The Library of Congress is unveiling an eclectic new exhibit drawing on the institution’s vast historical archives and designed to make the Library a more popular and accessible destination for visitors and tourists.
People visit the exhibit, “Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress,” during a media preview at the Library of Congress, Monday, June 10, 2024, in Washington. People visit the exhibit, “Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress,” during a media preview at the Library of Congress, Monday, June 10, 2024, in Washington.
“You usually don’t go to the Library of Congress because you don’t know that the Library of Congress is more than just a library,” Rubinstein said.Housed in the Thomas Jefferson Building, next door to the Supreme Court and across the street from the Capitol, the dimly lit exhibition hall bursts with images and antiquities.
At times, the selections seem almost random, but curators have embedded small connections and juxtapositions throughout — something Mandel described as the “synergies between the stories.”
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