What We Do

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is the world’s leading charity in promoting the life and works of William Shakespeare and offers a unique Shakespeare centred experience with outstanding archive and library collections, inspiring programmes of literary events and five wonderful houses all directly relating to Shakespeare. Your support and contributions are greatly valued.

For more information, please click in the individual houses above.

What's On

Dig for Shakespeare at New Place

Experience a live archaeological dig! Experts are carrying out excavations at the site of New Place, Shakespeare's final home...and you can be part of it.

Summer Holidays at Mary Arden's Farm, 24 July - 29 August

Learn a different Tudor skill every day, including Spinning & Weaving on Woolly Wednesdays, Baking on Fridays and Toilet Trouble on Sundays!

Outdoor Plays in the garden of Hall's Croft, all summer long!

Hall's Croft Garden will host outdoor plays from visiting theatre companies throughout the summer. A perfect opportunity for a picnic!

Find out what's going on across the Trust
in our special Events section!