PAST: "Very Like a Whale" An Exhibition of Books and Objects with Photographs by Rosamond Purcell at the Folger Shakespeare Library TUES, Oct 16th - THURS, Jan 6th, Free

Very Like a Whale." Photograph by Rosamond Purcell.

"Very Like a Whale" An Exhibition of Books and Objects with Photographs by Rosamond Purcell on view at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Free
Tuesday, October 16th - Thursday, January 6th
Open Monday - Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm and Sunday 12:00pm - 5:00pm

"Is anything what it seems? That is the question posed by "Very Like a Whale," a new collaboration between Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, and artist Rosamond Purcell. By juxtaposing books and manuscripts from the Folger collection, natural history objects, Purcell’s photographs, and passages from Shakespeare and other early-modern thinkers, this exhibition explores the interplay between the real world and the world of the Renaissance imagination."

Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol St, SE
Metro: Capitol South is closest, you can also walk from Union Station