Archive

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   Magic Makers

   Join us at Chetham’s Library’s Mystical Magic School! Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble! We call upon all young witches and wizards to meet our potion...

   6th August 2026 • Read more

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   Magic Makers

   Join us at Chetham’s Library’s Mystical Magic School! Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble! We call upon all young witches and wizards to meet our potion...

   6th August 2026 • Read more

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   Life and Times of Humphrey Chetham

   ** Book here ** Gorton Hub, in collaboration with Chetham’s library, is hosting a series of free PHD talks within the Atrium across 6 evenings. This talk turns the spotlight...

   8th June 2026 • Read more

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   Life and Times of Humphrey Chetham

   ** Book here ** Gorton Hub, in collaboration with Chetham’s library, is hosting a series of free PHD talks within the Atrium across 6 evenings. This talk turns the spotlight...

   8th June 2026 • Read more

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   Chetham’s Opera Scenes

   Chetham’s vocalists work with director Katherine Wilde and conductors from And Other Duties to bring together an evening of arias, choruses and drama. Performed in Whiteley Hall. Please note that...

   19th May 2026 • Read more

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   Chetham’s Opera Scenes

   Chetham’s vocalists work with director Katherine Wilde and conductors from And Other Duties to bring together an evening of arias, choruses and drama. Performed in Whiteley Hall. Please note that...

   19th May 2026 • Read more

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   Reading in the North West

   BOOK HERE This free talk opens a rare window onto books from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that were once owned and used by readers across the North West. Rather...

   5th May 2026 • Read more

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   Reading in the North West

   BOOK HERE This free talk opens a rare window onto books from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that were once owned and used by readers across the North West. Rather...

   5th May 2026 • Read more

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   Teacher’s Twilight at Chetham’s Library

   To celebrate the end of our first year of school’s tours, Chetham’s Library is welcoming teachers to a free summer twilight tour and talk. Find out more about our curriculum-enhancing...

   23rd April 2026 • Read more

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    Finding Hidden Voices, Old Books, and the Digital Age with Finch Collins

    ** Book free tickets here ** Early printed books carry far more than words. Between the pages and on the margins, traces of unknown everyday people from the early modern...

    21st March 2026 • Read more