Building & Exhibitions
Monday–Saturday:
10am – 5pm
Sunday: noon – 5pm
Reading Room
Monday–Friday:
8:45am – 4:45pm
Saturday: 9am – noon
and 1pm – 4:30pm
Reading Room and Folger offices are closed on Federal holidays.
The Folger's building and exhibitions are open to the public every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas, Mondays through Saturdays from 10am through 5pm and Sundays from noon to 5pm; the building, including the exhibition, also opens one hour before ticketed performances and programs.
The Folger strives to keep the Great Hall and Reading Rooms open at their regularly scheduled and posted hours, but sometimes we need to close for exhibit installations, private events, and (for the Reading Rooms) federal holidays. We do our best to list our closings in advance so that visitors and readers can anticipate their plans.
Great Hall closings
Early closings (4pm unless otherwise noted)
- Monday, April 1 - Friday, April 12, 2019 (closed all day, every day, for exhibition installation)
- Monday, April 15, 2019 (closed all day)
- Wednesday, April 24, 2019
- Tuesday, May 7, 2019
- Thursday, June 13, 2019
- Saturday, June 22, 2019
- Thursday, October 3, 2019
- Friday, October 18, 2019
- Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Reading Room closings
All-day closings
- Monday, April 15, 2019
- Monday, May 27, 2019
Building & Exhibitions
Monday–Saturday:
10am – 5pm
Sunday: noon – 5pm
Reading Room
Monday–Friday:
8:45am – 4:45pm
Saturday: 9am – noon
and 1pm – 4:30pm
Reading Room and Folger offices are closed on Federal holidays.
