WASHINGTON — The Folger Shakespeare Library, which houses the world's largest Shakespeare collection, reopened in June following a four-year renovation. The transformation of the library now ...

Six of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s copies of the First Folio. The library has placed all 82 of its First Folios — the largest collection in the world — on permanent display.

How the Soon-to-Reopen Folger Shakespeare Library Came to Be A full 82 copies of Shakespeare’s First Folio will go on view as the renovated Washington, D.C. institution makes its debut ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Folger, a little pocket of Elizabethan England on Capitol Hill, is both respite from the D.C. tourist circuit’s unbridled patriotism and a chance to experience Shakespeare’s era without ...

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.