The Town of Ballston Community Library is pleased to announce the donation of a wonderful gift.  A permanent display of the Don Quixote figures that many admired in our monthly display case earlier this year, is now in the Reading Room of the library!

The figures were collected by Anne Bishop, who was fascinated with the character of Don Quixote.  Anne Bishop began collecting them after seeing Richard Kiley perform on Broadway in “The Man of LaMancha.”

According to Anne’s children, many of the figures came from overseas, including marionettes from Prague.  Many also came from Anne Bishop’s travels around the United States.

The display was graciously donated by the children of the collector, Suzanne Bishop of Ballston Lake, Kim Bruton of Waterford, and Christopher Bishop of Wilton, CT.