The Folger is adjacent to the Library of Congress and diagonally opposite the Supreme Court. It straddles the edge of the ...

Founded by Henry Clay Folger and his wife Emily Folger in 1932, the Folger Shakespeare Library houses over 250,000 rare books, including 82 First Folios of Shakespeare’s plays.

WETA Arts host Felicia Curry takes you inside the newly transformed Folger, home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare-related books and manuscripts. Explore how the Folger’s ...

The Folger Shakespeare Library, which sits on Capitol Hill, has been closed for the past four-and-a-half years for a colossal renovation, and it reopens June 21.

Shake it Off National Building Museum teams with the Folger Shakespeare Library for 2020 Block Party By Jonathan Hilburg • January 7, 2020 • Architecture, East, News ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Folger Shakespeare Library has hosted 8 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1996 Forum. The year with the most events was 2001 with two events.

Some are skinny, others massive. One of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s 82 copies of the First Folio, the Bard’s complete works printed in 1623, just a few years after his death.

Michael Witmore will step down as director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in 2024, he said Tuesday. The announcement comes during a period of dramatic change for the research center, which ...

Save the date: November 17, 2023, is not just yours truly’s birthday but the day the Folger Shakespeare Library plans to reopen its doors after nearly four years of renovations. The Capitol Hill ...

The Folger Shakespeare Library opened in 1932 and ever since has catered to a rarefied community of scholars and theatre patrons. In 2020 it closed for a renovation to the tune of $80.5m, aimed at ...

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC, US, has announced its latest addition, the Quill & Crumb café, which opened its doors on 22 November 2024. Located in the library's historic Great ...

The Folger’s 1932 building, designed by architect Paul Cret, has finished the four-year renovation project. The major renovation expanded public spaces, improved accessibility, and enhanced the ...