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

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! 

The discovery of President Nixon’s secret taping system in the White House set off a debate involving all three branches of our government. See the tape recorder in Exhibition Hall and learn about the conflict over Executive Privilege.

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.