Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Treasures

The Collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust are full of treasures - they can be important, beautiful, tantalising, sometimes unique or very rare. They are all fascinating in different ways - explore some of our best treasures below.

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• The First Folio

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  The book that saved half of Shakespeare's plays

  Treasures Exhibition

  

• The Quiney letter

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  The only surviving letter written to William Shakespeare

  Treasures Exhibition

  

• Photograph of John Thaw as Cardinal Wolesley

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  The actor John Thaw as Cardinal Wolsey in Shakespeare's Henry VIII

  Library and Archive

  

• David Garrick's Mulberry Wood Medallion

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  A medallion presented to David Garrick to commemorate the event which put Stratford-upon-Avon on the map

  Library and Archive

  

• Pocket Sundial

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  This pocket or ring sundial dates from around c.1600 and is made from brass.

  Top Ten Exhibition

  

• Sweet Bag

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  A satin, silk and metal thread bag, with embroidered decoration and silver spangles with a long, plaited drawstring that allowed it to be carried…

  Top Ten Exhibition

  

• The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Portrait

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  A portrait of William Shakespeare, c.

  Treasures Exhibition

  

• The Klingon Hamlet

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  Shakespeare meets Star Trek in this Klingon language version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet

  Treasures Exhibition

  

• A ‘Les Sept Âges de L’Homme’ Fan

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  A delicate18th century fan, including a French translation of the ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech from As You Like It

  Treasures Exhibition

  

• Medicine Chest

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  A wooden chest dating from around c.

  Treasures Exhibition