But as the Folger looks ahead, it is also taking a backward glance. The library’s current exhibition, A Monument to Shakespeare: The Architecture of the Folger Shakespeare Library, focuses on its founding — and its founders, Henry and Emily Folger. Some of the spotlighted items include Cret’s detailed architectural drawings of the “Tudor-deco” structure and the Folgers’ correspondence with various power brokers as they built a home for the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare-related books, manuscripts, art, and artifacts.
The exhibit remains on view through January 5, 2020.