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Library of Congress 'Gateway to Knowledge' exhibit in Dover`Fri. & Sat.

Library of Congress 'Gateway to Knowledge' Traveling Exhibit is parked on Legislative Mall in Dover and open to the public Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Some of the features of the Library of Congress "Gateway to Knowledge" Traveling Exhibit are high-quality facsimiles of the 1455 Gutenberg Bible, a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence and the 1962 drawings for the comic book that introduced Spider-Man to the world.

The traveling exhibition establishes the importance that Thomas Jefferson put on creating the Library of Congress and his classification system of Memory, Reason and Imagination which defined the organization of the content inside the traveling exhibition.

Library Of Congress Exhibition Begins Transformation Of Public ...

(Vocus) November 28, 2007

A new exhibition opening Dec. 13 marks the beginning of a months-long transformation of public spaces in the Library of Congress’s Thomas Jefferson Building into an experience for visitors that merges cutting-edge technology with the knowledge and inspiration embodied in the Library’s unparalleled collections and curators.

“Exploring the Early Americas,” which features items from the Jay I. Kislak Collection and Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 World Map–the first document of any kind of use the word “America”–focuses on the history and legacies of the Americas and the impact of European contact, culture and conquest. It opens Thursday, Dec. 13, in the Northwest Galleries of the Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. The exhibition, with labels presented in both English and Spanish, is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday–Saturday.

The ongoing exhibition presents a significant collection gathered over a half-century by Florida collector Jay I. Kislak that includes rare books, manuscripts, historic documents, maps, paintings, prints and artifacts dating from 1500 B.C. to the early decades of the United States. The Kislak Collection was donated to the Library in 2004. Items in the collection relate to the southeastern United States, the Caribbean, Mexico, Guatemala and portions of the rest of the Americas. Like the Jay I. Kislak Collection itself, the exhibition provides a glimpse into the complex and fascinating past of the Americas, as well as insight into American Indian cultures, the drama of the encounters between those cultures and European explorers and settlers, and the pivotal changes caused by the meeting of the two worlds. The exhibition also explores the growth of knowledge, particularly in natural history and geography, resulting from the encounter.

“With this exhibition, the Library of Congress is embarking on a new interactive experience for visitors that will bring our collections to life as never before, in ways that will instill greater meaning and open new horizons of imagination,” said James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress. “‘Exploring the Early Americas’ will be a fascinating and thought-provoking journey through early chapters in our history, using an illuminating variety of formats.

Thomas, legislative information on the Internet

Thomas Jefferson, genius of liberty

The Thomas Jefferson bicentennial. 1743-1943, A catalogue of the exhibitions at the Library of Congress opened on April 12th

Thomas Mann's addresses delivered at the Library of Congress

Thomas Jefferson's library, a catalog with the entries in his own order