Front entrance of the Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress

The National Library Service’s online Summer Reading program offerings have wrapped up, but you can still take advantage of an awesome virtual tour! Have you ever visited the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress? If not, a tour of this historic and fascinating building is just a click away.

As part of its 2024 Summer Reading Program, the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) is offering a free and fully virtual audio tour of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. This tour can serve as an educational experience both for the blind and print disabled as well as those who can’t travel to the Library of Congress. The virtual tour offers in depth audio descriptions of the interior and exterior architecture of the building, as well as plenty of educational and historical facts about the building itself.

Check out the Library of Congress’s website to listen to the virtual tour of the Thomas Jefferson building at the Library of Congress