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1. John Dee Special!

   Our 101 Treasures of Chetham’s series this week features material relating to the sixteenth-century scholar and warden of the College, John Dee. The success of the opera Doctor Dee at...

   20th July 2011 • Read more

2. Attic Nights

   Our 101 Treasures of Chetham’s series looks this week at the Noctes Atticae, or Attic Nights, of Aulus Gellius, a commonplace book which was later owned by Matthias Corvinus (1443-1490)...

   15th July 2011 • Read more

3. Chetham’s Library on The Culture Show

   Damon Albarn’s opera Doctor Dee has now reached the end of its run as part of the Manchester International Festival and has received almost universal acclaim, not least from members...

   13th July 2011 • Read more

4. Designation’s what you need…

   We’re really proud to have been awarded Designation Status by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. The award is for the entire holdings, which distinguishes them as a collection of...

   1st July 2011 • Read more

5. Busy busy busy

   It’s all go at the Library today as the Manchester International Festival prepares to swing into action on Friday. Considerable interest has been generated by Damon Albarn’s opera Doctor Dee,...

   29th June 2011 • Read more

6. A happy coincidence

   Another visit this week from the Library’s new favourite musician, Damon Albarn, who is currently in Manchester preparing for the premiere of his opera Doctor Dee. By remarkable coincidence, the...

   24th June 2011 • Read more

7. Thomas Barritt’s sketchbook

   This week in our 101 Treasures of Chetham’s series, it’s the turn of Thomas Barritt and his remarkable C18th sketchbook. In it, he recorded people and places from Manchester and...

   22nd June 2011 • Read more

8. Sights of Britain

   A cigarette card from the ‘Sights of Britain’ series, showing the boys from Chetham’s Hospital taking part in the Founder’s Day procession in their traditional Blue Coat uniforms. The card...

   15th June 2011 • Read more

9. Patrizia Wiesner

   The beautiful seventeenth-century Library interior with its gated oak presses attracts a great deal of attention from photographers and film-makers, who frequently have a natural affinity for its atmospheric environment....

   13th June 2011 • Read more

10. Doctor Dee

    One of Chetham’s most famous residents has provided the inspiration for a new musical work by Damon Albarn, which is being premiered in July as part of the Manchester International...

    8th June 2011 • Read more