Summer memories from the First Folio tour: Ohio, North Dakota, Alaska, and Colorado

“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” It may be October, but we’re feeling a little nostalgic for all the places our First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare touring exhibition traveled this summer.

See a few social media highlights from the Cleveland Public Library, the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Alaska State Libraries, and the University of Colorado Boulder—including a read-through of 36 Shakespeare plays and even a stray Pokémon. The tour only stops at one location in each state, and they made it count!

Cleveland, OH

Had an awesome visit to @Cleveland_PL today to see #Shakespeare #FirstFolio on loan from @FolgerLibrary pic.twitter.com/MEgJ0TkxJa

— Carol Ward (@seedyward) July 26, 2016

Comments from patrons who visit the @Cleveland_PL Shakespeare exhibits: "Wow! "The library is gorgeous!" "Shakespeare rocks!" #FirstFolio

— Cleveland Digital PL (@ClevDPL) June 30, 2016

We made it!! Over 4,000 @Cleveland_PL patrons & guests visited the #Shakespeare #FirstFolio this summer. Thank you, #Cleveland!

— Cleveland Digital PL (@ClevDPL) July 30, 2016

Bismarck, ND

https://twitter.com/TracieLee/status/754779049696735232

Only a few days left to see a #FirstFolio from the @FolgerLibrary at the ND Heritage Center & State Museum. #SHX400 pic.twitter.com/TcSZQRI8B1

— SHSND (@ndhistory) July 27, 2016

Juneau, AK

To celebrate #FirstFolio, Theatre in the Rough will read 36 Shakespeare plays! The lineup: https://t.co/8ZrmQkGtA0 pic.twitter.com/VkVZEM8ZMv

— Alaska State Library & Archives (@AKStateLibrary) July 27, 2016

A busy Shakespearean weekend for @AKStateLibrary: Readings of Hamlet, Henry VI, & Richard III, plus a #FirstFolio. pic.twitter.com/EUSuo69Tpt

— Folger Shakespeare Library (@FolgerLibrary) August 12, 2016

Boulder, CO

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJs6qH6hre2/

If it wasn't for a few books, we wouldn't have Shakespeare. Now @CUArtMuseum until Aug. 31 pic.twitter.com/l0r0kNQnfC

— KUNC Colorado (@KUNC) August 9, 2016

@CUArtMuseum Even #Pokemon love the First Folio of #Shakespeare!Amazing: 20 generations of history in one photo. pic.twitter.com/ovojPO6uoT

— Alaina Beaver, PhD (@AlainaCFBeaver) August 12, 2016

Learn more about the First Folio tour and see where it will be going next.