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Washington DC‘s Library of Congress in downtown Washington, DC is the largest library in the world. It‘s collections, housed in 3 buildings on Capitol Hill, include approximately 530 miles of bookshelves holding more than 29 million books and other printed materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps, and 58 million manuscripts.
The mission of the library is to ""preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. ""While sightseeing families may not visit the library for the purpose of checking out a book, most kids are awe...
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