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.
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