The abrupt closing of the congressional reading room and branch library has caught lawmakers and other patrons off guard, and even the two librarians who staff the small reading room are still ...

Down a corridor inside the Library of Congress ... now used by members of both chambers. Small study rooms in the balcony inside the Congressional Reading Room. (Alex Gangitano/Roll Call ...

It’s a small, silly gesture ... A proposed change to the ornate Main Reading Room at the Library of Congress that critics say would remove the symbolic and functional heart of the 1897 ...

The inspector general at the Library of Congress is reviewing a whistleblower complaint that the library lacks the authority to advance a controversial proposal that will alter the ornate Main ...

The library was founded in 1891 when the Ladies Library Association began a small reading room above the Farmers and Merchants Bank on the northeast corner of Main and Curtiss streets. In 1915 ...

For years, if you wanted to access the Library of Congress’s ornate main reading room, you first needed to flash a photo ID library card. But starting on April 11 through September, the library will ...

Fans of the Jewelry Library, a small reading room and gallery, say it fills a gap in New York’s jewelry scene. By Tanya Dukes Given the scarcity of space in Manhattan, New Yorkers often imagine ...

Starting this week, visitors to the Library of Congress in D.C. will get a rare opportunity to experience its grand Main Reading Room. Previously, this area of the Library of Congress was reserved ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Visitors will be welcome to view the Library of Congress’s Main Reading Room, one of Washington’s most beautiful and iconic spaces, beginning Tuesday, April 11 as part ...