Home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the Folger is a major international center for scholarly research and a lively venue for exhibitions, literary programs, and the performing arts. Open Mon. - Sat., 10 am - 4 pm. Closed Sun. and all federal holidays. Free admission to tours and exhibitions. Guided 90-minute tour daily at 11 am (plus 1 pm Sat. only); group tours arranged by calling
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Folger Shakespeare Library, located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, is a world-class research center on Shakespeare and on the early modern age in the West. It is home to the world?s largest and finest collection of Shakespeare materials and to major collections of other rare Renaissance books, manuscripts, and works of art. The library is known for its wide array of scholarly and public programs
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Rare books, paintings and other memorabilia, such as musical instruments, costumes and films, make this library and
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Folger is home to the world?s largest collection of Shakespeare?s printed works, as well as magnificent collections of other rare Renaissance books and manuscripts on all disciplines. Included in the collections are over 310,000 books and manuscripts; 250,000 playbills; 27,000 paintings, drawings, engravings, and prints; and musical instruments, costumes, and films. In addition to its scholarly mission
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The mission of the Folger Library is to preserve and enhance its collections; to render the collections accessible to scholars for advanced research; and to advance understanding and appreciation of the Library and its collections through interpretive programs for the public.
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The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Its history is intrinsically linked to that of its founders, Henry Clay Folger and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger, who established the Library in 1932 as a gift to the American people.
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The Folger Shakespeare Library houses the world's largest collection of Shakespeareana. Its collection, now in excess of 280,000 volumes and 27,000 paintings, drawings, prints, and engravings, includes 79 of the world's 250 First Folios, and other rare Renaissance books and manuscripts. In the Folger's Great Hall, visitors can view objects on a wide variety of scholarly topics drawn from this collection
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