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Murals in the Great Experiment Hall

The Mayflower Compact, 1620 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	The Albany Congress, 1754 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	The First Continental Congress, 1774 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	The Declaration of Independence, 1776
The Constitutional Convention, 1787 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	The First Federal Congress, 1789 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	Washington's Inauguration, 1789	Washington's Farewell Address, 1796 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image
The Monroe Doctrine, 1823 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	Lincoln's Second Inaugural, 1865 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	The Smithsonian Institution, 1855	The Library of Congress in the Capitol, 1800-1897
Iron Foundry, circa 1850	Steam Powered Amphibious Boat, 1804	Theodore Roosevelt, circa 1904	Women's Suffrage Parade, 1917 Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image

Murals in the Hall of Capitols

Historical Scenes

Capitol Site Selection, 1791 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	Capitol Cornerstone Ceremony, 1793 Allyn Cox Oil on canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	British Burn the Capitol, 1814 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	First Capitol Inauguration, 1829 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image
Old House Chamber, 1838 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	Rotunda During Civil War, 1862 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	New Dome Symbolizes Union, 1863 Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image	Civil Rights Bill Passes, 1866 Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image

Portraits

Benjamin Henry Latrobe	Charles Bulfinch	Thomas U. Walter	Edward Clark
Elliott Woods	David Lynn	J. George Stewart	George M. White
Thomas Crawford	Frederick Law Olmsted	John Trumbull	Pierre Charles L'Enfant Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image
Ann Hutchinson Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1973-1974 Download JPEG image

Murals in the Westward Expansion Corridor

Maps

"Terra Incognita" EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	The First Four Settlements in America EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	The First Thirteen Colonies EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	From the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image
Central North America EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	From Texas to the Pacific Ocean EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Alaskan Purchase, 1867 EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Sandwich Islands EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image

    
Scenes

Stalking Deer EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Timucuan Village EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Explorers' Portage EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Fort St. Augustine EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image
Boston Tea Party EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Yorktown, 1781 EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Northern Wilderness EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Boone at Cumberland Gap EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image
Lewis and Clark EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Louisiana Purchase, 1803 EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Gold Prospectors EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Spanish Mission EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image

Vignettes

Drying Cod EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Hunting Game EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Clearing Land EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Weaving EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image
Canal and Locks EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Sod House EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Land Grant College EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Sharecroppers EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image
Pony Express EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Golden Spike EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Covered Wagons EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Indian Ceremony EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image
Fur Trade EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image	Island Dance EverGreene Painting Studios Oil on Canvas applied to the Ceiling 1993-1994 Download JPEG image