A gavel can get your attention in a noisy room or make a special moment more memorable. Make your own keepsake gavel in the Democracy Lab! 

Travel through time and experience the Watergate scandal -- from a burglary in June 1972 to the laws Congress passed in response. Track the essential steps of a Congressional investigation: spark, authorization, hearings, report, and legislation.

Join a Curator to explore the Watergate-related artifacts on display in our special exhibition “Congressional Investigations.”

Learn about the statues of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin, sculpted by Elisabet Ney and sent by Texas to the National Statuary Hall Collection in 1905.

Join us for a virtual version of our Heroes of Civil Rights specialty tour in honor of Juneteenth.

Learn about the life and career of Allyn Cox and the artwork that he designed and executed in the Capitol.

In the National Statuary Hall Collection a few statues feature animals as a decorative or symbolic element. Learn about the way that animals are incorporated in various statues and what it says about the cultures, beliefs, and achievements of people like Willa Cather, Po'pay and Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.

Staff from the Architect of the Capitol Curator’s Office will discuss two statues unveiled in the Capitol in May. Arkansas’ statue of Daisy Lee Gatson Bates and North Carolina’s statue of William “Billy” Franklin Graham, Jr. are the newest additions to the National Statuary Hall Collection.