Capitol rotunda reopens to visitors after months of renovations

You may think nothing gets done in Washington, but there was progress at the Capitol today. The great rotunda reopened after a 13-month, $97 million project to save the Capitol Dome.

Video from the beginning of the project more than one year ago shows when scaffolding and drapery went up in order to restore ironwork, install lighting and repaint fading frescoes.

Stephen Ayres, the architect of the Capitol, is the head of the restoration project. He took “60 Minutes” to the top of the dome before work began.