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NOTICE: In the event of a temporary shutdown of the federal government, all Library of Congress buildings will be CLOSED to the public and researchers. All public events will be cancelled. newsroom.loc.gov/news/advisor...

Magazine Monday: An alternate ending for "Romeo and Juliet"? The Library's Rare Book Division holds at least seven printings by an 18th century director who dared to rewrite the Bard. https://lcm.loc.gov/issue/september-october-2025/rewriting-shakespeare/?loclr=blsky

Once more, due to popular demand, we share Rosa Parks’ pancake recipe in honor of 🥞 #NationalPancakeDay. Jotted down on an envelope, it came to the Library with the rest of her papers, a gift made possible by the generosity of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation in 2016. www.loc.gov/collections/...

Discover, learn, and create at the Library of Congress! Our monthly Family Days this fall and winter feature exhibits and hands-on activities—free and open to all ages. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

It's National Comic Book Day! Did you know the Library has one of the nation's largest collections of comic books? Unlike the heroes depicted on their pages, not all of the volumes are in great shape. Here's how Library technicians care for the collection. blogs.loc.gov/preservation...

On this day in 1957, U.S. Army troops escorted the Little Rock Nine to Central High School in Arkansas. Less well known—in August 1958 all the city's high schools were closed for a year to resist integration. Students learned through televised lessons, as shown in these photos.

The Library of Congress has three buildings on Capitol Hill but that’s STILL not enough space to store all of the collection items in the world’s largest library. Here's a look at one of the off-site Library storage facilities in Fort Meade, Maryland.

Magazine Monday: The papers of the man who reinvented musical theater now are in the Library of Congress. Read more about it in the current issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. lcm.loc.gov/issue/septem...

Welcome to the world of “inclusions,” an ecosystem known to archivists the world over in which they come across all sorts of things readers have purposefully or inadvertently left between a book’s pages. Recently at the Library, the objet du jour was... a snakeskin. 🐍 blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/...

Check out what's happening Live! at the Library in October. newsroom.loc.gov/news/live--a...

It's Constitution Day! The Constitution's current home is the National Archives, but it used to be housed here at the Library. For the first time ever, through Oct. 1, the National Archives has the U.S. Constitution & all 27 amendments on display. Head to visit.archives.gov to learn more!

The Library is honoring Hispanic Heritage Month with music, literature, volunteer opportunities, and more! newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

NEWS: The Library of Congress is announcing the appointment of Arthur Sze as the nation’s 25th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2025-2026. Sze will begin his laureateship with a reading of his work on Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Library. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

September is Library Card Sign-up Month. It's easy to get one from the Library of Congress! Here's how: www.loc.gov/research-cen...

The Library is home to the photographic archive of Camilo José Vergara, whose photography documents how America’s cities have changed through the years. One spot he's photographed again and again: Lower Manhattan as seen from the Manhattan Bridge. 🧵

Attention, educators! As you build out your curriculum for the school year ahead, the Library of Congress is here for you with teaching tools, professional learning, and powerful primary sources for your classroom. Check out loc.gov/teachers to learn more.

It's National Teddy Bear Day 🧸. You may know teddy bears are named after President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, but do you know why? It started on a 1902 bear hunting trip, on which Roosevelt had trouble finding a bear, so his assistants found one for him & tied it to a tree. 🧵

NEWS: On this International Literacy Day, 24 organizations working to expand literacy and promote reading have been awarded 2025 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

The National Book Festival always goes by way too fast! We had a great day and we hope you did, too. Please take our survey and tell us how we did: nationalbookfestivalsurvey.com #NatBookFest

We love you book nerds. 🥹 #NatBookFest #fitcheck

We love you book nerds. 🥹 #NatBookFest #fitcheck

Notice: All National Book Festival programming scheduled to be in Rm. 202 will be moved to Rm. 204 for the remainder of the day!

Reminder if you're at the National Book Festival today: This thread has all the info you need to find your way around, but there are also LOTS of volunteers who can help you out!

And doors are OPEN for the 25th National Book Festival! loc.gov/bookfest

It's almost time! The 25th Library of Congress National Book Festival is TOMORROW (Saturday, Sept. 6) at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Are you coming? Read this #NatBookFest thread! 🧵👇

Beautiful, vintage illustrated calendars from the Library's Prints and Photographs Division and a fun calendar fact for you: This date (and 10 after that) in 1752 technically didn't exist for the British Empire or the 13 Colonies. Why? 🧵 ⬇️

Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. In the aftermath of the storm, @StoryCorps recorded interviews with survivors. You can hear some of them here: storycorps.org/podcast/voic... The Library of Congress American Folklife Center is proud to preserve the StoryCorps archive.

This fall, C-SPAN will launch America’s Book Club, a weekly primetime series hosted by the renowned David M. Rubenstein. The show will be taped before audiences at some of the nation’s most iconic public libraries, including here at the Library of Congress! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krl8...

NEWS: The 2025 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction will be awarded to Geraldine Brooks at the National Book Festival on Sept. 6! newsroom.loc.gov/news/geraldi...

NEWS: The 2025 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction will be awarded to Geraldine Brooks at the National Book Festival on Sept. 6! newsroom.loc.gov/news/geraldi...

On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment was certified, giving women the Constitutional right to vote. After Congress sent the Amendment to the states 15 months earlier, the National Woman’s Party would sew a new star on this flag whenever a new state ratified it. 🧵

Magazine Monday: The Library of Congress is home to the journals of artist Benajah Jay Antrim. Of particular interest in the collection: Antrim's drawn documentation of his 1849 journey from Philadelphia to San Francisco, by way of Mexico. lcm.loc.gov/issue/july-a...

On this day in 1939, "The Wizard of Oz" opened in U.S. theaters. Today, the Library is happy to announce the acquisition of rare music and lyric sketches from the score of the iconic film, including the only lyric sketch for “Over the Rainbow” known to exist. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

“Alexander, come back to sleep.” 🥺 “I have an early meeting out of town.” 😒 🤭 What the collection of Alexander Hamilton’s papers at the Library say about his actual relationship with his wife, Eliza. (blog from 2020) blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/07/...

The Racing Presidents recently slowed down for a bit while visiting the Library of Congress. They loved our exhibitions and we think you will, too. We'll see you when you visit, or at Library Night at Nationals Park on September 2!

Anything to get the shot. 😵‍💫 This World Photography Day, check out some of the nearly 17 MILLION items in the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. loc.gov/pictures

Magazine Monday: The annual gathering of literature lovers in Washington, D.C., celebrates its 25th edition on Sept. 6! lcm.loc.gov/issue/july-a...

NEWS: We're offering a wide variety of activities and programs for families and attendees of all ages at the National Book Festival next month. Join us from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on September 6th at the Washington Convention Center. newsroom.loc.gov/news/nationa...

After World War II, the Japanese acknowledged they never broke the code of the Navajo Code Talkers. Tomorrow is Navajo Code Talkers Day, a great time to explore their oral history interviews maintained by the Veterans History Project at the Library. blogs.loc.gov/loc/2023/11/...

We were so happy to host the Fab Five at the Library of Congress last week, as Netflix films the final season of "Queer Eye" in Washington, D.C. We hope Antoni, Jeremiah, Jonathan, Karamo and Tan enjoyed their time with us as much as we did. Photos by Elaina Finkelstein/Library of Congress

UPDATE: Missing sections of the Constitution Annotated website have been restored. Upkeep of Constitution Annotated and other digital resources is a critical part of the Library’s mission, and we appreciate the feedback that alerted us to the error and allowed us to fix it. constitution.congress.gov

It has been brought to our attention that some sections of Article 1 are missing from the Constitution Annotated (constitution.congress.gov) website. We’ve learned that this is due to a coding error. We have been working to correct this and expect it to be resolved soon.

NEWS: The Library of Congress has launched a significant upgrade to the Chronicling America website, the nation’s leading free resource for historical U.S. newspapers. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

This week marked the 100th annual Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Co. "pony penning" in Virginia, famously featured in Marguerite Henry's 1947 bestseller "Misty of Chincoteague." Did you know the real Misty was "librarian for a day" at an American Library Association conference in 1949? 🥰

NOTICE: Due to inclement weather, tonight's installment of Summer Movies on the Lawn will be postponed. The makeup date is August 14th. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Marie Tharp played a major role in one of cartography’s greatest achievements: Mapping the sea floor for the first time in history. She started this work at a time when women weren't even allowed on sea-faring research ships. Tharp would have turned 105 this week. 🎂 blogs.loc.gov/maps/2025/07...

Did you know the papers of Alexander Graham Bell are housed at the Library of Congress? So are many photographs of Bell and his family. Here he is leaning in for a kiss from his wife as she stands inside one of his many inventions, a tetrahedral kite. Bell's papers: www.loc.gov/collections/...