Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library at night, 2024, as it nears reopening after a four-year building renovation and expansion
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Reopening Date
The Folger Shakespeare Library has announced that its historic home on Capitol Hill will reopen on June 21, 2024.
A close-up view of artist Anke Neumann’s light sculpture Cloud of Imagination, commissioned by the Folger Shakespeare Library for its new east lobby stairs leading to the historic theater above.
New Paper Sculpture at Folger Pays Homage to its 16th and 17th Century Book Collection
When the Folger Theatre begins performances of The Winter’s Tale on November 4, ticket holders will be greeted by Anke Neumann’s ethereal and symbolic 15-foot-t
First Folio Gallery, Shakespeare Exhibition Hall rendering
Folger to Display All 82 First Folios at November Reopening
The Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening its historic home on Capitol Hill to the public on November 17, 2023, after a major three-year building renovation t
The title page of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays
Shakespeare First Folio Major Celebration at Folger
The Folger Shakespeare Library is celebrating Shakespeare and the 400th anniversary of the printing of the
Abraham Bosse engraving, The Pastry Chef
Farm to Table … at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Some may hear the phrase ‘farm to table’ and think only of a sweet gastropub in the countryside, but for one group of scholars it calls to mind a recently completed, four-year project to explore se
Concept design of the First Folio gallery, courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger’s Future
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., recently announced a major expansion project, adding a 12,000-square-foot
Greg Prickman Named Folger Librarian and Director of Collections
Washington, D.C. — Greg Prickman, head of Special Collections at the University of Iowa Libraries, has been named Eric Weinmann Librarian and Director of Collections at the Folger.
Dates Announced for Shakespeare First Folio Tour Locations in 2016
(Washington, DC)—The Folger Shakespeare Library is pleased to
<i>Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude</i> Opens at the Folger Library
Washington, DC— For centuries, longitude (east-west position) was a matter of life and death at sea. Ships that went off course had no way to re-discover their longitude.
Rare Shakespeare First Folio to Tour All 50 States, DC, and Puerto Rico in 2016
Washington, DC—The Folger Shakespeare Library is pleased to announce the tour sites for its 2016 national traveling exhibition of First Folio!