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.
Lewis Cass Statue
This statue of Lewis Cass was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Michigan in 1889. Cass served as governor of the Michigan territory, secretary of war, minister to France and was a member of the U.S. Senate.
Lewis Wallace Statue
This statue of Lewis (Lew) Wallace was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Indiana in 1910. He is remembered for his political accomplishments and for being one of America's most noted authors.
Liberty and the Eagle Sculpture
In the niche above the entablature on the south wall of National Statuary Hall stands the heroic-sized figure of Liberty.
Lincoln Catafalque
The Lincoln catafalque is a platform constructed in 1865 to support the casket of Abraham Lincoln while the president's body lay in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. It is a simple base of rough pine boards nailed together and covered with black cloth.
Lincoln's Second Inaugural, 1865
At his March 4 inaugural on the steps of the newly completed Capitol, Lincoln expressed his hopes for reconstruction of the Union after the Civil War.
Louisiana Purchase, 1803
The third signing of the Louisiana Treaty, which occurred in New Orleans, is depicted.
Lycurgus, Relief Portrait
Lycurgus (c. 900 B.C.) Semimythical Greek legislator. Traditional author of laws and institution of Sparta.
Magna Carta Replica and Display
The Magna Carta display in the Crypt of the United States Capitol features a replica of the English document whose principles underlie much of the Constitution of the United States. The entire display was made in England by the artist Louis Osman and was presented to the United States as a gift from the British government to celebrate the bicentennial of American independence.
Maimonides, Relief Portrait
Maimonides (1135-1204) Jewish philosopher of Cordova, Spain. Compiled a systematic exposition of the whole of Jewish law as contained in the Pentateuch and in Talmudic literature.