Explore rare photographs, maps, music, books and newspapers preserved at the Library of Congress.

Where Curiosity Sparks Discovery, a 4,000-square-foot experiential research gallery designed for children ages 8 to 15. Developed as part of the Library's broader A Library for You initiative, The ...

The Library of Congress has placed nearly 500 firsthand accounts from 9/11 survivors and responders online for the attack’s ...

The preservation of the millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps, and manuscripts in its collections is of the utmost importance to all Americans. and people around the globe. the ...

A new Library of Congress online collection features the full Stony Brook World Trade Center Health and Wellness Program oral history project.

When Stephen Sondheim visited the Library of Congress in 1993, he saw something that stopped him in his tracks. Mark Horowitz, a senior music specialist at the library, had prepared a selection of ...

As John Mulaney noted in a recent episode of Poker Face, Stephen Sondheim is “the best lyricist of the 20th century.” The Library of Congress was only a half-step behind Peacock’s mystery show, as the ...

Music, like history, is iterative. Nobody knows that better than hip-hop artists, for whom sampling other songs is a core component of making new tracks. Now everyone has a chance to experience what ...

When Mark Eden Horowitz, a senior music specialist at the Library of Congress, created a show-and-tell of the Library's music collection for Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim back in May of 1993, he ...

Nearly 500 first-hand accounts from responders who lived through September 11, 2001, are now searchable online through the ...

This extensive essay explores the relationship of the Library of Congress with the Smithsonian Institution. The Library developed relationships with other national libraries over the years, but none ...