Thank you James!
Today we say ‘goodbye’ to James Avison, who has done sterling work here at the Library for the last few months. James has been working at Chetham’s as part of...
Today we say ‘goodbye’ to James Avison, who has done sterling work here at the Library for the last few months. James has been working at Chetham’s as part of...
Work has begun on preparing the Reading Room for the structural works to the floor. Most of the furniture and all of the books and paintings have been carefully removed,...
We have recently been exploring some of the delightful decorative details on Christopher Saxton’s 1579 atlas (previously featured as one of our 101 Treasures). A number of different engravers, mainly...
In recent months we are pleased to have welcomed Theatre and Performance MA students from Manchester University to the Library as part of their placements with the Institute for Cultural...
Congratulations to Bishop David Walker, whose appointment as the next Bishop of Manchester was announced on Wednesday. When the Bishop is eventually installed (the Cathedral will be a building site...
Here at the Library we like nothing better than a proper cup of tea made in the pot with tea leaves, so we were thrilled to stumble upon a copy...
‘A corset may be what this shop most resembles. The parts that show will be very attractive but those that don’t will be under considerable pressure.’ Driff’s, 1986. Every...
The buildings of Chetham’s Library were built in 1421 to house the priests of what is now Manchester Cathedral. Over two hundred years before Humphrey Chetham’s trustees even thought of...
Big thanks to Ted Young of Seattle for his article about the Library in the latest edition of the Journal of the Book Club of Washington. Ted visited Chetham’s...
As Friday is often Cake Day here at the Library we thought we would share these Eccles Cake photos, which are part of the collection of photographs of old Manchester...