Blog

1. Welcome to Michael Wood!

   A warm welcome to Michael Wood, our newest Honorary Patron. He joins Dame Joan Bakewell and artist Jeremy Deller, and don’t forget that you can join in too! Anyone can...

   16th October 2013 • Read more

2. A bias for binding

     Gorgeous medieval bindings from the John Byrom collection featured on the 101 Treasures page today including this beautiful example of work by the ‘Virgin and Child binder’. Read more...

   3rd October 2013 • Read more

3. Public history at a public library…

   It’s been a pleasure to welcome historian Michael Wood to the Library this week, along with several groups of first-year History students from the University of Manchester. Michael has recently...

   2nd October 2013 • Read more

4. Over to Olivia…

   We have a guest post for you this morning from Olivia Hill, who is currently doing work experience here at the Library. We are all enjoying having her here, and...

   2nd October 2013 • Read more

5. Bishop Fraser

   In the process of returning items to the Reading Room, we have been re-examining the Bishop Fraser collection, an assortment of papers by and about the second Bishop of Manchester....

   27th September 2013 • Read more

6. Lucky wedding rings!

   The Library, of course, has very few dusty corners, but we did recently discover, at the back of a rare cobwebby shelf, a copy of a mail order catalogue, still...

   26th September 2013 • Read more

7. John Byrom

   John Byrom, who died today, is perhaps the most famous Chetham’s Librarian that never was. He was offered the job in 1718 but declined to accept, although his friendship with...

   26th September 2013 • Read more

8. Jeremy Deller becomes our new Honorary Patron

   It has been a pleasure to work with Jeremy Deller and his team over the last few weeks, in preparation for his exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery. Fortunately, Jeremy has...

   25th September 2013 • Read more

9. Location, location, location…

   More filming in the Library today, this time for Jeremy Deller’s exhibition ‘All that is solid melts into air’ which opens at Manchester Art Gallery next month. Here, Jeremy and...

   20th September 2013 • Read more

10. RIP Humphrey Chetham

      Our founder Humphrey Chetham died on this day 360 years ago. Chetham wrote at least nine different wills during the last years of his life, each varying slightly from...

    20th September 2013 • Read more