about your visit.

Our goal is to better understand how you felt about your visit to the U.S. Capitol, so that we can improve the visitor experience.

The survey should take about 10-15 minutes.

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U.S. Capitol Map

Map of the Capitol campus

Exhibition Hall

The only exhibition in the world dedicated to telling the story of the Congress and the Capitol.