Folger Shakespeare Library The Gail Kern Paster Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library, with a First Folio in the foreground. Country United States Type Research library Scope Early modern Europe, Shakespeare Established 1932 Location Washington, D.C. Coordinates 38°53′21.7″N 77°0′11.42″W﻿ / ﻿38.889361°N 77.0031722°W﻿ / 38.889361; -77.0031722Coordinates: 38°53′21.7″N 77°0′11.42″W﻿ / ﻿38.889361°N 77.0031722°W﻿ / 38.889361; -77.0031722 Collection Items collected Shakespeare-related materials, rare books, manuscripts, prints, drawings, playbills, paintings Other information Director Michael Witmore Website www.folger.edu