The Art Collection

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, who served as the U.S. Capitol's architect from 1803 to 1811 and from 1815 to 1817, built the Capitol's south wing and redesigned and rebuilt the north wing.

North Carolina gave this statue to the National Statuary Hall Collection in 2024.

Daniel Boone brings settlers into Kentucky.

Boston Harbor appears in a moonlit scene, with people dressed as Native Americans throwing crates of tea from a boat; this famous event led to the Revolutionary War.

This statue of Brigham Young was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Utah in 1950. Young was the first governor of the Utah Territory and a religious leader.

The first floor of the U.S. Capitol's Senate wing is elaborately decorated with these wall and ceiling murals.

Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto died of a fever while searching for gold in Florida and the territory north of the Gulf of Mexico. To protect his body from enemies, his men buried him at night in the Mississippi River, which he had been the first European to discover. (1542)

The vice president of the United States presides over the United States Senate, and the Senate honors these individuals in a collection of marble busts displayed in the U.S. Capitol. The Architect of the Capitol is responsible for working with the subject to select a sculptor, contracting with the artists with the approval of the Senate, monitoring and approving the work, and designing and procuring the pedestal.

This statue of Caesar Rodney was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Delaware in 1934.

Along the Erie Canal at Lockport, New York, horses are shown pulling the barges that have just gone through the locks.