What are the Photo Resources of the Library of Congress?
- Enter the keyword in the “search all” box, or the purposes of this example, the South Andean beasts of burden, “alpaca”
- You will see either results noting the date, size and classification. You may also sort the results by the availability of the original photograph or print, from images available only at the LoC, images available everywhere and items that have not been digitized.
- Clicking on the first time “Four alpacas by a wall, Peru” will bring up detailed information which in this case, tells us the picture in question is a Peruvian postcard created in 1939 belonging to a miscellaneous collection.
- There are other options on the page to obtain additional copies and access to the original document.
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What are the Hours of Operation for the Library of Congress?
Introduction
As the Library of Congress is a large institution with several buildings, there are no standard hours of operation for all of its buildings. All buildings are closed on Sundays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Yearâs Day. The Jefferson building remains open on all other federal holidays but the Adams and Madison Buildings are closed.
The Thomas Jefferson Building is open:
Monday â Saturday
 8:30am â 4:30pm
The James Madison and John Adams buildings have special hours for researchers and staff and are not open to the public past 6pm.
The James Madison Building is open:
Monday – Friday
8:30am – 9:30pm
Saturday
8:30am – 5pm
The John Adams Building is open
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
8:30am – 9:30pm
Tuesday, Friday, Saturday
8:30am â 5pm
 Researchers are also required to make a note of specific reading room hours located at: https://www.loc.gov/rr/hours.html
Source: https://www.loc.gov/visit/hours/