In 2013, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes was researching blackface in America at the Library of Congress when she encountered something strange: Various primary sources on the subject were listed as ...

March 9, 2026 - The Library of Congress has acquired one of the earliest known drawings of Yosemite Valley and a rare companion lithograph, both created in 1855 by artist Thomas Almond Ayres, ...

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A restored 1897 silent film by Georges Méliès may be the earliest movie to feature a mechanical "robot" character on screen.

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A piece of techno-cinematic history has emerged as the US Library of Congress releases the restored video of the oldest film to feature a "robot." Dating from 1897, the silent film Gugusse et ...

Conservator Heather Wanser prepares an early drawing of Yosemite by Thomas Ayres for display, February 27, 2026. (Shawn Miller/Library of Congress) A sketch that once circulated the United States, ...

A sketch that once circulated the United States, introducing millions to Yosemite, is now in the hands of the Library of ...

Ahead of the clocks springing forward this weekend, you may be wondering why exactly the clocks are moved forward and backward.

A drawing that helped shape Yosemite as a world-renowned destination is now encapsulated in our nation’s Capitol. The Library ...

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A long-lost 1897 George Melies film, arguably the first robot science fiction story committed to film, has made its way to the Library of Congress.