Library of Congress

Internationalization
Čeština: Knihovna Kongresu je de facto národní knihovna Spojených Státu. Je to jedna z největších knihoven na světě.
Deutsch: Die Library of Congress, die inoffizielle Nationalbibliothek der USA, gehört zu den wichtigsten Bibliotheken der Welt.
English: The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States. It is one of the largest libraries in the world.
Español: La Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos (United States Library of Congress en inglés), situada en Washington D. C. y distribuida en tres edificios (el Edificio Thomas Jefferson, el Edificio John Adams, y el Edificio James Madison), es una de las mayores bibliotecas del mundo, con más de 138 millones de documentos.
Français : La Bibliothèque du Congrès est de fait la bibliothèque nationale des États-Unis. C'est l'une des plus grandes bibliothèques du monde.
Македонски: Конгресната библиотека de facto е национална библиотека на Соединетите Американски Држави. Таа е една од најголемите библиотеки во светот.
Português: A Biblioteca do Congresso é a biblioteca nacional oficial dos Estados Unidos da América. É uma das maiores bibliotecas do mundo.
Русский: Библиотека Конгресса США — это, фактически, национальная библиотека США. Одна из самых больших библиотек в мире.
Suomi: Yhdysvaltain kongressin kirjasto on Yhdysvaltain de facto kansalliskirjasto.
Türkçe: Kongre Kütüphanesi, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin "fiili" ulusal kütüphanesidir.Bu,dünyanın en büyük kütüphanelerinden birisidir.
See images on Commons from the Library of Congress (non-exhaustive).
Véase imágenes de la Biblioteca de Congreso en la Wikimedia Commons (no exhaustiva).
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Insignia
- Seal
- Logo
Previous logos
- Logo
- Alternate Logo
- Alternate logo
Jefferson Building
Exterior views
- Construction of Jefferson Building
- 1902 postcard
- West Front
- West Front, right wing
- West Front, left wing
- West Front
- West Front
- West Front
- Sign in the front
- "1897" sign
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- Top Level, Thomas Jefferson Building
- West Front
The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- Floor
- Stained glass ceiling window
- Ph. Martiny: Banister, showing putti personifying professions and occupations of modern life
- Ph. Martiny: Entomologist putto
- Ph. Martiny: Printer putto
- Ph. Martiny: America and Africa putti
- Ph. Martiny: Asia and Europe putti
- Figure at the Commemorative Arch, leading to the Main Reading Room
- Figure at the Commemorative Arch, leading to the Main Reading Room
- Elihu Vedder: Minerva of Peace mosaic
- The Great Hall ( taken from steps leading downstairs )
The Main Reading Room
- Main Reading Room
- Main Reading Room
- Main Reading Room dome
- Main Reading Room ceiling; view inside cupola
Corridors around the Great Hall
- detail
- Ceiling murals by Frank W. benson in a corridor
- Frank W. Benson: Thalia
- Display of the Gutenberg bible
- Display of the Gutenberg bible
- J. W. Alexander: The Evolution of the Book – Picture Writing
- J. W. Alexander: The Evolution of the Book – The Manuscript
- J. W. Alexander: The Evolution of the Book – The Printing Press
- G. R. Barse: Comedy
- G. R. Barse: Tragedy
- G. R. Barse: Lyrica
- G. R. Barse: Fancy
- G. R. Barse: Romance
- G. R. Barse: Erotica
- G. R. Barse: Tradition
- G. R. Barse: History
- Goethe
- Printer marks: Isaac Elezevir
- Printer marks: François Regnault
Other rooms
- American Treasures Gallery
- American Treasures Gallery
- Coolidge Auditorium
- Bronze doors by Herbert Adams
Librarians of Congress
- John James Beckley (1802–1807)
- Patrick Magruder (1807–1815)
- George Watterston (1815–1829)
- John Silva Meehan (1829–1861)
- John Gould Stephenson (1861–1864)
- Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1864–1897)
- John Russell Young (1897–1899)
- Herbert Putnam (1899–1939)
- Archibald MacLeish (1939–1944)
- Luther H. Evans (1945–1953)
- Lawrence Quincy Mumford (1954–1974)
- Daniel J. Boorstin (1975–1987)
- James Hadley Billington (1987–2015)
- Carla Hayden (2015-)