Pop-up exhibitions at the Folger

Starting in 2017, the Folger has hosted several staff-curated "pop-up" exhibitions. These are temporary exhibits which feature around 15 items from the Folger collection on display for only a few hours. Pop-up exhibitions allow us to display some of our lesser-known or -circulated items, and also give staff outside of the Exhibitions department a glimpse at what curating an exhibit is like.

All exhibitions so far have taken place in the Deck B Seminar Room.

Upcoming exhibitions

Shakespeare’s Westeros: Literary and Historical Inspirations for Game of Thrones (May 23, 2019 11am-2pm)

Past exhibitions

2019

• Small Latin and less Greek: A WhanThatAprilleDay pop-up exhibit (April 2)
• Tastes of the Mediterranean (March 31)
• "A scribbled form drawn with a pen upon a parchment": Shakespearean cartoons and caricatures (March 18)
• "Shakespeare, Past and President: A Presidents' Day Pop-up" (February 19)

2018

• Muggle Books of Magic and Wizardry: From Hogwarts to the Folger (October 31)
• Spotlight on the Art Collections: Watercolors (September 28)
• Summer Vibes (July 27)
• Pi(e) Day (March 14)

2017

• Feast of Feasts: Celebrations in the Folger Collection (December 18)
• "The Word they still shall let remain": a Reformation pop-up exhibit (November 15)
• The Discouerie of Witchcraft in the Vaults (October 31)
• Black Monday: Eclipses in the Folger Collection (August 21)

See also

• Material Witness, the “source talk” program organized by the Folger Institute featuring "an hour of open discussion and study" of a small group of items curated by a scholar.