Land Grant College
This college building in Kansas was one of the first created under the 1862 Morrill Act, which was meant to ensure higher education for all classes of Americans.
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.
Pony Express
Riders are shown at the Hollenberg station, readying to switch ponies. In the background workers string cables for the telegraph, which would soon replace the Pony Express.
Sharecroppers
A couple picks cotton in the south with their cabin behind them and the plantation house in the distance.
Sod House
A typical prairie home is shown with a barbed wire fence, which represents the settlement of the great open plains.
Gold Prospectors
This mural shows different methods used by prospectors in the search for wealth in California, the Yukon and Alaska.
Boston Tea Party, 1773
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.
Louisiana Purchase, 1803
The third signing of the Louisiana Treaty, which occurred in New Orleans, is depicted.
