Gold Prospectors
This mural shows different methods used by prospectors in the search for wealth in California, the Yukon and Alaska.
Architect of the Capitol employees are responsible for the care and preservation of more than 300 works of art, architectural elements, landscape features and more.
Browse our pieces below or learn more about the artists, collections and subjects.
Golden Spike
At the connection of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads in Promontory, Utah, two locomotives meet and two men shake hands before a group of workers.
Gregory IX, Relief Portrait
Gregory IX (c. 1147-1241) Medieval pope. Author of a compilation of decretals (i.e., authoritative decisions) on canon law; during a critical period he was instrumental in maintaining the remnants of Roman law.
Hammurabi, Relief Portrait
Hammurabi (fl. c. 1792-1750 B.C.) King of Babylonia. Author of the Code of Hammurabi, which is recognized in legal literature as one of the earliest surviving legal codes.
Hannibal Hamlin Statue
This statue of Hannibal Hamlin was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Maine in 1935.
Harry S. Truman Statue
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) was a U.S. senator from Missouri and served as president of the United States from 1945 to 1953. Missouri gave this statue of him to the National Statuary Hall Collection in 2022. Artist Tom Corbin (1954- ) took up modeling and bronze casting in his thirties and now sculpts, designs furniture and accessories, and paints.
Helen Keller Statue
This statue of Helen Keller was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Alabama in 2009. Keller's statue replaced a statue of Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, which Alabama had donated in 1908.
Henry Clay Statue
This statue of Henry Clay was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Kentucky in 1929.
Henry Mower Rice Statue
This statue of Henry Mower Rice was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Minnesota in 1916.
House Bronze Doors
The bronze doors of the House wing are comparable to those in the Senate. Each valve consists of three panels and a medallion depicting significant events in American history.
Huey Pierce Long Statue
This statue of Huey Pierce Long was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Louisiana in 1941. Long served as governor of Louisiana and as a member of the U.S. Senate.
Hugo Grotius, Relief Portrait
Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) Dutch statesman. Advocate-General of Holland and Zeeland; author of On the Law of War and Peace, the first treatise on international law.