Want to get up close to a First Folio?

By Folger Education

Over the course of 2016 we are bringing the First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare to all 50 states, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico. In less than six months this nationwide tour kicks off at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, the Sam Noble Museum in Oklahoma, and the University of Oregon. There will be workshops and events for teachers and students in all 52 locations, so check out the list below to find out where and when a First Folio is coming to you.

Host Sites
by state

AK	Juneau	Alaska State Libraries, Archives, and Museums	Jul 26-Aug 24
AL	Montgomery	Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts	Oct 1-30
AR	Conway	University of Central Arkansas with the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre	Jun 7–Jul 12
AZ	Tucson	University of Arizona	Feb 15-Mar 15
CA	San Diego	San Diego Public Library with The Old Globe	Jun 4-Jul 7
CO	Boulder	University of Colorado Boulder	Aug 8-31
CT	Storrs	University of Connecticut	Sept 2-25
DC	Washington	Gallaudet University	Oct 7-31
DE	Newark	University of Delaware	Aug 30-Sept 25
FL	Miami	The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museumat Florida International University	Feb 1-28
GA	Atlanta	Emory University	Nov 7-Dec 7
HI	Honolulu	Kapiolani Community College	Apr 25-May 25
IA	Iowa City	The University of Iowa Libraries	Aug 29-Sept 25
ID	Boise	Boise State University	Aug 20-Sept 21
IL	Wauconda	Lake County Discovery Museum	Feb 3-28
IN	Notre Dame	University of Notre Dame	Jan 4-29
KS	Manhattan	Kansas State University	Feb 1–28
KY	Louisville	Frazier History Museum, University of Louisville, and Louisville Free Public Library	Nov 10-Dec 10
LA	New Orleans	Tulane University	May 9-31
MA	Amherst	Amherst College	May 9-31
MD	Annapolis	St. John’s College	Nov 1-Dec 4
ME	Portland	Portland Public Library	Mar 4-Apr 3
MI	Detroit	Wayne State University	Mar 7-Apr 3
MN	Duluth	University of Minnesota Duluth	Oct 3-26
MO	Kansas City	Kansas City Public Library	Jun 6-28
MS	Oxford	University of Mississippi	Apr 11-May 1
MT	Missoula	University of Montana	May 9-31
NC	Raleigh	North Carolina Museum of History	May 7-30
ND	Bismark	State Historical Society of North Dakota	Jul 5-31
NE	Omaha	The Durham Museum	Apr 9-May 1
NH	Manchester	Currier Museum of Art	Apr 9-May 1
NJ	Madison	Drew University & theShakespeare Theatre of New Jersey	Oct 3-31
NM	Santa Fe	New Mexico Museum of Art	Feb 5-28
NV	Reno	Nevada Museum of Art	Sept 1-29
NY	New York	New-York Historical Society	Jun 7-Jul 17
OH	Cleveland	Cleveland Public Library	Jun 20-Jul 30
OK	Norman	The Sam Noble Museum	Jan 4-31
OR	Eugene	University of Oregon	Jan 5-Feb 7
PA	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown College	Nov 8-Dec 5
PR	Turabo	Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos	Mar 7-Apr 3
RI	Providence	Brown University	Apr 11-May 1
SC	Columbia	University of South Carolina Libraries	Apr 11-May 1
SD	Vermillion	University of South Dakota and theNational Music Museum	Mar 7-Apr 3
TN	Nashville	The Parthenon	Nov 10-Jan 2
TX	College Station	Texas A&M University	Mar 7-Apr 3
UT	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City Public Library	Oct 8-31
VA	Charlottesville	University of Virginia	Oct 1-26
VT	Middlebury	Middlebury College	Feb 1-28
WA	Seattle	The Seattle Public Library	Mar 21-Apr 17
WI	Madison	University of Wisconsin – Madison	Nov 3-Dec 11
WV	Wheeling	Museums of Oglebay Institute	May 9-Jun 12
WY	Cheyenne	Wyoming State Museum	Sept 7-30

The First Folio! tour is part of a greater celebration in 2016 of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. At the Folger we are calling this celebration the Wonder of Will, and we hope you will join us for the festivities.