The First Folio tour is coming to an end! These are the last tour stops where the First Folio will be on display, after which the books will be returning home to the Folger Shakespeare Library, where they will join the First Folio! Shakespeare’s American Tour exhibition. This exhibition, which features the most First Folios ever displayed in one place, opened Saturday and goes through Jan 22, 2017.
Learn more about the national tour: First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare
Here’s where you can see the First Folios on display in November and December:
- Nov 1 – Dec 4: St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD
- Nov 3 – Dec 11: University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI
- Nov 5 – Dec 11: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Nov 10 – Dec 4: Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
- Nov 10 – Dec 10: Frazier History Museum, University of Louisville, and Louisville Free Public Library, Louisville, KY
- Nov 10 – Jan 8, 2017: The Parthenon, Nashville, TN
We’ve gathered some social media highlights from each tour stop:
Annapolis, MD
What's 393 years old, encased in glass and sitting at St. John's College in Annapolis? Shakespeare's First Folio: https://t.co/wGHVIzkEXC pic.twitter.com/v0pZlBEw5X
— St. John's College (@stjohnscollege) November 1, 2016
Music. Theatre. History. Literature. Tonight, St. John's celebrated Shakespeare's First Folio. Panel discussion is Sunday at 1 p.m. #SHX400 pic.twitter.com/PxujlssgoJ
— St. John's College (@stjohnscollege) November 6, 2016
Madison, WI
https://www.instagram.com/p/BL9iWewjYfm/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMZXu-EjVEP/
Atlanta, GA
"Don't lean too close to the glass! You'll set off the alarm!" #FirstFolio #Shelfie @FolgerLibrary @carlosmuseum https://t.co/XQtSC8rCBQ pic.twitter.com/oA742ULNub
— Bas Bleu Bookseller (@BasBleuCatalog) November 16, 2016
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMaWrCXAxdS/
Elizabethtown, PA
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMrBtuKhRpG/
Louisville, KY
https://twitter.com/kyshakespeare/status/797137465203113988
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMuSGFHBXKR/
Nashville, TN
https://twitter.com/AquinasTenn/status/799284495878942720
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMrysqFgyca/
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