Esther Ferington

In this busy travel time, try out our “Travel and Shakespeare” quiz about journeys in his plays and in real life, too.

Michael Witmore talks about his experiences as Folger director and the recent Folger grand reopening.

Explore the new landscape and public spaces of the Folger Shakespeare Library to find touches of Shakespeare and the early modern age in which he lived.

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Rita Dove shares the story behind her new poem, which is inscribed in the marble edge around the Folger’s west garden.

A newly built recreation of an early printing press, to be displayed in the Shakespeare Exhibition Hall, shows how the First Folio was created 400 years ago.

A floating paper sculpture by Anke Neumann lights the stairs from the new visitor lobby to the historic theater above.

The landscaped entry plazas connect with open gardens on either side of the building, with paths and benches for visitors.

Permanent and temporary exhibitions are now available year-round in two large exhibition halls.

The architectural vision for the renovation in a conversaton with Director Michael Witmore, architect Stephen Kieran, and landscape architect Anneliza Kaufer.