The Library of Congress has made digitized versions of its extraordinary collections available online since 1994. The links on this page are your gateway to an ever-growing treasury of digitized photographs, prints, drawings, manuscripts, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, books and other multimedia collections held by the Library.
|| Spotlight on Digital Collections ||
American Memory
Millions of digital items that document American history and culture.
America's Library for Kids and Family
American history for kids and families.
Chronicling America
Enhaned access to America's historic newspapers.
Exhibitions
Presentations of treasures from our collections, past and present.
Global Gateway
Bilingual presentations in collaboration with overseas libraries and selected international collections of the Library.
Minerva Web Archiving Project
Archived Web sites covering U.S. national elections, September 11 and more.
Millions of digital items that document American history and culture.
America's Library for Kids and Family
American history for kids and families.
Chronicling America
Enhaned access to America's historic newspapers.
Exhibitions
Presentations of treasures from our collections, past and present.
Global Gateway
Bilingual presentations in collaboration with overseas libraries and selected international collections of the Library.
Minerva Web Archiving Project
Archived Web sites covering U.S. national elections, September 11 and more.
Music, Theater and Dance
The Library's collection of scores, sheet music, audio, films.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
A guide to the Library’s performing arts collections and exhibitions.
Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
More than 1 million prints and photographs from the Library’s collections.
THOMAS
U.S. legislative information including bills, Congressional Record, presidential nominations and more.
Today in History
This day in history, based on the American Memory collections.
Veterans History Project
Collecting and preserving stories of wartime service on the front lines and on the home front.
The Library's collection of scores, sheet music, audio, films.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
A guide to the Library’s performing arts collections and exhibitions.
Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
More than 1 million prints and photographs from the Library’s collections.
THOMAS
U.S. legislative information including bills, Congressional Record, presidential nominations and more.
Today in History
This day in history, based on the American Memory collections.
Veterans History Project
Collecting and preserving stories of wartime service on the front lines and on the home front.