What you'll hear inside Library of Congress:

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  John Adams Building

  The John Adams Building is the second-oldest structure within the Library of Congress, completed in the 1930s as an extension to ease overcrowding in the original building.

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  Main Reading Room

  The Main Reading Room is the Library of Congress's principal reference and lending service for general collections, located in Room LJ 100 of the Thomas Jefferson Building at 101 Independence Avenue…

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  Teatro Mary Pickford

  The Mary Pickford Theater is a free cinema on the third floor of the James Madison Building at the Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington D.C.

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  Gutenberg Bible

  The Gutenberg Bible held at the Library of Congress is the first major book printed in Western Europe using movable metal type, widely regarded as a masterpiece of typographic craftsmanship.

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  Mapa de Waldseemüller (1507)

  Waldseemüller's 1507 map is the sole known copy of the first map to bear the name "America" for the New World, and the first to show the American continent distinctly separated from Asia.

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  Stradivarius Collection (Betts & Cassavetti)

  The Library of Congress houses a significant collection of instruments crafted by the legendary Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari, including the Betts and Cassavetti violins.

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  Thomas Jefferson Building

  The original 1897 building and the complex's showpiece, home to the Great Hall and Main Reading Room.

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  Great Hall

  Marble hall rising 75 feet to a stained-glass ceiling, with murals and sculpted staircases.

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  Thomas Jefferson's Library

  Exhibition recreating Jefferson's book collection, the foundation of the Library of Congress.