The Library of Congress offers these events to the public at its Washington, D.C. location free of charge, except where otherwise noted. Schedules are subject to change. Check back to this site for the latest information.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Tour — Public Tours of the Jefferson Building
10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.
Location: Ground Floor Visitors' Theater.
Contact: (202) 707-8000
All Public Events for January 2013
Holiday
New Year's Day
January 1, 2013, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
All Library buildings and services, including reading rooms and exhibitions, will be closed to the public in observance of the federal New Year's Day holiday.
Location: All buildings
Contact: (202) 707-8000
Inauguration Day/MLK Day
January 21, 2013, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 a.m.
All Library buildings and services, including reading rooms and exhibitions, will be closed to the public in observance of Inauguration Day and the federal Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.
Location: All buildings
Contact: (202) 707-8000
Lecture
Whitman's America
January 24, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Kluge Fellow Lindsay Tuggle presents "The Afterlives of Specimens: Science and Mourning in Whitman's America."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-0213
"The Sound of Music"
January 29, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Caitlin Miller of the Music Division discusses Sister Gregory and "The Sound of Music."
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502
Natasha Trethewey
January 30, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate, reads from her Pulitzer Prize-winning book of poetry, "Native Guard."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5394
Gallery Talk
Civil War Sketch Artists
January 9, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Sara Duke of the Prints and Photographs Division introduces various Civil War sketch artists in "The Civil War in America" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203
Photographer Alex MacLean
January 15, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Fine art aerial photographer Alex MacLean discusses his photograph "Congress, Arizona, 2005" in the "Down to Earth" exhibition.
Location: Jefferson Building, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203
37th Congress
January 16, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Barbara Bair of the Manuscript Division talks about the 37th Congress and the legislation that passed, including the Morrill Act, in "The Civil War in America" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203
Civil War Military Strategy
January 23, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Christopher Murphy of the African and Middle Eastern Division introduces the subjects of arms and military strategy during the Civil War in "The Civil War in America" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203
Tour
Public Tours of the Jefferson Building
Monday to Saturday: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. (no 3:30 p.m. tour on Saturdays)
Location: Ground Floor Visitors' Theater.
Contact: (202) 707-8000