United States Capitol Historical Society

For more than 60 years, the U.S. Capitol Historical Society has proudly worked to preserve and share the history of the Capitol, the Congress, and the people who work therein. As a nonpartisan, educational 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, the Society was chartered by Congress in 1978 in part “to foster and increase an informed patriotism.” In service of this mission, the Society conducts historical tours of the Capitol Building, hosts both virtual and in-person public history programming on various aspects of Capitol History, coordinates an open-access civics education hub which includes historical plays with lesson plans, manages a renowned civics education field trip program for DC schools, and commissions works of fine art for the Capitol collections. Learn more at capitolhistory.org.