LOC Collections2.8.0 - App Store

Explore the Library of Congress digital collections. The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. Use LOC Collections to access iconic photos, historic maps, books, films, newspapers, manuscripts and sound recordings.
Search and browse millions of items.
Save and share your favorites.
Zoom in to explore images in detail.
Read books.
Search historic newspapers.
Watch early films from Thomas Edison and other pioneers.
Explore the papers of U.S. presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and more).
View iconic photos and maps documenting the Civil War.
View letters, diaries and notes in the papers of Rosa Parks, Mary Church Terrell, Susan B. Anthony and other changemakers.

Version History Accessibility enhancements.
Navigation enhancements.
Bug fixes. 2.8.0 12/22/2023 New Integrated App Introduction
Improved Error Handling 2.7.0 12/05/2023 Multipage Item navigation enhancements.
Search Result listings enhancements.
Bug fixes. 2.6.0 07/14/2023 Accessibility enhancements and bug fixes. 2.5.0 05/09/2023 New Highlights: Featured Collection and Selected Digitized Books.
Perfomance Refinements. 2.4.0 03/29/2023 Refinements to multipage item views.
Refinements to image zoom interfaces. 2.3.0 02/15/2023 Easy access to trending top searches.
Improvements to filters for search results and favorite items.
Accessibility and performance enhancements. 2.2.0 12/02/2022 New Topics browsing interface 2.1.0 11/02/2022 Enhanced navigation and design.
New Feature: Free To Use collections.
New Highlight: Event Videos collection.
Perfomance Refinements. 2.0.0 09/21/2022 VoiceOver, interface, and audio widget enhancements.
Bug fixes. 1.9.0 04/05/2022 - Add and edit your own Notes on Folders and your favorite Items.
- Your Notes are displayed on your favorite Items.
- Your Notes are included when sharing a Folder or an Item. 1.8.0 05/14/2021 - Create custom-named Folders to organize your favorite items in the app.
- Share the contents of your Folders to continue working outside the app and with others. 1.7.0 04/12/2021 - Enhanced scrolling of the entire item detail screen
- User Interface improvements for audio and video item detail screens
- Performance improvements when accessing video and audio items
- New visual indicator when items consist of multiple pages in favorites
- Fixed issue with multiple page indicator when accessing full screen mode of picture items 1.6.0 11/16/2020 - More Sort Order options in search results and favorites.
- Enhanced Filter interface and functionality. Filter search results and favorites by format and year range.
- An empty search returns all available collection items with selected Sort Order and Filters applied. 1.5.0 10/19/2020 - iCloud is no longer required to save favorites
- Favorites are saved locally on the device
- Accessibility improvements on item detail screens
- Audio player interface improvements
- Contributors and date of item displayed in search results
- Migrate favorites from iCloud to device
- Performance improvements 1.4.0 08/05/2020 Minor updates to About the Library of Congress. 1.3.1 04/28/2020 - New full screen image/pdf viewer with support for landscape mode
- Improved presentation of metadata
- Remote notifications removed
- Performance enhancements
- UI and accessibility enhancements 1.3.0 04/15/2020 - Updated favorites view to use split view
- Various UI updates and improvements 1.2.0 02/05/2020 Fixed a bug in the Favorited item deletion process. 1.1.1 12/06/2019 Performance optimizations for video playback.
User experience improvements. 1.1.0 11/17/2019 Added "Browse Digital Collections" functionality 1.0.2 10/10/2019 1.0.1 05/13/2019