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

American Army Entering the City of Mexico

General Winfield Scott is shown during the Mexican War, entering the capital. Peace came in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which fixed the Mexican-American border at the Rio Grande River and recognized the accession of Texas. The treaty also extended the boundaries of the United States to the Pacific. (1847)

Andrew Jackson Statue

This statue of Andrew Jackson was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Tennessee in 1928.

Annapolis, 1783

The next congressional meeting place was the State House in Annapolis, Maryland. It was here that George Washington resigned his commission as commander in chief of the Continental Army.

Apotheosis of Democracy Pediment

Apotheosis of Democracy features an allegorical group of "Peace Protecting Genius" and figures representing two great sources of wealth.

Apotheosis of Washington

Painted in 1865 by Constantino Brumidi, the Apotheosis of Washington in the eye of the U.S. Capitol Building's Rotunda depicts George Washington rising to the heavens in glory.

Baltimore, 1776

The Congress moved to Baltimore, Maryland, a safer haven during the war than Philadelphia, after the Declaration of Independence. It met in this rented building, since known as Old Congress House; the building was destroyed by fire in 1860.

Baptism of Pocahontas

This painting depicts the ceremony in which Pocahontas, daughter of the influential Algonkian chief Powhatan, was baptized and given the name Rebecca in an Anglican church.

Barry Goldwater Statue

This statue of Barry Goldwater was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Arizona in 2015. Goldwater's statue replaced one of John Campbell Greenway, which the state of Arizona donated to the National Statuary Hall Collection in 1930.

Battle of Lexington

British troops fire on colonists, who had gathered at Lexington to stop them from going on to Concord to destroy a colonial supply depot.

Benjamin Henry Latrobe Portrait

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, who served as the U.S. Capitol's architect from 1803 to 1811 and from 1815 to 1817, built the Capitol's south wing and redesigned and rebuilt the north wing.