The Library of Congress is unveiling an eclectic new exhibit drawing on the institution’s vast historical archives and designed to make the Library a more popular and accessible destination for visitors and tourists.
People visit the exhibit,"Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress," during a media preview at the Library of Congress, Monday, June 10, 2024, in Washington. is unveiling an eclectic new exhibit drawing on the institution’s vast historical archives and designed to make the library a more popular and accessible destination for visitors and tourists.
“You usually don't go to the Library of Congress because you don't know that the Library of Congress is more than just a library,” Rubinstein said. The exhibit will run for about 18 months, through the end of 2025. Some of the more delicate items on display will rotate out at six-month intervals to protect them from exposure. The 127 items on display are all drawn from the Library of Congress' own internal collections, which number more than 178 million pieces.
A section focusing on refugee experiences combines photos of Syrian refugees arriving in Michigan in 2015 with a 1949 “affidavit of identity” belonging to famed Jewish historian and philosopher Hannah Arendt, who at the time was a German refugee in America and classified as a stateless person.
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