12 March 2014 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries
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Thomas Jefferson Building © Carol M. Highsmith/cc-by-sa-3.0
The Library of Congress is the research library of the
United States Congress, the de facto national library of the United States of America, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in four buildings in
Washington, D.C., as well as the Packard Campus in
Culpeper, Virginia, it is one of the two
largest libraries in the world by shelf space and number of books, the other being
The British Library. The head of the Library is the
Librarian of Congress, currently
James H. Billington.
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