The Art Collection

AOC employees are responsible for the care and preservation of more than 300 works of art, architectural elements and landscape features. Browse our incredible collection below or learn more about our artists and featured collections.

Henry Mower Rice

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.

House Garage Fountain Cherry Trees

Site of one variety: Japanese flowering (Prunus serrulata).

Huey Pierce Long

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.

Idaho Federation of Women's Clubs Memorial Tree

Text on the Plaque

U.S. Capitol Grounds
Memorial Tree

Pinus strobus
(White Pine)

In God We Trust Plaque

Innocent III, Relief Portrait

Innocent III (1161-1216) Medieval pope. Student of canon and civil law, who, like Gregory IX, preserved the remnants of Roman law during the Dark Ages.

Jacob Collamer

This statue of Jacob Collamer was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Vermont in 1881.

Jacques Marquette

This statue of Jacques Marquette was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Wisconsin in 1896.

James A. Garfield

This statue of James Garfield was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Ohio in 1886. Garfield was the 20th President of the United States, serving from 1881 until he died from a gunshot wound 200 days later.

James Madison Statue

The Statue

The statue of James Madison in James Madison Memorial Hall of the

James Paul Clarke

This statue of James Paul Clarke was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Arkansas in 1921.

James Shields

This statue of James Shields was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Illinois in 1893. Shields is the only senator to have represented three states in the U.S. Senate (Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri).

James Zachariah George

This statue of James Zachariah George was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Mississippi in 1931.

U.S. Capitol Grounds Commemorative Tree Prunus ‘first lady’ (‘First Lady’ Flowering Cherry) To Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of U.S. - Japanese Relations (The Treaty of Kanegawa) Sponsored by Speaker Dennis Hastert Planted on March 31, 2004

Japanese Relations Cherry Tree

Jason Lee

This statue of Jason Lee was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Oregon in 1953.

Jean Baptiste Colbert, Relief Portrait

Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683) French finance minister and controller general under Louis XIV. Codified commercial, maritime, and colonial ordinances; reformed the French legal system.

Jeannette Rankin

This statue of Jeannette Rankin was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Montana in 1985. She was the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Jefferson Davis

This statue of Jefferson Davis was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Mississippi in 1931. Davis served the nation in many positions before being appointed president of the Confederate States during the Civil War, including Secretary of War, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a member of the U.S. Senate.