Folger Shakespeare Library

The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on in , United States. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period in Britain and Europe.
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  • Opening hours:
    Sunday and Tuesday—Wednesday: 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Thursday—Saturday: 11:00 AM—9:00 PM
    Monday: closed
  • Type: Library
  • Description: library in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Also known as: “Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library”
  • Address: 201 East Capitol Street Southeast, Washington, DC 20003

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

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The , often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. is situated 1,800 feet west of Folger Shakespeare Library.

Library
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The is the second-oldest of the buildings of the Library of Congress of the United States. Built in the 1930s, it is named for John Adams, the second president, who signed the law creating the Library of Congress in 1800.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and NoMa.

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is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.

Neighborhood
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's is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

Folger Shakespeare Library

Latitude
38.88939° or 38° 53′ 22″ north
Longitude
-77.00279° or 77° 0′ 10″ west
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Levels
3
Height
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 67460587
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
4138670
Wiki­data ID
Q728116
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Folger Shakespeare Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة فولجر الشكسبيرية”
  • Chinese: “福尔杰莎士比亚图书馆”
  • Chinese: “福格·莎士比亞圖書館”
  • Chinese: “福爾傑莎士比亞圖書館”
  • Chinese: “福爾格莎士比亞圖書館”
  • Dutch: “Folger Shakespeare Library”
  • French: “bibliothèque Folger Shakespeare”
  • French: “Bibliothèque Folger Shakespeare”
  • German: “Folger Shakespeare Library”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית פולגר של כתבי שייקספיר”
  • Japanese: “フォルガー・シェイクスピア図書館”
  • Japanese: “フォルジャー・シェイクスピア図書館”
  • Korean: “폴거 셰익스피어 도서관”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Shakesperiana Folger”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه فولجر شکسپیر”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Folger Shakespeare”
  • Russian: “Шекспировская библиотека Фолджера”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Folger Shakespeare”
  • Spanish: “Folger Shakespeare Library”
  • Ukrainian: “Фолджерівська шекспірівська бібліотека”
  • Urdu: “فولگر شیکسپیئر لائبریری”
  • Uzbek: “Folger Shakespeare Library”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Capitol Hill and Barracks Row.

Nearby Places

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