Scenes from the Michigan Capitol dome interior restoration project in Lansing on Friday, April 5, 2024. The rotunda is expected to be open to the public by June.

The Capitol’s caretakers plan to do restoration work on the iconic dome for the first time in more than 30 years, a process they estimate will be complete sometime next summer.

The $17 million restoration of the dome on the Colorado Capitol began in 2012 and ended earlier this month. This photo shows scaffolding surrounding the dome in late 2013. (Kathryn Scott Osler ...

With frigid winds whipping around the 288 foot-tall Capitol Dome, Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers said the next phase of the nearly $60 million restoration project has begun. Ayers told ...

An earlier version of this story misstated the weight of the dome’s cast iron. It is 9 million pounds, not tons. The story has been corrected. When the U.S. Capitol dome was built in the 1860s ...

The restoration work of the Capitol dome skirt — the lower level of the cast-iron structure — will include repairing historic ironwork, sandstone and brick masonry, according to the release.

The project was the dome’s first full restoration since 1959, according to the Architect of the Capital. “The Capitol dome restoration project is complete,” Ayers said at a media briefing ...

Capitol Dome ready for next step in restoration. Capitol Dome ready for next step in restoration. Thu, 18 Jul 2024 05:23:30 GMT (1721280210993) Story Infinite Scroll - News3 ...

Timelapse video has been released of the dome of the US Capitol Bulding - one of the USA's most iconic sites - becoming surrounded by scaffolding as part of a multi-year restoration project.

The scaffolding that has wrapped the U.S. Capitol like a wiry cage for more than a year has become part of this city’s landscape, giving the domed symbol of American democracy an eerie evening ...

In the depths of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln is said to have viewed the construction of the U.S. Capitol dome as a symbol of the Union's endurance. Tuesday, a week after a bitterly divided ...

Why the U.S. Capitol dome needs a $60-million restoration. Corrosion has heavily damaged the Capitol dome. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images) By Noah Bierman. Staff Writer Follow. Dec. 22, 2015 3 AM PT .