The library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.

On April 24, 1800, President John Adams founded the Library of Congress. Today it holds over 170 million items and remains ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1897, the new Library of Congress building opened its doors to the public. In 1980, the building was renamed the Thomas Jefferson Building in honor of the nation’s third ...

Forty-one years ago, the Kentucky Derby Museum opened to preserve the history and amplify the cultural impact of the Kentucky Derby.

Frank Absher shows off some electronic transcriptions, or ETs, that he's gathered of vintage St. Louis radio broadcasts. Hours of historic St. Louis radio broadcasts are being added to the Library of ...

At head of title: Library of Congress. "The first of the series of Contributions to American library history, the preparation of which has been undertaken by librarians representing the several states ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus recently performed at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and donated several historic items, including the earliest known photo of P.T. Barnum’s ...

Which is why the US Library of Congress maintains a special, fireproof vault in Virginia, near Washington, DC. There, the highly combustible nitrate film used from the dawn of cinema in the 1890s ...