Explore Library of Congress’s Digital Collections

Dive into the Library’s Digital Collections to explore just about any topic imaginable. Click through historical portraits and cityscape photographs, listen to sound recordings and oral histories, study American history and world cultures, discover local history and folklife traditions, explore maps, music, manuscripts and so much more. With digitized collections of more than 2.4 million items, it’s all at your fingertips.


Discover more from the Material / Image Research Lab (MIRL)

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