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dels Estats Units – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Biblioteca del Congrés dels Estats Units" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Конгрессан библиотека – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Конгрессан библиотека" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%DB%8E%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%95%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%86%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%95" title="کتێبخانەی کۆنگرە – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="کتێبخانەی کۆنگرە" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knihovna_Kongresu" title="Knihovna Kongresu – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Knihovna Kongresu" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibloteka_Kongresu" title="Bibloteka Kongresu – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Bibloteka Kongresu" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyfrgell_y_Gyngres" title="Llyfrgell y Gyngres – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Llyfrgell y Gyngres" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Library of Congress" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Library of Congress" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kut%C4%B1bxaney_Kongrey" title="Kutıbxaney Kongrey – Dimli" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Kutıbxaney Kongrey" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Dimli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BA%CE%B7_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Βιβλιοθήκη του Κογκρέσου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βιβλιοθήκη του Κογκρέσου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Library of Congress" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongresa_Biblioteko_de_Usono" title="Kongresa Biblioteko de Usono – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kongresa Biblioteko de Usono" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_del_Congreso_de_Estados_Unidos" title="Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameerika_%C3%9Chendriikide_Kongressi_raamatukogu" title="Ameerika Ühendriikide Kongressi raamatukogu – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ameerika Ühendriikide Kongressi raamatukogu" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameriketako_Estatu_Batuetako_Kongresuaren_Liburutegia" title="Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Kongresuaren Liburutegia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Kongresuaren Liburutegia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87_%DA%A9%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%87" title="کتابخانه کنگره – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کتابخانه کنگره" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongressin_kirjasto" title="Kongressin kirjasto – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kongressin kirjasto" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioth%C3%A8que_du_Congr%C3%A8s" title="Bibliothèque du Congrès – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bibliothèque du Congrès" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Library of Congress" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leabharlann_na_Comhdh%C3%A1la" title="Leabharlann na Comhdhála – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Leabharlann na Comhdhála" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_do_Congreso_dos_Estados_Unidos_de_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Biblioteca do Congreso dos Estados Unidos de América – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Biblioteca do Congreso dos Estados Unidos de América" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakin_Karatu_na_Congres" title="Dakin Karatu na Congres – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Dakin Karatu na Congres" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%A1" title="ספריית הקונגרס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ספריית הקונגרס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8" title="लाइब्रेरी ऑफ़ कॉंग्रेस – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लाइब्रेरी ऑफ़ कॉंग्रेस" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongresna_knji%C5%BEnica" title="Kongresna knjižnica – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kongresna knjižnica" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongresszusi_K%C3%B6nyvt%C3%A1r" title="Kongresszusi Könyvtár – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kongresszusi Könyvtár" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A3%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%AB_%D5%A3%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Կոնգրեսի գրադարան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կոնգրեսի գրադարան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpustakaan_Kongres_Amerika_Serikat" title="Perpustakaan Kongres Amerika Serikat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Perpustakaan Kongres Amerika Serikat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteko_di_Kongreso" title="Biblioteko di Kongreso – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Biblioteko di Kongreso" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_del_Congresso" title="Biblioteca del Congresso – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Biblioteca del Congresso" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E8%AD%B0%E4%BC%9A%E5%9B%B3%E6%9B%B8%E9%A4%A8" title="アメリカ議会図書館 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アメリカ議会図書館" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Library of Congress" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="კონგრესის ბიბლიოთეკა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კონგრესის ბიბლიოთეკა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81_%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Конгресс кітапханасы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Конгресс кітапханасы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EA%B5%AD_%EC%9D%98%ED%9A%8C%EB%8F%84%EC%84%9C%EA%B4%80" title="미국 의회도서관 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미국 의회도서관" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirt%C3%BBkxaneya_Kongrey%C3%AA" title="Pirtûkxaneya Kongreyê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Pirtûkxaneya Kongreyê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyverva_Kuntelles" title="Lyverva Kuntelles – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Lyverva Kuntelles" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Congressus_Civitatum_Foederatarum" title="Bibliotheca Congressus Civitatum Foederatarum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Bibliotheca Congressus Civitatum Foederatarum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Library of Congress" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_de_la_Congresa" title="Biblioteca de la Congresa – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Biblioteca de la Congresa" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongreso_biblioteka" title="Kongreso biblioteka – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kongreso biblioteka" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongresa_bibliot%C4%93ka" title="Kongresa bibliotēka – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kongresa bibliotēka" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Конгресна библиотека – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Конгресна библиотека" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%93%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BA%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="ലൈബ്രറി ഓഫ് കോൺഗ്രസ്സ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ലൈബ്രറി ഓഫ് കോൺഗ്രസ്സ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%A3-%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="АНУ-ын Конгрессын номын сан – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="АНУ-ын Конгрессын номын сан" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpustakaan_Kongres_Amerika_Syarikat" title="Perpustakaan Kongres Amerika Syarikat – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Perpustakaan Kongres Amerika Syarikat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%AD-kok_kok-h%C5%8De_t%C3%B4%CD%98-su-ko%C3%A1n" title="Bí-kok kok-hōe tô͘-su-koán – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bí-kok kok-hōe tô͘-su-koán" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Library of Congress" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongressbiblioteket_i_USA" title="Kongressbiblioteket i USA – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kongressbiblioteket i USA" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Library of Congress" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliot%C3%A8ca_dau_Congr%C3%A8s" title="Bibliotèca dau Congrès – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Bibliotèca dau Congrès" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80" title="ਕਾਂਗਰਸ ਦੀ ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਕਾਂਗਰਸ ਦੀ ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteka_Kongresu" title="Biblioteka Kongresu – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Biblioteka Kongresu" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="کانگرس لائیبریری – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کانگرس لائیبریری" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AB%D8%B1%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="کانګرس کتابتون – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="کانګرس کتابتون" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_do_Congresso" title="Biblioteca do Congresso – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Biblioteca do Congresso" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Congresului_Statelor_Unite_ale_Americii" title="Biblioteca Congresului Statelor Unite ale Americii – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Biblioteca Congresului Statelor Unite ale Americii" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Библиотека Конгресса – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Библиотека Конгресса" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongresna_biblioteka" title="Kongresna biblioteka – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Kongresna biblioteka" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%BA" title="කොන්ග්‍රස් පුස්තකාලය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="කොන්ග්‍රස් පුස්තකාලය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Library of Congress" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Library of Congress" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongresna_knji%C5%BEnica" title="Kongresna knjižnica – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kongresna knjižnica" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Конгресна библиотека – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Конгресна библиотека" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA:s_kongressbibliotek" title="USA:s kongressbibliotek – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="USA:s kongressbibliotek" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="அமெரிக்கக் காங்கிரசு நூலகம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அமெரிக்கக் காங்கிரசு நூலகம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%80_%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%AB%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D" title="లైబ్రరీ ఆఫ్ కాంగ్రెస్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="లైబ్రరీ ఆఫ్ కాంగ్రెస్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81" title="Китобхонаи Конгресс – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Китобхонаи Конгресс" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2" title="หอสมุดรัฐสภา – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="หอสมุดรัฐสภา" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongre_K%C3%BCt%C3%BCphanesi" title="Kongre Kütüphanesi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Kongre Kütüphanesi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81_%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D3%99%D1%81%D0%B5" title="Конгресс китапханәсе – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Конгресс китапханәсе" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%83" title="Бібліотека Конгресу – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Бібліотека Конгресу" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A8_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%81_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="کتب خانہ کانگریس – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="کتب خانہ کانگریس" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongress_kutubxonasi" title="Kongress kutubxonasi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kongress kutubxonasi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a 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data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithala_leencwadi_leCongress" title="Ithala leencwadi leCongress – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="Ithala leencwadi leCongress" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="კონგრესიშ ბიბლიოთეკა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კონგრესიშ ბიბლიოთეკა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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Je to jedna z největších knihoven na světě.</div><div class="description de" dir="ltr" lang="de"><span class="language de" title="German"><b>Deutsch: </b></span> Die <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" class="extiw" title="de:Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>, die inoffizielle Nationalbibliothek der USA, gehört zu den wichtigsten Bibliotheken der Welt.</div><div class="description en" dir="ltr" lang="en"><span class="language en" title="English"><b>English: </b></span> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" class="extiw" title="en:Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> is the <i>de facto</i> national library of the United States. It is one of the largest libraries in the world.</div><div class="description es" dir="ltr" lang="es"><span class="language es" title="Spanish"><b>Español: </b></span> La <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_del_Congreso_de_Estados_Unidos" class="extiw" title="es:Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos">Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos</a> (United States Library of Congress en inglés), situada en Washington D. C. y distribuida en tres edificios (el Edificio Thomas Jefferson, el Edificio John Adams, y el Edificio James Madison), es una de las mayores bibliotecas del mundo, con más de 138 millones de documentos.</div><div class="description fr" dir="ltr" lang="fr"><span class="language fr" title="French"><b>Français : </b></span> La <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioth%C3%A8que_du_Congr%C3%A8s" class="extiw" title="fr:Bibliothèque du Congrès">Bibliothèque du Congrès</a> est <i>de fait</i> la bibliothèque nationale des États-Unis. C'est l'une des plus grandes bibliothèques du monde.</div><div class="description mk" dir="ltr" lang="mk"><span class="language mk" title="Macedonian"><b>Македонски: </b></span> <a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="mk:Конгресна библиотека">Конгресната библиотека</a> <i>de facto</i> е национална библиотека на Соединетите Американски Држави. Таа е една од најголемите библиотеки во светот.</div><div class="description pt" dir="ltr" lang="pt"><span class="language pt" title="Portuguese"><b>Português: </b></span> A <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_do_Congresso" class="extiw" title="pt:Biblioteca do Congresso">Biblioteca do Congresso</a> é a biblioteca nacional oficial dos Estados Unidos da América. É uma das maiores bibliotecas do mundo.</div><div class="description ru" dir="ltr" lang="ru"><span class="language ru" title="Russian"><b>Русский: </b></span> <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%A8%D0%90" class="extiw" title="ru:Библиотека Конгресса США">Библиотека Конгресса США</a> — это, <i>фактически</i>, национальная библиотека США. Одна из самых больших библиотек в мире.</div><div class="description fi" dir="ltr" lang="fi"><span class="language fi" title="Finnish"><b>Suomi: </b></span> <a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yhdysvaltain_kongressin_kirjasto" class="extiw" title="fi:Yhdysvaltain kongressin kirjasto">Yhdysvaltain kongressin kirjasto</a> on Yhdysvaltain <i>de facto</i> kansalliskirjasto.</div><div class="description tr" dir="ltr" lang="tr"><span class="language tr" title="Turkish"><b>Türkçe: </b></span> <a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_Birle%C5%9Fik_Devletleri_Kongre_K%C3%BCt%C3%BCphanesi" class="extiw" title="tr:Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Kongre Kütüphanesi">Kongre Kütüphanesi</a>, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin "fiili" ulusal kütüphanesidir.Bu,dünyanın en büyük kütüphanelerinden birisidir.</div></div></div> <p>See <a href="/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_Library_of_Congress" title="Category:Images from the Library of Congress">images on Commons from the Library of Congress</a> (non-exhaustive).<br />Véase <a href="/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_Library_of_Congress" title="Category:Images from the Library of Congress">imágenes de la Biblioteca de Congreso en la Wikimedia Commons</a> (no exhaustiva). </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r905765184">.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox[dir="ltr"]{float:right;clear:right;margin-right:0;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox[dir="rtl"]{float:left;clear:left;margin-left:0;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox{width:258px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:95%;padding:0}.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox .image img{max-width:250px;max-height:250px;width:auto}.mw-parser-output #wdinfoboxcaption{background:#FFF}.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox[dir="ltr"] #wdinfoboxcaption{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox[dir="rtl"] #wdinfoboxcaption{margin-right:0}.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox th,.mw-parser-output #wdinfo_taxon th{vertical-align:top;word-wrap:break-word;hyphens:auto}.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox td,.mw-parser-output #wdinfo_taxon td{word-wrap:break-word;hyphens:auto}.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox li:not(:last-child){margin-bottom:3px}.mw-parser-output #wdinfo_taxon{font-size:95%;table-layout:fixed;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .taxontree-lcell,.mw-parser-output .wikidatainfobox-lcell{background:#CFE3FF;padding-left:.4em;padding-right:.4em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .taxontree-rcell,.mw-parser-output .wikidatainfobox-rcell{word-wrap:break-word;hyphens:auto}.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox[dir="ltr"] .taxontree-lcell,.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox[dir="ltr"] .wikidatainfobox-lcell{text-align:right;word-wrap:break-word;hyphens:auto}.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox[dir="rtl"] .taxontree-lcell,.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox[dir="rtl"] .wikidatainfobox-lcell{text-align:left;word-wrap:break-word;hyphens:auto}.mw-parser-output .taxontree-fullcell{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .taxontree-hdrcell{text-align:center;background:#CFE3FF;padding-left:.4em;padding-right:.4em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .taxontree-row{}@media screen and (max-width:600px){.mw-parser-output .wdinfo_nomobile{display:none;visibility:hidden;height:0}}.mw-parser-output .wdinfobox_horizontal{clear:both!important;display:block;box-sizing:border-box!important;width:100%!important;column-width:24em}.mw-parser-output .wdinfobox_hide{display:none}.mw-parser-output #wdcreator{display:none}.mw-parser-output .wdcreator_show{display:block!important}.mw-parser-output #wdinfo_taxon ul{list-style:none;list-style-position:inside}.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox[dir="ltr"] #wdinfo_taxon ul{padding-left:0;margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output #wdinfobox[dir="rtl"] #wdinfo_taxon ul{padding-right:0;margin-right:0}.mw-parser-output .wikidatainfoboxVN ul li{list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .wikidatainfoboxVN ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .wikidatainfoboxVN{padding:0;margin:0}</style><div style="display:none"><nowiki>Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos; Perpustakaan Kongres Amerika Syarikat; Конгрессы библиотекæ; Library of Congress; Lyverva Kuntelles; Библиотека на Конгреса; Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Kongre Kütüphanesi; کتب خانہ کانگریس; Library of Congress; Bibliotèca dau Congrès; 美國國會圖書館; Library of Congress; Library of Congress; 미국 의회도서관; Конгресс кітапханасы; Kongresa Biblioteko; Knihovna Kongresu; Kongresna biblioteka; Bibloteka Kongresu; bibliothèque du Congrès; Kapustakan Konggrès; Kongresna knjižnica; 美国国会图书馆; Library of Congress; 美国国会图书馆; Thư viện Quốc hội Mỹ; Kongresna biblioteka; Kongresa bibliotēka; Biblioteek van die V.S.A. Kongres; Конгресна библиотека; კონგრესიშ ბიბლიოთეკა; หอสมุดรัฐสภา; Biblioteca do Congresso; 美国国会图书馆; АНУ-ын Конгрессын номын сан; Kongressbiblioteket i USA; Library of Congress; ABŞ Konqres Kitabxanası; Biblioteca Congresului Statelor Unite ale Americii; Бібліятэка Кангрэсу; Sulod-Barasahan han Kongreso; کتێبخانەی کۆنگرە; Library of Congress; مكتبة الكونغرس; Library of Congress; 美國國會圖書館; ኮንግረስ ቤተ መጻሕፍት; 國會圖書館; Kongresszusi Könyvtár; લાઇબ્રેરી ઑવ્ કૉંગ્રેસ; ספריית הקונגרס; Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Kongresuaren Liburutegia; Bibliotheca Congressus Civitatum Foederatarum; Biblioteca del Congresu d'Estaos Xuníos; Ithala leencwadi leCongress; Конгресс китапханаһы; Llyfrgell y Gyngres; Конгрессан библиотека; Бібліятэка Кангрэса; کتابخانه ملی کنگره ایالات متحده آمریکا; 美國國會圖書館; Library of Congress; კონგრესის ბიბლიოთეკა; アメリカ議会図書館; Конгресна библиотека; USA:s kongressbibliotek; مكتبة الكونجرس الأمريكى; 美國國會圖書館; කොන්ග්‍රස් පුස්තකාලය; Кәнгрис китапханәсе; Kutıbxaney Kongrey; लाइब्रेरी ऑफ़ कॉंग्रेस; 国会图书馆 (美国); ਕਾਂਗਰਸ ਦੀ ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀ; দ্য লাইব্ৰেৰী অব্ কংগ্ৰেছ; Biblioteca de la Congresa; Конгресна библиотека; அமெரிக்கக் காங்கிரசு நூலகம்; Biblioteca del Congresso; Library of Congress; Библиотека Конгресса; USA Kongressi raamatukogu; 美國國會圖書館; Biblioteko di Kongreso; Kongress kutubxonasi; کانگرس لائیبریری; Library of Congress; Библиотекась Конгрессть; کانګرس کتابتون; Biblioteca do Congresso; Կոնգրեսի գրադարան; লাইব্রেরি অব কংগ্রেস; Leabharlann na Comhdhála; Kongreso biblioteka; Kongresna knjižnica; Yhdysvaltain kongressin kirjasto; యునైటెడ్ స్టేట్స్ లైబ్రరీ ఆఫ్ కాంగ్రెస్; Китобхонаи Конгресс; Perpustakaan Kongres Amerika Serikat; Biblioteka Kongresu Stanów Zjednoczonych; ലൈബ്രറി ഓഫ് കോൺഗ്രസ്സ്; Kongresna biblioteka; Pirtûkxaneya Kongreyê; Бібліотека Конгресу; 美国国会图书馆; Biblioteca del Congrés dels Estats Units; Biblioteca do Congreso dos Estados Unidos de América; Bí-kok kok-hōe tô͘-su-koán; Βιβλιοθήκη του Κογκρέσου; Library of Congress; biblioteca nacional (de facto) de Estados Unidos; Az Amerikai Egyesült Államok nemzeti könyvtára; البناية الرئيسية لمكتبة الكونغرس; de facto nacionalna knjižnica Sjedinjenih Američkih Država; americká knihovna; lyverva kenedhlek Statys Unys; бібліятэка ў ЗША; biblioteca nacional (de facto) dels Estats Units; 미국의 사실상의 국립 도서관; llyfrgell yn Washington, DC, UDA; Biblioteca dos Estados Unidos; biblioteca nazionale (de facto) degli Stati Uniti; (ډيفاکټو) د امريکا متحده ايالاتو ملي کتابتون; 美國實質國家圖書館; Национална библиотека Сједињених Америчких Држава (de facto); ABD'nin ulusal kütüphanesi; アメリカ合衆国の事実上の国立図書館; biblioteca nos Estados Unidos; національна бібліотека Сполучених Штатів Америки; Bibliothéik vum US-Kongress; amerykańska biblioteka narodowa; ספריית המחקר של הקונגרס של ארצות הברית, אשר משמשת בפועל כספריה הלאומית של ארצות הברית, ואחת מהספריות החשובות והגדולות ביותר בעולם; nationale bibliotheek van de Verenigde Staten; bibliothèque fédérale à Washington, aux États-Unis; de facto nationalbibliotek för Amerikas förenta stater.; Национална библиотека Сједињених Америчких Држава (de facto); Yhdysvaltain kansalliskirjasto; (de facto) national library of the United States of America; neoficiala librejo nacia de Usono; εθνική βιβλιοθήκη των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών της Αμερικής; Forschungsbibliothek des Kongresses der Vereinigten Staaten; Libreria del Congreso de los Estados Unidos; U.S. Library of Congress; Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos de Norteamerica; Biblioteca del Congreso; Biblioteca del Congreso de los EE UU; Library of Congress; Biblioteca del Congreso de los Estados Unidos; Biblioteca del Congreso de Washington; Librería del Congreso de los Estados Unidos; Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos de Norteamérica; Biblioteca del Congreso de los EE.UU.; LOC; LoC; Library of Congress; LC; LoC; US Library of Congress; Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Kongresuko Liburutegia; Библиотека конгресса США; Library of Congress; The Library of Congress; АҠШ Конгрессы китапханаһы; Library of Congress; Librarians of Congress; Kongreßbibliothek; Kongressbibliothek; LoC; Library of Congress; Бібліятэка Кангрэса ЗША; Library of Congress; Конгресна библиотека Сједињених Америчких Држава; USLC; 国会图书馆 (美国); 国会图书馆; 美国国会图书馆; ABD Kongresi Kütüphanesi; Kongre Kütüphanesi; Library of Congress; ABD Kongre Kütüphanesi; Library of Congress; Library of Congress; Kongressbiblioteket; ספרית הקונגרס; ספריית הקונגרס האמריקאי; Library of Congress; Kongressin kirjasto; Biblioteko de Kongreso; Kongresa Biblioteko de Usono; Library of Congress; Kongresa Libraro; LoC; Library of Congress; Kongresová knihovna; Knihovna kongresu USA; காங்கிரஸ் நூல் நிலையம்; காங்கிரசு நூலகம்; Library of Congress; The Library of Congress; Library of Congress; Бібліотека Конгресу США; LC; Librairie du Congrès; U.S. Library of Congress; Bibliotheque du Congres; Library of Congress; Bibliothèque du congrès; Library of Congress; Бібліятэка Кангрэсу ЗША; Library of Congress; アメリカ合衆国議会図書館; 米国議会図書館; アメリカ国会図書館; کتابخانه کنگره آمریکا; کتابخانه کنگره; کتابخانه ملی کنگره امریکا; کتابخانهٔ ملی کنگرهٔ آمریکا; کتابخانه‌ی کنگره‌ی آمریکا; کتابخانه ملی کنگره آمریکا; کتابخانه ملی کنگره ایالات متحده; کتابخانه کنگره ایالات متحده امریکا; کتابخانه کنگره ایالات متحده آمریکا; کتابخانهٔ کنگرهٔ امریکا; 미국의회도서관; Thư viện Quốc hội; Library of Congress; Kongressi Raamatukogu; Ameerika Ühendriikide Kongressi Raamatukogu; Kongresová knižnica; Library of congress; Biblioteca do Congresso Americano; Livraria do congresso; US Library of Congress; Biblioteca do Congresso dos Estados Unidos; Library of Congress; Llyfrgell Cyngres yr Unol Daleithiau; Library of Congress; ASV Kongresa bibliotēka; Library of Congress; LC; Library of Congress; JAV Kongreso biblioteka; Library of Congress; Biblioteca del Congrés; Library of Congress; Perpustakaan Kongres; Library of Congress; หอสมุดรัฐสภาอเมริกัน; Biblioteca Congresului SUA; Biblioteca Congresului American; Library of Congress; Biblioteca Congresului; LoC; Library of Congress; Biblioteka Kongresu USA; Biblioteka Kongresu; Library of Congress; US Library of Congress; Kongressbiblioteket; The Library of Congress; LOC; Library of Congress; Конгресна библиотека САД; Конгресна библиотека Сједињених Америчких Држава; knjižnica američkog Kongresa; knjižnica Kongresa Sjedinjenih Američkih Država; knjižnica Kongresa; knjižnica Kongresa SAD; knjižnica Kongresa SAD-a; Библиотека на Конгреса на САЩ; Библиотека на Конгреса на Съединените щати; Конгресната библиотека; Конгресна библиотека; აშშ-ის კონგრესის ბიბლიოთეკა; LC; loc.gov; LOC; LoC; Congressional Library; United States. Library of Congress; US Library of Congress; مكتبه الكونغرس; مكتبة الكونجرس الأمريكي; مكتبة الكونجرس; 国会图书馆; مكتبة الكونجرس</nowiki></div><table id="wdinfobox" class="fileinfotpl-type-information vevent infobox mw-collapsible" dir="ltr"><caption class="fn org" id="wdinfoboxcaption"><b>Library of Congress </b></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="wdinfo_nomobile" style="text-align:center"><div>(de facto) national library of the United States of America</div><div class="switcher-container"><div class="center"><span class="wpImageAnnotatorControl wpImageAnnotatorCaptionOff"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Aerial_by_Carol_M._Highsmith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Aerial_by_Carol_M._Highsmith.jpg/230px-Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Aerial_by_Carol_M._Highsmith.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Aerial_by_Carol_M._Highsmith.jpg/345px-Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Aerial_by_Carol_M._Highsmith.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Aerial_by_Carol_M._Highsmith.jpg/460px-Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Aerial_by_Carol_M._Highsmith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="686" /></a></span></span><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"> image </span></div><div class="center"><span class="wpImageAnnotatorControl wpImageAnnotatorCaptionOff"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg/230px-Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg.png" decoding="async" width="230" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg/345px-Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg/460px-Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="363" data-file-height="90" /></a></span></span><div>Logo of the Library of Congress, designed by Paula Scher and Pentagram in 2018. Used on its website, as well as in print</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"> logo image </span></div><div class="center"><span class="wpImageAnnotatorControl wpImageAnnotatorCaptionOff"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress_2.svg/230px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="230" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress_2.svg/345px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress_2.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress_2.svg/460px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"> flag image </span></div><div class="center"><span class="wpImageAnnotatorControl wpImageAnnotatorCaptionOff"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Seal_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg/230px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg.png" decoding="async" width="230" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Seal_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg/345px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Seal_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg/460px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></span><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"> seal image </span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AUploadWizard&categories=Library+of+Congress">Upload media</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/16px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/24px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/32px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" class="extiw" title="en:Library of Congress">Wikipedia</a></div><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/15px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/23px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/30px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/en:Portal:Library_of_Congress" class="extiw" title="s:en:Portal:Library of Congress">Wikisource</a></div></td></tr><tr><th class="wikidatainfobox-lcell">Instance of</th><td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:National_libraries" title="Category:National libraries">national library</a> (de facto)</li><li>United Nations Depository Library</li><li>parliamentary archives</li><li>legislative branch agency</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="wdinfo_nomobile"><th class="wikidatainfobox-lcell">Location</th><td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:United_States_Capitol" title="Category:United States Capitol">United States Capitol</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Thomas_Jefferson_Building" title="Category:Thomas Jefferson Building">Thomas Jefferson Building</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:John_Adams_Building" title="Category:John Adams Building">John Adams Building</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:James_Madison_Memorial_Building" title="Category:James Madison Memorial Building">James Madison Memorial Building</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Washington,_D.C." title="Category:Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></li><li>United States</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="wdinfo_nomobile"><th class="wikidatainfobox-lcell">Headquarters location</th><td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> (101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540, <a href="/wiki/Category:Independence_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Category:Independence Avenue (Washington, D.C.)">Independence Avenue</a>, 101, 20540)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="wdinfo_nomobile"><th class="wikidatainfobox-lcell">Has part(s)</th><td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Law_Library_of_Congress" title="Category:Law Library of Congress">Law Library of Congress</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Law_libraries" title="Category:Law libraries">law library</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Otto_Vollbehr_Collection_(Library_of_Congress)" title="Category:Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)">Otto Vollbehr Collection</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Collections" title="Category:Collections">collection</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rosenwald_Collection_(Library_of_Congress)" title="Category:Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)">Rosenwald Collection</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Art_collections" title="Category:Art collections">art collection</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:George_Grantham_Bain_Collection" title="Category:George Grantham Bain Collection">Bain Collection</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Photography_archives" title="Category:Photography archives">photo archive</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="wdinfo_nomobile"><th class="wikidatainfobox-lcell">Legal form</th><td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Credit_unions_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Credit unions in the United States">credit union</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="wdinfo_nomobile"><th class="wikidatainfobox-lcell">Inception</th><td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>24 April 1800</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="wdinfo_nomobile"><th class="wikidatainfobox-lcell">Significant event</th><td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>burning of the Library of Congress (1814)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="wdinfo_nomobile"><th class="wikidatainfobox-lcell">Budget</th><td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>598,402,000 ±1000 United States dollar</li><li>696,112,000 ±1000 United States dollar (fiscal year, 2019)</li><li>719,400,000 ±100000 United States dollar (fiscal year, 2020)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://loc.gov/">official website</a></td></tr><tr class="wdinfo_nomobile"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 250px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="250" data-lang="en" data-overlays="["_91f1ba35e5e6a3ea758b2094384b5df40f3f1d9e"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,250x250.png?lang=en&domain=commons.wikimedia.org&title=Library_of_Congress&revid=951871054&groups=_91f1ba35e5e6a3ea758b2094384b5df40f3f1d9e" width="250" height="250" decoding="async" 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src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg/120px-Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg/180px-Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg/240px-Logo_of_the_United_States_Library_of_Congress.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="363" data-file-height="90" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Logo</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Previous_logos">Previous logos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Previous logos"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Alternate logo"><img alt="Alternate logo" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/US-LibraryOfCongress-AltLogo.svg/113px-US-LibraryOfCongress-AltLogo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="113" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/US-LibraryOfCongress-AltLogo.svg/170px-US-LibraryOfCongress-AltLogo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/US-LibraryOfCongress-AltLogo.svg/226px-US-LibraryOfCongress-AltLogo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="679" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Alternate logo</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jefferson_Building">Jefferson Building</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Jefferson Building"><span>edit</span></a><span 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srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Loc_contruction.jpg/69px-Loc_contruction.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Loc_contruction.jpg/92px-Loc_contruction.jpg 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="1050" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Construction of Jefferson Building</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Library_of_Congress,_Washington-LCCN2008678216_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1902 postcard"><img alt="1902 postcard" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/The_Library_of_Congress%2C_Washington-LCCN2008678216_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-The_Library_of_Congress%2C_Washington-LCCN2008678216_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/The_Library_of_Congress%2C_Washington-LCCN2008678216_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-The_Library_of_Congress%2C_Washington-LCCN2008678216_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/The_Library_of_Congress%2C_Washington-LCCN2008678216_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-The_Library_of_Congress%2C_Washington-LCCN2008678216_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="994" data-file-height="729" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1902 postcard</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LibraryCongressFront1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="West Front"><img alt="West Front" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/LibraryCongressFront1.JPG/120px-LibraryCongressFront1.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/LibraryCongressFront1.JPG/180px-LibraryCongressFront1.JPG 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/LibraryCongressFront1.JPG/240px-LibraryCongressFront1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="816" data-file-height="616" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">West Front</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LibraryCongressFront2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="West Front, right wing"><img alt="West Front, right wing" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/LibraryCongressFront2.JPG/120px-LibraryCongressFront2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/LibraryCongressFront2.JPG/180px-LibraryCongressFront2.JPG 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/LibraryCongressFront2.JPG/240px-LibraryCongressFront2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="816" data-file-height="616" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">West Front, right wing</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LibraryCongressFront3.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="West Front, left wing"><img alt="West Front, left wing" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/LibraryCongressFront3.JPG/120px-LibraryCongressFront3.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/LibraryCongressFront3.JPG/180px-LibraryCongressFront3.JPG 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/LibraryCongressFront3.JPG/240px-LibraryCongressFront3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="816" data-file-height="616" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">West Front, left wing</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LibraryCongressFront3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="West Front"><img alt="West Front" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/LibraryCongressFront3.jpg/120px-LibraryCongressFront3.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/LibraryCongressFront3.jpg/180px-LibraryCongressFront3.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/LibraryCongressFront3.jpg/240px-LibraryCongressFront3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="898" data-file-height="581" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">West Front</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LibraryCongressFront4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="West Front"><img alt="West Front" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/LibraryCongressFront4.jpg/120px-LibraryCongressFront4.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/LibraryCongressFront4.jpg/180px-LibraryCongressFront4.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/LibraryCongressFront4.jpg/240px-LibraryCongressFront4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="901" data-file-height="589" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">West Front</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Congress_Library_20240601.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="West Front"><img alt="West Front" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Congress_Library_20240601.jpg/120px-Congress_Library_20240601.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Congress_Library_20240601.jpg/180px-Congress_Library_20240601.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Congress_Library_20240601.jpg/240px-Congress_Library_20240601.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">West Front</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LibraryCongressSign.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sign in the front"><img alt="Sign in the front" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/LibraryCongressSign.jpg/120px-LibraryCongressSign.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/LibraryCongressSign.jpg/180px-LibraryCongressSign.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/LibraryCongressSign.jpg/240px-LibraryCongressSign.jpg 2x" data-file-width="898" data-file-height="601" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sign in the front</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LOC_Washington_1897.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title=""1897" sign"><img alt=""1897" sign" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/LOC_Washington_1897.jpg/120px-LOC_Washington_1897.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/LOC_Washington_1897.jpg/180px-LOC_Washington_1897.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/LOC_Washington_1897.jpg/240px-LOC_Washington_1897.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3132" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">"1897" sign</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LOC_07130008.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="undefined"><img alt="undefined" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/LOC_07130008.jpg/120px-LOC_07130008.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/LOC_07130008.jpg/180px-LOC_07130008.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/LOC_07130008.jpg/240px-LOC_07130008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="1069" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">undefined</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LOC_-_Jefferson_building.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="undefined"><img alt="undefined" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/LOC_-_Jefferson_building.jpg/120px-LOC_-_Jefferson_building.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/LOC_-_Jefferson_building.jpg/180px-LOC_-_Jefferson_building.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/LOC_-_Jefferson_building.jpg/240px-LOC_-_Jefferson_building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1857" data-file-height="1371" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">undefined</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Top_Floor_Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Library_of_Congress.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Top Level, Thomas Jefferson Building"><img alt="Top Level, Thomas Jefferson Building" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Top_Floor_Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Library_of_Congress.JPG/120px-Top_Floor_Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Library_of_Congress.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Top_Floor_Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Library_of_Congress.JPG/180px-Top_Floor_Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Library_of_Congress.JPG 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Top_Floor_Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Library_of_Congress.JPG/240px-Top_Floor_Thomas_Jefferson_Building_Library_of_Congress.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2590" data-file-height="1723" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Top Level, Thomas Jefferson Building</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Library_of_Congress_Front.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="West Front"><img alt="West Front" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Library_of_Congress_Front.jpg/120px-Library_of_Congress_Front.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Library_of_Congress_Front.jpg/180px-Library_of_Congress_Front.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Library_of_Congress_Front.jpg/240px-Library_of_Congress_Front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">West Front</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Great_Hall">The Great Hall</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Great 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class="gallerytext">The Great Hall</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Library_of_Congress_ceiling_columns_Washington_DC.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Great Hall"><img alt="The Great Hall" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Library_of_Congress_ceiling_columns_Washington_DC.jpg/120px-Library_of_Congress_ceiling_columns_Washington_DC.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Library_of_Congress_ceiling_columns_Washington_DC.jpg/180px-Library_of_Congress_ceiling_columns_Washington_DC.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Library_of_Congress_ceiling_columns_Washington_DC.jpg/240px-Library_of_Congress_ceiling_columns_Washington_DC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Great Hall</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Great_Hall_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Great Hall"><img alt="The Great Hall" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/LoC_Great_Hall_view.jpg/120px-LoC_Great_Hall_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/LoC_Great_Hall_view.jpg/180px-LoC_Great_Hall_view.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/LoC_Great_Hall_view.jpg/240px-LoC_Great_Hall_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Great Hall</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/LoC_Great_Hall_view_3.jpg/90px-LoC_Great_Hall_view_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/LoC_Great_Hall_view_3.jpg/135px-LoC_Great_Hall_view_3.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/LoC_Great_Hall_view_3.jpg/180px-LoC_Great_Hall_view_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Great Hall</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Great_Hall_view_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Great Hall"><img alt="The Great Hall" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/LoC_Great_Hall_view_4.jpg/90px-LoC_Great_Hall_view_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/LoC_Great_Hall_view_4.jpg/135px-LoC_Great_Hall_view_4.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/LoC_Great_Hall_view_4.jpg/180px-LoC_Great_Hall_view_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Great Hall</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Great_Hall_floor_detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Floor"><img alt="Floor" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/LoC_Great_Hall_floor_detail.jpg/120px-LoC_Great_Hall_floor_detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/LoC_Great_Hall_floor_detail.jpg/180px-LoC_Great_Hall_floor_detail.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/LoC_Great_Hall_floor_detail.jpg/240px-LoC_Great_Hall_floor_detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Floor</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Great_Hall_window.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stained glass ceiling window"><img alt="Stained glass ceiling window" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/LoC_Great_Hall_window.jpg/120px-LoC_Great_Hall_window.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/LoC_Great_Hall_window.jpg/180px-LoC_Great_Hall_window.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/LoC_Great_Hall_window.jpg/240px-LoC_Great_Hall_window.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2320" data-file-height="2166" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stained glass ceiling window</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Martiny_banister.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ph. Martiny: Banister, showing putti personifying professions and occupations of modern life"><img alt="Ph. Martiny: Banister, showing putti personifying professions and occupations of modern life" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/LoC_Martiny_banister.jpg/120px-LoC_Martiny_banister.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/LoC_Martiny_banister.jpg/180px-LoC_Martiny_banister.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/LoC_Martiny_banister.jpg/240px-LoC_Martiny_banister.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ph. Martiny: Banister, showing putti personifying professions and occupations of modern life</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Martiny_Entomologist.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ph. Martiny: Entomologist putto"><img alt="Ph. Martiny: Entomologist putto" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/LoC_Martiny_Entomologist.jpg/120px-LoC_Martiny_Entomologist.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/LoC_Martiny_Entomologist.jpg/180px-LoC_Martiny_Entomologist.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/LoC_Martiny_Entomologist.jpg/240px-LoC_Martiny_Entomologist.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ph. Martiny: Entomologist putto</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Martiny_Printer.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ph. Martiny: Printer putto"><img alt="Ph. Martiny: Printer putto" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/LoC_Martiny_Printer.jpg/120px-LoC_Martiny_Printer.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/LoC_Martiny_Printer.jpg/180px-LoC_Martiny_Printer.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/LoC_Martiny_Printer.jpg/240px-LoC_Martiny_Printer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ph. Martiny: Printer putto</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Martiny_continents_America_Africa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ph. Martiny: America and Africa putti"><img alt="Ph. Martiny: America and Africa putti" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/LoC_Martiny_continents_America_Africa.jpg/120px-LoC_Martiny_continents_America_Africa.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/LoC_Martiny_continents_America_Africa.jpg/180px-LoC_Martiny_continents_America_Africa.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/LoC_Martiny_continents_America_Africa.jpg/240px-LoC_Martiny_continents_America_Africa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ph. Martiny: America and Africa putti</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Martiny_continents_Asia_Europe.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ph. Martiny: Asia and Europe putti"><img alt="Ph. Martiny: Asia and Europe putti" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/LoC_Martiny_continents_Asia_Europe.jpg/120px-LoC_Martiny_continents_Asia_Europe.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/LoC_Martiny_continents_Asia_Europe.jpg/180px-LoC_Martiny_continents_Asia_Europe.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/LoC_Martiny_continents_Asia_Europe.jpg/240px-LoC_Martiny_continents_Asia_Europe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ph. Martiny: Asia and Europe putti</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_left.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Figure at the Commemorative Arch, leading to the Main Reading Room"><img alt="Figure at the Commemorative Arch, leading to the Main Reading Room" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_left.jpg/120px-LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_left.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_left.jpg/180px-LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_left.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_left.jpg/240px-LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_left.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Figure at the Commemorative Arch, leading to the Main Reading Room</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_right.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Figure at the Commemorative Arch, leading to the Main Reading Room"><img alt="Figure at the Commemorative Arch, leading to the Main Reading Room" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_right.jpg/120px-LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_right.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_right.jpg/180px-LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_right.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_right.jpg/240px-LoC_Great_Hall_Commemorative_Arch_sculpture_right.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Figure at the Commemorative Arch, leading to the Main Reading Room</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Elihu Vedder: Minerva of Peace mosaic"><img alt="Elihu Vedder: Minerva of Peace mosaic" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg/79px-Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg" decoding="async" width="79" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg/119px-Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg/158px-Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2332" data-file-height="3537" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Elihu Vedder: <i>Minerva of Peace</i> mosaic</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Library_of_Congress_Washington,_D.C.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Great Hall ( taken from steps leading downstairs )"><img alt="The Great Hall ( taken from steps leading downstairs )" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Library_of_Congress_Washington%2C_D.C.jpg/80px-Library_of_Congress_Washington%2C_D.C.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Library_of_Congress_Washington%2C_D.C.jpg/120px-Library_of_Congress_Washington%2C_D.C.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Library_of_Congress_Washington%2C_D.C.jpg/160px-Library_of_Congress_Washington%2C_D.C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="5184" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Great Hall ( taken from steps leading downstairs ) </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Main_Reading_Room">The Main Reading Room</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The Main Reading Room"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Main_Reading_Room_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Main Reading Room"><img alt="Main Reading Room" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/LoC_Main_Reading_Room_2006.jpg/90px-LoC_Main_Reading_Room_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/LoC_Main_Reading_Room_2006.jpg/135px-LoC_Main_Reading_Room_2006.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/LoC_Main_Reading_Room_2006.jpg/180px-LoC_Main_Reading_Room_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Main Reading Room</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Main Reading Room"><img alt="Main Reading Room" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg/120px-LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg/180px-LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg/240px-LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6144" data-file-height="4098" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Main Reading Room</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Main_Reading_Room_dome.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Main Reading Room dome"><img alt="Main Reading Room dome" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/LoC_Main_Reading_Room_dome.jpg/120px-LoC_Main_Reading_Room_dome.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/LoC_Main_Reading_Room_dome.jpg/180px-LoC_Main_Reading_Room_dome.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/LoC_Main_Reading_Room_dome.jpg/240px-LoC_Main_Reading_Room_dome.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Main Reading Room dome</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dome_Main_Reading_Room_Library_of_Congress.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Main Reading Room ceiling; view inside cupola"><img alt="Main Reading Room ceiling; view inside cupola" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Dome_Main_Reading_Room_Library_of_Congress.JPG/120px-Dome_Main_Reading_Room_Library_of_Congress.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Dome_Main_Reading_Room_Library_of_Congress.JPG/180px-Dome_Main_Reading_Room_Library_of_Congress.JPG 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Dome_Main_Reading_Room_Library_of_Congress.JPG/240px-Dome_Main_Reading_Room_Library_of_Congress.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2166" data-file-height="1446" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Main Reading Room ceiling; view inside cupola</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Corridors_around_the_Great_Hall">Corridors around the Great Hall</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Corridors around the Great Hall"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Benson_Thalia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frank W. 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Barse: Lyrica</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Barse_Fancy.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="G. R. Barse: Fancy"><img alt="G. R. Barse: Fancy" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/LoC_Barse_Fancy.jpg/120px-LoC_Barse_Fancy.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/LoC_Barse_Fancy.jpg/180px-LoC_Barse_Fancy.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/LoC_Barse_Fancy.jpg/240px-LoC_Barse_Fancy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">G. R. Barse: Fancy</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Barse_Romance.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="G. R. Barse: Romance"><img alt="G. R. Barse: Romance" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/LoC_Barse_Romance.jpg/120px-LoC_Barse_Romance.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/LoC_Barse_Romance.jpg/180px-LoC_Barse_Romance.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/LoC_Barse_Romance.jpg/240px-LoC_Barse_Romance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">G. R. Barse: Romance</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Barse_Erotica.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="G. R. Barse: Erotica"><img alt="G. R. Barse: Erotica" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/LoC_Barse_Erotica.jpg/120px-LoC_Barse_Erotica.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/LoC_Barse_Erotica.jpg/180px-LoC_Barse_Erotica.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/LoC_Barse_Erotica.jpg/240px-LoC_Barse_Erotica.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">G. R. Barse: Erotica</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Barse_Tradition.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="G. R. Barse: Tradition"><img alt="G. R. Barse: Tradition" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/LoC_Barse_Tradition.jpg/104px-LoC_Barse_Tradition.jpg" decoding="async" width="104" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/LoC_Barse_Tradition.jpg/155px-LoC_Barse_Tradition.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/LoC_Barse_Tradition.jpg/207px-LoC_Barse_Tradition.jpg 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="608" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">G. R. Barse: Tradition</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Barse_History.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="G. R. Barse: History"><img alt="G. R. Barse: History" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/LoC_Barse_History.jpg/120px-LoC_Barse_History.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/LoC_Barse_History.jpg/180px-LoC_Barse_History.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/LoC_Barse_History.jpg/240px-LoC_Barse_History.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">G. R. Barse: History</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Goethe.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Goethe"><img alt="Goethe" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/LoC_Goethe.jpg/120px-LoC_Goethe.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/LoC_Goethe.jpg/180px-LoC_Goethe.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/LoC_Goethe.jpg/240px-LoC_Goethe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Goethe</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_printer_mark_painting_Elzevir.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Printer marks: Isaac Elezevir"><img alt="Printer marks: Isaac Elezevir" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/LoC_printer_mark_painting_Elzevir.jpg/120px-LoC_printer_mark_painting_Elzevir.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/LoC_printer_mark_painting_Elzevir.jpg/180px-LoC_printer_mark_painting_Elzevir.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/LoC_printer_mark_painting_Elzevir.jpg/240px-LoC_printer_mark_painting_Elzevir.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Printer marks: Isaac Elezevir</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_printer_mark_painting_Regnault.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Printer marks: François Regnault"><img alt="Printer marks: François Regnault" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/LoC_printer_mark_painting_Regnault.jpg/120px-LoC_printer_mark_painting_Regnault.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/LoC_printer_mark_painting_Regnault.jpg/180px-LoC_printer_mark_painting_Regnault.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/LoC_printer_mark_painting_Regnault.jpg/240px-LoC_printer_mark_painting_Regnault.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Printer marks: François Regnault</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_rooms">Other rooms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other rooms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LoC_Treasures_Gallery_Waldseem%C3%BCller_map_display_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="American Treasures Gallery"><img alt="American Treasures Gallery" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/LoC_Treasures_Gallery_Waldseem%C3%BCller_map_display_2007.jpg/120px-LoC_Treasures_Gallery_Waldseem%C3%BCller_map_display_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/LoC_Treasures_Gallery_Waldseem%C3%BCller_map_display_2007.jpg/180px-LoC_Treasures_Gallery_Waldseem%C3%BCller_map_display_2007.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/LoC_Treasures_Gallery_Waldseem%C3%BCller_map_display_2007.jpg/240px-LoC_Treasures_Gallery_Waldseem%C3%BCller_map_display_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3175" data-file-height="2375" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">American Treasures Gallery</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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