Blog

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   The Ballad of Chetham’s Library

   We are delighted to announce we have recently been successful in our application to the Arts Council’s Designation Development Fund. The money we will receive means we can now digitise...

   13th July 2016 • Read more

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   Thursday Lates

   We’re open again this Thursday until 8.30… come along and enjoy wandering through the medieval buildings in the early evening light, see some books, relax in the Library. We’d love...

   5th July 2016 • Read more

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   Waste Not Want Not

   The collection of John Byrom, which we acquired in 1870 from a descendant of the poet,  is especially interesting for a number of reasons. Firstly, it contains some of the...

   28th June 2016 • Read more

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   Dr. Ferriar or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and See Ghosts

   We are very pleased to announce a new acquisition, John Ferriar’s An essay towards a theory of apparitions (1813), purchased from one of our favourite bookshops, Ken Spelman of York....

   21st June 2016 • Read more

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   Hulme-orous Photos

   These wonderful pictures of Hulme (mainly from around the 1970s) have been generously donated by the legendary Terry Wyke, Senior Lecturer in History at Manchester Metropolitan University.      ...

   14th June 2016 • Read more

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   Two Libraries and an Orrery…

   A guest blog by Patti Collins, Chetham’s Library Volunteer As a new Room Guide at the National Trust’s Dunham Massey Hall, I’ve been struck by the enthusiasm which many visitors...

   7th June 2016 • Read more

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   Second city of the Empire

   We have just acquired a copy of the The Graphic thanks to our colleague Ian Mayer at Chetham’s School of Music. The Graphic was a British weekly illustrated newspaper, first...

   31st May 2016 • Read more

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   Novel Experiences of Horses’ Heads – the Origins of the Palatine Building

   The Palatine Building demolition continues apace. It won’t be long until it’s gone and many more Mancunians will be treated to a view of our smiley faces waving to them...

   24th May 2016 • Read more

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   Samuel Bamford (1788-1872)

           ‘The more the bloody tyrants bind us          the more united they shall find us.’ The Manchester Scrapbook is a fascinating miscellany of drawings, pen and ink sketches,...

   19th May 2016 • Read more

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    Poet’s Corner – Manchester After Hours at Chetham’s Library

    Chetham’s Library collaborates with the University of Manchester’s MA Arts Management, Policy and Practice and MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies students to bring you an evening of entertainment as...

    10th May 2016 • Read more