Open all year round, the Globe Exhibition & Tour gives you an opportunity to learn more about this unique building and its most famous playwright, Shakespeare.

Based under the Globe Theatre, our engaging and informative Exhibition explores the life of Shakespeare, the London where he lived, and the theatre for which he wrote. Imagine the Globe as it would have been: the centre of what was once London's most notorious entertainment district, surrounded by raucous taverns and bawdy-houses.

The Exhibition now includes our audio guide, developed in conjunction with Acoustiguide, included in the standard admission price and available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Japanese.

 

New Paintings by Rosalind Lyons Hudson

The Exhibition is hosting a collection of new oil paintings developed by Rosalind Lyons Hudson from observation of performances, rehearsals and archival research at the Globe. Enjoy these paintings as part of the standard Exhibition admission, until 12 August 2012.

Our expert guides will take you on a fascinating tour of the iconic Globe Theatre, bringing the space to life with colourful stories of the 1599 Globe, of the reconstruction process in the 1990s, and of how the ‘wooden O’ works today as an imaginative and experimental theatrical space.

Tours begin every 30 minutes, and are in English. Complimentary information sheets in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Dutch, Russian, Romanian and Polish are available to assist non-English-speakers

Take a virtual tour inside the theatre.

 

Questions about your visit 

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