Two approaches to a well-lit space.

If you walk in at street level from the high end of the slope, you might go up to the railing and look down into the Rotunda like this little girl:



Maybe that's more exciting than your half eaten candy bar. There's music. It's Clare Norelle, the multilingual folksinger:



Isn't it sweet how there's room for little kids to dance right in front of the singer or to lean on the stage? Anyone could traipse in and enjoy the show. Look at all the kids and parents sprawled on the carpeted tiers, lit by the natural light of the dome over the Rotunda:



But I entered from the low end of the slope of State Street, and the approach from this angle was a bit like "The Shining":