The building also houses the John Wolfson Rare Book Room, a lecture theatre, the Weston Foyer exhibition space and a climate-controlled store for the archive.
Books that belonged to the Globe’s founder, the American actor and director Sam Wanamaker, will be on display, some containing his handwritten notes.
“Institutions have histories,” Dr Tosh said. “Shakespeare has the most extraordinary history globally and in London.
“This is somewhere that can bring those stories together.”
The archive also keeps costumes made using the Globe’s “original practices” approach, which aims to recreate how plays were staged in Shakespeare’s time.
The Weston Foyer’s displays are tied to the Globe’s events programme, which this month includes a Shakespeare and race festival.
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