Observations on volcanoes
Head over to the 101 Treasures of Chetham’s series on our website for a closer look at this beautiful illustrated work showing Sir William Hamilton’s meticulous observations of the behaviour...
Read moreHead over to the 101 Treasures of Chetham’s series on our website for a closer look at this beautiful illustrated work showing Sir William Hamilton’s meticulous observations of the behaviour...
Read moreThis week in our new series 101 Treasures of Chetham’s, we take a closer look at the original handwritten manuscript of The Manchester Man by Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks. Head...
Read moreThe Library’s copy of A Book of Knowledge in three parts… by Samuel Strangehopes was published in London in 1685. Parts the Second and Third are devoted to anatomy, disease...
Read moreThis week our 101 Treasures series throws the spotlight on Sir Henry Knyvett’s proposals for the defence of the realm, written in 1596 for Queen Elizabeth I and bound in...
Read moreThis week on the website we begin a new series highlighting some of the jewels in the Library’s crown, which as well as rare books and manuscripts will include furniture,...
Read moreWe were very pleased to welcome the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, to the Library at the end of last month. As part of his four-day visit to Manchester,...
Read moreEagle-eyed viewers may have noticed that Chetham’s Library was credited on two recent documentaries marking the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. BBC Religion borrowed the Library’s earliest copy...
Read moreThis image of pit brow women and the one below of children playing in the street are part of a collection associated with the antiquarian J.J. Phelps (1855-1928), who recorded...
Read moreThis unusual view of the Library is one of a new collection taken by award-winning photographer Christopher Furlong, senior photographer with Getty Images. Christopher’s imaginative shots offer a refreshing new...
Read moreAs libraries everywhere come under yet more threat from visigoths, polymath, author and now Baroness Joan Bakewell has proved that she is still the reading man’s crumpet. As the Guardian...
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