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.

Flight 93 Memorial Plaque

Congress authorized this memorial plaque to commemorate the heroic acts carried out by the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.

Florence R. Sabin Statue

This statue of Florence Sabin was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Colorado in 1959.

Frances E. Willard Statue

This statue of Frances Willard was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Illinois in 1905. Her statue was the first honoring a woman to be chosen for the collection.

Francis Preston Blair Jr. Statue

Missouri gave this statue to the National Statuary Hall Collection in 1899. Alexander Doyle (1857-1922) sculpted three statues in the collection, contributed by Missouri and West Virginia.

Frederick Douglass Statue

The statue of noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass features him standing beside a lectern and an inkwell with quill pen sits in reference to his work as an author.

Frieze of American History

The Frieze of American History in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol contains a painted panorama depicting significant events in American history.

From Texas to the Pacific Ocean

The map shows the states and territories stretching west from Texas to the Pacific Ocean and marks the Oregon, California, and Old Spanish Trails as well as the

Fur Trade

A longhouse of the northwest is decorated with paintings and set amid totems. Before the building, a fur trader is trading guns to the Native Americans for furs.