The Art Collection

This statue of Sakakawea was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by North Dakota in 2003. The eight-foot-high bronze statue depicts Sakakawea looking westward, with her infant son strapped on her back.

This statue of Sam Houston was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Texas in 1905.

This statue of Samuel Adams was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Massachusetts in 1876. Adams served as a member of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1781, where he voted for and signed the Declaration of Independence. He is often referred to as the 'Father of the American Revolution.'

This statue of Samuel Jordan Kirkwood was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Iowa in 1913.

A map shows the islands now called Hawaii, which were annexed in 1898; an island native carries fruit in an out-rigger canoe with a cloth sail.

This statue of Sarah Winnemucca was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Nevada in 2005.

The bronze doors of the Senate wing are comparable to those in the House. Each valve consists of three panels, depicting events in the life of George Washington and Revolutionary War scenes, and an allegorical medallion.

This statue of Sequoyah was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Oklahoma in 1917. His statue was the first honoring a Native American to be chosen for the collection.

A couple picks cotton in the south with their cabin behind them and the plantation house in the distance.