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News about the Folger building renovation project
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces ‘Quill & Crumb’ Wins Café Naming Contest
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces ‘Quill & Crumb’ Wins Café Naming Contest

Press release: March 14, 2024

A New Poem by Rita Dove Invites Visitors Inside
A garden’s embroidery, its fringed pinks and reds, its humble hedges. Every day is Too Much
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A New Poem by Rita Dove Invites Visitors Inside

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Esther Ferington

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

Folger to Open New Galleries, Café, and Shop on June 21
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Folger to Open New Galleries, Café, and Shop on June 21

Press release: January 30, 2024

A Printing Press Brings History to Life
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A Printing Press Brings History to Life

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Esther Ferington

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.

New Artwork Illuminates the Renovation
a light sculpture of optical fibers that support and illuminate paper shapes
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New Artwork Illuminates the Renovation

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Esther Ferington

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

Folger Presents Newly Commissioned Light and Paper Sculpture
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Folger Presents Newly Commissioned Light and Paper Sculpture

Press release: October 5, 2023

Greeting Visitors with Inviting Outdoor Spaces
people walking on paths and sitting on benches and in the grass
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Greeting Visitors with Inviting Outdoor Spaces

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Esther Ferington

Gardens, landscaping, Puck, and poetry

Folger extends renovation timeline to 2024
Aerial view of the west entry plaza and gardens, with ramps and stairs leading down to the building entrance
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Folger extends renovation timeline to 2024

Press release: August 9, 2023

Exploring the Folger through New Exhibition Halls
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Exploring the Folger through New Exhibition Halls

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Esther Ferington

A preview of these new spaces

Folger announces November 17 reopening
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Folger announces November 17 reopening

Press release: April 26, 2023

Expanding to Welcome the World
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Expanding to Welcome the World

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Esther Ferington

Spotlight on the Adams Pavilion

Envisioning the Folger’s Future: Spotlight on Architecture and Design
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Envisioning the Folger’s Future: Spotlight on Architecture and Design

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Esther Ferington

The architectural vision for the renovation

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