Blog

1. A Wartime (B)Log

   Guest blog by Paul Carpenter, Chetham’s Library volunteer.  One of the rewards of volunteering at Chetham’s Library is the opportunity to be the first to see some of the latest...

   27th January 2016 • Read more

2. Curiouser and Curiouser: Chetham’s Cabinet of Curiosities

   Guest blog by Dr Ceri Houlbrook, University of Manchester and Researcher in Residence at the Library in 2015. Question: What do an alligator, a snow-shoe, the sword of Oliver Cromwell,...

   19th January 2016 • Read more

3. Unreal Chetham’s – An Unofficial Official Tour From iOrganic

   For the next six weeks, performing arts company iOrganic will be creating an ‘unofficial’ tour of the Library and medieval buildings, engaging with visitors through workshops, informal interviews and social...

   12th January 2016 • Read more

4. Happy New Year! With – er – mouldy cheese?

   Everyone knows that the staff at Chetham’s Library are fun-loving, happy people, which is why most of the pictures on this blog are, like the staff, generally a bit beige...

   1st January 2016 • Read more

5. Christmas with a splash – and what the Dickens?

   What does Christmas mean to you? Peaceful time spent with family and friends; long journeys to be with those you love; solitary rage and alcohol abuse; a one day gap...

   24th December 2015 • Read more

6. Christmas magic – Rylands new exhibition casts a few of our spells!

   Our friends at the John Rylands Library have found the midnight of the year – the shortest day and eve of the longest night in twelve months – the best...

   21st December 2015 • Read more

7. Pop-up Afternoon Tea at Chetham’s!

   We are thrilled to be working with the lovely people at the Tea Alchemist to offer a pop-up Afternoon Tea event in January next year. It will be a wonderful...

   16th December 2015 • Read more

8. P-p-picking up Penguins

     No, we’re not talking about the iconic, chocolate biscuit ad from the eighties… the Library has just been given a box of the (almost) equally delicious King Penguin books!...

   2nd December 2015 • Read more

9. The Medicine Cabinet: Unlocking Manchester’s Medical History

   On Saturday 12 December MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies students from the University of Manchester will be presenting a pop-up exhibition in collaboration with the Museum of Medicine and...

   1st December 2015 • Read more

10. Shelf Life

    In 1655 when the first books started to arrive at Chetham’s Library they were shelved according to size, with little books on the top and the biggest books on the...

    11th November 2015 • Read more