Twilight Talk: Shakespeare Recovered - Preserving Durham’s Folio
24 April 2025 - 24 April 2025
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Museum of Archaeology Palace Green Library Palace Green Durham DH1 3RN
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Free and all welcome.
Join us for a talk on the journey of Durham’s First Folio—from its creation in 1623 to its theft, recovery, and future. This talk is an invitation to join conservators from Palace Green Library behind the scenes in the considerations required to steward our heritage.
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Durham’s First Folio in its vandalised state, missing binding and with its first several leaves either missing or detached.
Most people will be familiar with the dramatic story of the theft of Durham’s First Folio in 1998 and its return to Durham University in 2010, two years after it first resurfaced in Washington D.C.
Our conservation team at Palace Green Library is in responsible of caring for the university’s historic collections alongside curators and archivists. In this talk, Conservators will address the difficult task of returning the Folio to its rightful position as an object of study and delight.
The talk will contextualise the Folio through an exploration of its historical background, and the effect that conservation decisions have on its future use.
Free and all welcome. Please book through Eventbrite or by calling Palace Green Library on 0191 334 2932.
This talk is part of the Thursday Twilight openings at Palace Green Library. Find out more about the museums and collections from across Durham University, including Archive and Special Collections, the Art Collection, Cosin's Library, Durham Castle Museum, the Museum of Archaeology, and the Oriental Museum.
The World Heritage Visitor Centre and the Museum of Archaeology are also open until 7pm during the Twilight Openings.