Entering the Capitol

ENTRANCES

• Visitors MUST use the public entrances - East Wing Entrance at the Fountain on Commonwealth Avenue (which is also the handicapped entrance), and the Main Rotunda Entrance at Third and State Streets.
• Weekdays, groups of 25 or more MUST enter through the East Wing.
• Delays are possible -- allow time in your schedule for security processing into the Capitol.

SECURITY SCREENING

• All visitors – NO EXCEPTIONS - will be processed through metal detectors.
• All bags and packages will be x-rayed, and are subject to hand inspection.
• Personal items may be hand-inspected.
• Security screening may require whole body pat-down.
• Confiscated materials will NOT be returned.
• Persons have the right to refuse any or all of these security screening procedures. Entry to the building will then be denied.
• Items may not be delivered or left behind.
• Visitors exiting the Capitol must be reprocessed to re-enter.
• All persons with PACEMAKERS, DEFIBRILLATORS, or other MEDICAL DEVICES are to notify the officer. Search will then be conducted with a hand-held metal detector.
• Persons in wheelchairs or with a dog guide will be searched with a hand-held metal detector.