Showcasing the Carcanet exhibition
The Carcanet archives are living and growing constantly: this brings exciting research and outreach opportunities, an example being the exhibitionContinue Reading
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Collection Bite: Manchester, Maps, Beer and Victorians
A Collection Bite from the Visitor Engagement Team focusing on Manchester Geographical Society Maps
The Return of the Reading Room- Physical and Virtual
Special Collections Reader Services Co-ordinator, Kate Miller writes – After tireless work by many people and teams across the whole ofContinue Reading
South Asian Heritage Month Collection Close up: Preserving Palm Leaf – A Sacred Manuscript Tradition
To celebrate South Asian Heritage Month this series will be exploring items from the collections related to South Asian Heritage.Continue Reading
South Asian Heritage Month Collection Close Up: Tales of Panji
The third and final piece of our series celebrating South Asian Heritage Month explores Javanese history and culture with RizaContinue Reading
Sign of the Times: the Sitters Books of Frank Salisbury – Part 2
In the second of two blog posts, Reader Services Assistants Ian Graham and Angela Petyt-Whittaker continue to discuss their jointContinue Reading
Sign of the Times: the Sitters Books of Frank Salisbury – Part 1
In the first of two blog posts, Reader Services Assistants Ian Graham and Angela Petyt-Whittaker discuss their joint project toContinue Reading
Revealing the Rylands: Making Sense of the Medieval
Through our social media channels, this week we are featuring images from our medieval European collections. Visitor Engagement Assistant Lee Brooks,Continue Reading
Life in the unknown: Alfred Alsop’s slum stories
This is the second blog in our series on Manchester’s Wood Street Mission by Max Maxfield, History MA student atContinue Reading
A Tale of Two Cities
On the 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s death, Special Collections Librarian, Julie Ramwell, looks at his relationship with Manchester.