Join Dr. Michele Cohen, Curator for the Architect of the Capitol, to learn more about the bust of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Capitol Rotunda.

On December 23, 1783, George Washington resigned his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. This event is memorialized in the Capitol Rotunda in a painting by American artist John Trumbull. Join us for a look at Washington’s momentous decision and the story of the painting. 

Join us live from the Capitol Christmas Tree, brought to Washington from the Tongass National Forest in Alaska.

Learn about the Capitol Christmas Tree from a Capitol arborist. No reservations necessary. Please join us!

The U.S. Capitol Visitor Center will be closed for Thanksgiving holiday. 

Learn about the life and legacy of Charles Russell, sent as one of Montana's statues to the National Statuary Hall Collection in 1959.

The Curator of the Architect of the Capitol joins Capitol Conversations to talk about the newest statue in the U.S. Capitol, singer-songwriter Johnny Cash from the state of Arkansas.

John Wood photographed the Capitol Extension of the 1850s. Learn more from Chief of the AOC Photo and Technical Imaging Branch Michael Dunn, AOC Senior Photography Archivist Leslie Matthaei, and author and Library of Congress Photography Conservator Adrienne Lundgren about his pioneering work in documenting an exciting chapter of Capitol history.

James A. Garfield was the second president to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. In the wake of his death, citizens gathered in the Capitol to organize a fund for a suitable memorial to him. Hear the story of their actions and the role of Congress in the quest to honor President Garfield in Washington. 

Prolific inventor Thomas Edison is one of Ohio’s statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Join us to learn more about Edison’s life and legacy.