Take a look at Congress through a motion picture lens with classic Hollywood film stills and movie posters from the House Collection.
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Art on February 4, 2026
From silly to serious, mid-20th century House artifacts show the institution’s inner workings in this selection of recently digitized House Collection items.
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Art on November 18, 2025
You can now download images from Collections Search! Currently, more than 750 objects from the House Collection have high-resolution downloadable images.
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Art on September 15, 2025
From “incomparable” juniper berry drinks to electronic voting computers, innovation takes the spotlight in the latest round of artifacts added to our online Collections Search.
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From Abe Lincoln to “artistic French human hair goods,” there’s something for everyone in this season’s batch of recently digitized House Collection treasures.
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As the United States expanded, developed, and went to war overseas, Americans and their government responded to the rapid changes happening in the country and abroad. Learn more about how the country navigated the shift from the unregulated excess of the Gilded Age to social and political reforms of the Progressive Era with these records from the House of Representatives.
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Nearly 100 years after its founding, the United States exerted its new power over the nation’s economy, land, people, and increasingly, overseas as it sought strategic global footholds and favorable trade. Learn more about this period of new industries and imperialism with these records from the House of Representatives.
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Just in time for summer, the Office of Art and Archives has added new objects to the digitized House Collection.
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When the House of Representatives unveiled its new electronic voting system in late 1972, the
New York Times compared its design to a different kind of display: a football scoreboard. Since then, the House has updated the technology of the chamber. The current system still has many innovative elements from the original.
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What’s new in the House Collection? This round of digitized additions to the House’s treasure trove covers everything from 18th-century Speakers of the House to 20th-century cartoons.
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Learn about the long journey to the 19th Amendment and women’s voting rights with this primary source set. Created with teachers and students in mind, this educational tool follows the quest for suffrage using House records, art, and photographs. We encourage educators to download and use these materials in their classrooms.
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Art on December 12, 2023
What’s new on Collections Search? Nineteen postcards, a studio set, and an intern making photocopies, that’s what.
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