Folger Shakespeare Library - Washington Municipal_building

Descriptions from Across the Web

• The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research ... more on Museum Stuff
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• The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library established by founders Henry Clay Folger and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger, in 1932 as a gift to the American people.A magnet for scholars from around the globe, the Folger is home to the world's largest collection ... more on gocitykids.com
• Shakespeare taught us that the little world of the heart is vaster, deeper, and richer than the spaces of astronomy," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1864. A decade later, Amherst student Henry Clay Folger was profoundly affected by a lecture Emerson gave similarly extolling the bard. Folger purchased an inexpensive set of Shakespeare's plays and went on to amass the world's largest (by far) collection of the ... more on frommers.com
• View the world's largest collection of original Shakespeare manuscripts ... more on weather.com

Directions

Metro: Capitol South or Union Station

Hours

Public: 10a-4p M-Sa, Reading Room: 8:45a-4:45p M-F, 9a-noon & 1p-4:30p Sa

Miscellaneous

• Admission: 10:00am to 4:00pm Monday through Saturday. Closed all Federal holidays.
• Collections: A magnet for scholars from around the globe, the 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��history and politics

Other Web Resources

• www.folger.edu
• http://www.virginia.org