Washington, D.C.

=== Libraries ===
Washington, D.C., has dozens of public and private libraries and [[library system]]s, including the [[District of Columbia Public Library]] [[library system|system]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} [[Folger Shakespeare Library]], a research library and museum located in the [[Capitol Hill]] neighborhood, houses the world's largest collection of material related to [[William Shakespeare]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.folger.edu/about |title=About the Folger |date=January 21, 2015 |access-date=February 12, 2022 }}</ref>

==== Library of Congress ====
{{Main|Library of Congress}}
[[File:LOC Main Reading Room Highsmith.jpg|thumb|The [[Library of Congress]], the [[List of largest libraries|world's largest library]] with more than 167&nbsp;million cataloged items and the nation's oldest cultural institution<ref>{{cite web |title=General Information |url=https://www.loc.gov/about/general-information/ |access-date=January 1, 2019 |publisher=Library of Congress |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223101833/https://www.loc.gov/about/general-information/ |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
The [[Library of Congress]] is the [[Research library|research]] [[library]] that officially serves the [[United States Congress]] and is the ''[[de facto]]'' [[national library]] of the United States. It is a complex of three buildings: [[Thomas Jefferson Building]], [[John Adams Building]] and [[James Madison Memorial Building]], all located in the [[Capitol Hill]] neighborhood. The Jefferson Building houses the library's reading room, a copy of the [[Gutenberg Bible]], [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s original library, and several museum exhibits.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

==== District of Columbia Public Library ====
{{Main|District of Columbia Public Library}}
The [[District of Columbia Public Library]] operates 26 neighborhood locations including the landmark [[Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library]].<ref>{{cite web |title=In Your Neighborhood |url=http://www.dclibrary.org/about/neighborhood |publisher=D.C. Public Library |access-date=August 14, 2011 |archive-date=August 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808164832/http://dclibrary.org/about/neighborhood |url-status=live }}</ref>