Conservation Grants
We are delighted to announce that the Library has recently been awarded two significant grants, which will enable the preservation of some of our most important and valuable books. Read more...
Industrial Archaeology
In recent years the Library has acquired a number of important collections on the industrial archaeology of the region. Read more...
Hollingworth's Mancuniensis now free to view online!
The earliest history of Manchester has now been fully digitised and is available to view online, along with the minute book of the Manchester Association for Preserving Constitutional Order against Levellers and Republicans. Read more...
Online exhibition now live!
Our very popular exhibition about the Leech family of Manchester and Ashton is now online! Read more...
Manchester Weekender 2011
Almost seventy people turned up for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Library as part of the recent Manchester Weekender festival. Read more...
Curios and Curiosities: A Very Peculiar Assortment of Treasures
Our new exhibition is now open to the public. Read more...
Chetham's Library awarded MLA Designation Status
We are proud to announce that Chetham's has been officially awarded Designation Status by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Read more...
Doctor Dee
Damon Albarn's new opera premieres this week as part of the Manchester International Festival. Read about his visit to the Library here...
Brill! It's a new book about Chetham's Library
Matthew Yeo's new book has just been published as part of Brill's Library of the Written Word series. Read all about it on the News page...
The Archbishop of Canterbury's Visit
We were delighted to welcome the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Library in February as part of his four-day visit to Manchester. Read more...
Who do you think they were? The story of a Manchester family
This exhibition is now closed, but you can read more about it on our News page. Read more...
Online film about Chetham's Library
A new ten-minute video by film-maker Gareth Taylor is now available to view online at Vimeo. In it, you can learn more about the history of the Library and see parts of the medieval buildings not normally open to the public.
Raines Lancashire Manuscripts now available on DVD
The forty-five volumes of transcripts and original material compiled by Canon F. R. Raines represent the largest collection of antiquarian papers held at Chetham's. We are very pleased to announce that these are now available to buy on a beautiful new DVD produced by the Family History Society of Cheshire. Read more...
Chetham's Treasures Digitised
We are delighted to announce that a number of our eighteenth century periodicals and six Middle English manuscripts have been digitised and made available online. Read more...
Collaborative Doctoral Students
In collaboration with the AHRC and Keele University. Read more....