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THE WORLD’S LARGEST SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION FINALLY HAS THE HOME IT DESERVES

What light through yonder window breaks? The Folger Shakespeare Library unveils
a dramatic renovation, with new public galleries and a reenergized mission.

Perspective by Philip Kennicott
Senior art and architecture critic
June 21, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT

The newly remodeled Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington. (Jennifer Chase
for The Washington Post)

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The Great Hall of the Folger Shakespeare Library used to be a dark space, its
tall windows covered to prevent damage to the rare books and documents on
display there. The Hall, and the adjacent Folger Theatre, were the only parts of
the building to which the public had access, and neither was terribly inviting.
Crowds thronged the small, cramped hallway leading to the theater during
intermission and despite a regular schedule of first-rate exhibitions, the Great
Hall was often empty, and funereal.


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