On September 12, 2018, Diane Dixson was our tour guide the Thomas Jefferson Building, which is one building occupied by the Library of Congress. This building is directly east of the U.S. Capitol.

For more information about the tour, see:

https://www.loc.gov/visit/tours/guided-tours/thomas-jefferson-building/

A quick guide can be found at:

https://www.loc.gov/portals/static/visit/documents/QuickGuide.pdf

The highlights of the tour were:

1. *  Great Hall
   

    https://www.loc.gov/visit/online-tours/thomas-jefferson-building/great-hall/

1. *  Main Reading Room
   

    https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/

1. *  Thomas Jefferson’s collection of 6,487 books
   

    https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/jefflib.html

1. *  The Gutenberg Bible
   

    https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bibles/the-gutenberg-bible.html

1. *  The Waldseemuller Map
   

    https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0309/maps.html

1. *  Abel Buell’s Map
   

    https://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/buellmap.html