This video is no longer available. The newly renovated Folger Shakespeare Library will host a ribbon cutting this Friday near Capitol Hill. WTOP got a special sneak peek of the new digs that were ...

“Clear your calendars. Pocket your notes”: So begins a Rita Dove poem beside a new garden path that leads visitors away from the official world of Capitol Hill and into the soon-to-reopen Folger ...

WASHINGTON — The Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening its historic home on Capitol Hill to the public on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, after a major three-year building renovation. The renovation will ...

The Capitol Hill landmark closed to the public in March of 2020, just before COVID caused everything else to close as well. But the $80.5 million renovation designed by the Philadelphia-based ...

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The Bard’s D.C. library is opening its doors to the world once again. The Folger Shakespeare Library, known for having the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, is set to reopen on Nov. 17 after a ...

The acclaimed actor, writer, and director will spend a week in Washington, DC engaging with the community and utilizing the Folger's collection WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Folger ...

The Folger Shakespeare Library on D.C.’s Capitol Hill estimates it will remain closed into 2024 due to ongoing renovations, after originally planning to reopen in November. In a news release Wednesday ...

Holiday decor, festive musical performances, family-friendly and Shakespeare-themed activities, and special celebrations for Jane Austen's 250th birthday are all a part of this year's festival ...

The Folger Shakespeare Library’s underground storage facility stretches a full block beneath the building, protected by a nine-inch-thick steel bank-vault door. It houses about 260,000 historically ...