FOLGER

The Folger, which was a gift to the American people from its founders Henry and Emily Folger, opened in 1932. In addition to being the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the Folger is home to major collections of other rare books, manuscripts, and works of art from the early modern period... More than two million teachers and students benefit each year from professional development, lesson plans, webinars, online field trips, and the best-selling Folger Shakespeare editions. The Folger is a leader in performance-based education, which helps to build deep reading skills critical to student success... Henry Clay Folger and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger, established the Folger Shakespeare Library as a gift to the American people, after decades of assembling the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials. It opened in 1932.

Primary location: United States