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The 1902 McMillan Plan for the Senate Park Commission reasserted the U.S. Capitol as the center of Washington, D.C. How did this plan develop and how did it impact a rapidly modernizing capital city?

The Capitol Visitor Center is open for tours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Reservations are not required. 

Visit the Education Cart by the Statue of Freedom and find out what's happening in the House and Senate Chambers today. 

Highlights one significant story connected to an artifact or document on display in Exhibition Hall. Meet Visitor Center staff at the entrance to Exhibition Hall.

Highlights one significant story connected to an artifact or document on display in Exhibition Hall. Meet Visitor Center staff at the entrance to Exhibition Hall.

Highlights one significant story connected to an artifact or document on display in Exhibition Hall. Meet Visitor Center staff at the entrance to Exhibition Hall.

Learn about the history of passing and ratifying amendments to the Constitution.

Join us to look at the history of passing and ratifying amendments to the Constitution.  Meet Visitor Center staff at the entrance to Exhibition Hall.

Join us to look at the history of passing and ratifying amendments to the Constitution.  Meet Visitor Center staff at the entrance to Exhibition Hall.

Several heroes of the American women's suffrage movement are commemorated in Capitol art, including Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress in 1916. Learn about the role that art and political cartoons played in the fight of women to gain the vote.