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Thomas Jefferson Building
Thomas Jefferson Building
The Library of Congress began in 1800 with a small appropriation to buy...
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James Madison Memorial Building
James Madison Memorial Building
Opened in 1980, measuring 500 feet wide and 400 feet deep, the Madison...
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Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation
Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation
The Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center is located...
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John Adams Building
John Adams Building
The second building constructed for the Library of Congress opened in 1939....
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The law creating the Library of Congress, approved on April 24, 1800, called for its books to be housed in "a suitable apartment" in the Capitol. The copyright law of 1870 brought two copies of all copyright items to the Library. It immediately became apparent that the Library would soon run out of space. The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building opened in in 1897 after the decision to relocate the Library of Congress into a separate facility was reached after years of discussion.

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