Shakespeare exhibition to visit Lake County Discovery Museum

The Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda has been selected as the host site for the state of Illinois for First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, a national traveling exhibition of the Shakespeare First Folio, one of the world’s most treasured books. The exhibition will be available to the public February 3–28, 2016. 

 

The First Folio is the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays. It was published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death. Two of Shakespeare’s fellow actors compiled 36 of his plays, hoping to preserve them for future generations. Without the First Folio, we would not have 18 of Shakespeare’s plays, including Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Antony and Cleopatra, The Comedy of Errors, and As You Like It.    

 

Accompanying the rare book will be a multi-panel exhibition exploring the significance of Shakespeare, then and now, with additional digital content and interactive activities.
In celebration of this important cultural event, the Discovery Museum will be offering free programs, events, and performances relating to Shakespeare and the First Folio! exhibition throughout the month of February.

 

About the Lake County Discovery Museum: The Lake County Discovery Museum is located on Route 176, just west of Fairfield Road and east of Wauconda in Lakewood Forest Preserve. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 4:30 pm, Sunday from 1 pm to 4:30 pm. Museum admission is $6 for adults, $3 for seniors ages 62 and older and students ages 18 to 25, and $2.50 for youth ages four to 17.

 

Lake County Discovery Museum First Folio Exhibit homepage: http://www.lcfpd.org/museum/first-folio/

Free programs, events, and performances: http://www.lcfpd.org/calendar/?F_c=1123

First Folio Tour website: http://www.folger.edu/first-folio-tour