We have an exciting free talk coming up next week in partnership with Gorton Library 📣
Join Claire Robinson for a whistlestop history of Belle Vue and see items from our Belle Vue archive! 🎡🎪
📆 Gorton Library, 4 March, 5:30pm
🎟️ Book tickets here: library.chethams.com/whats-on/historycomesalive
Today would be the 199th birthday of Lydia Becker 🎉 A key leader in the fight for women's suffrage, she made Manchester a centre for the movement and arranged for the first woman to vote!
👉 Find out more: library.chethams.com/blog/bright-hopes-for-suffrage-lydia-becker-and-the-struggle-for-democracy
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Vacancy alert! 📣
We have the exciting opportunity for a Development Officer to join our ambitious Development Team to support fundraising, donor stewardship, cultivation and events.
👉 To find out more, check out our website: library.chethams.com/about/job-vacancies
New blog alert! 🔔 Who owned our 1664 Third Folio of Shakespeare? This remarkable volume carries centuries of history inside its covers, but it’s the readers’ marks that truly bring it to life.
Read here 👉 library.chethams.com/blog/shakespeares-third-folio-early-readers-and-their-marginalia
We're taking part in National Lottery Open Week! 📣 Join us for a free open day to celebrate the launch of our ‘Lost and Found’ exhibition 🫶
📆 14 March, 1pm-4pm
🎟️ Check out our website for more information: library.chethams.com/whats-on/national-lottery-open-day
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New blog alert! 🔔 This blog traces Dr John Dee’s lifelong fascination with the alchemical arts and explores how early chemistry, magic, medicine and experimentation converged in the mind of one of Tudor England’s most intriguing figures.🔮✨
👉 Read here: library.chethams.com/blog/john-dee-and-alchemy
