4. Senate Office Buildings

There are three major office buildings for the U.S. Senate: the Russell, Dirksen and Hart Senate Office Buildings.

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5. Library Buildings and Grounds

The Library of Congress’ 1897 Thomas Jefferson Building contains large areas of decorative painting, relief plaster, woodwork, stone work, and mosaic ceilings. The John Adams Building, which is embellished with Art Deco-style decorative metal and relief stone work, is not included in the inventory count.

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6. Supreme Court Building and Grounds

The Supreme Court Building is richly adorned with decorative carvings in marble and wood, decorative metal and plaster work and decorative painting.*

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7. U.S. Botanic Garden

The U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) maintains a collection of living plants and includes all plants used to fulfill the mission of the institution. The collection is categorized as follows:

• Plants of historical or current institutional significance (e.g., individuals or descendants from the Wilkes and Perry expeditions, commemorative gifts from foreign governments and descendants of plants of American historical significance)

• Plants appearing on approved permanent landscape planting plans for the Conservatory, National Garden, Bartholdi Park and the Production facility Plants listed for rotation into permanent exhibits in the Conservatory, National Garden or Bartholdi Park

• Plants used in ongoing education programs

• Plants needed to support future exhibits or programs and whose quality or relative unavailability in the commercial trade justifies inclusion in the permanent collection

• Orchid species and selected orchid cultivars

• Listed rare and endangered species received under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna repository agreement, through interagency transfer, or by other means

• Medicinal plants whose quality or relative unavailability in the commercial trade justifies inclusion in the permanent collection

• Plants used for accent and horticultural propagation

*The collectible fine art within the Supreme Court Building does not fall under AOC’s jurisdiction and is cared for by the Curator of the Supreme Court.