Children & Families Newsletter #16
Welcome to this week’s newsletter highlighting the best resources around for children and families. It is going to be a busy week, so get your diary ready to schedule in…
Category History and heritage
Children & Families Newsletter #14
Welcome to our latest newsletter outlining all of the very best resources for Children and Families in our city-and beyond! Exciting news coming your way is the re-opening of some…
Children & Families Newsletter #13
Welcome to week 13 of our newsletter, pointing you in the direction of fun, competition, information, book prize winners, resources to use at home, local history and more! This is…
Children & Families Newsletter #10
Hello and welcome to our tenth newsletter! We hope you’ve found something to enjoy in all of the ideas we’ve shared over the weeks. This week we’re bringing you lots…
Help Archives+ chart life during lockdown in Manchester
Manchester’s Archives+ Centre wants to capture the experience of living through the coronavirus pandemic for future generations – and needs your help. Archives+, the city’s showcase and repository for archives…
Children’s & Families Newsletter #9
We’re loving the sunny weather we’ve been having, but you might still be a bit stuck for things to do, so there are loads more great ideas here. If you…
Mass Observation Diary Day
Tuesday 12 May is the Mass Observation Archive’s National Diary Day, and we’re calling on Manchester residents to get involved. The idea of the diary day is to capture a…
Weekly events from Manchester Libraries
Our library staff have been busy at home, working on lots of activities and online events to keep you entertained. Discover our new weekly events and activities programme on Facebook…
Celebrate VE Day from Home.
A Message from The Royal British Legion On 8th May 2020 our nation is remembering VE day during another very difficult period for our country. We are remembering all those…
Investigate your Family History for free from home!
Whilst you’re at home, why not start to delve into your family history? Or if you’re already a keen genealogist, then you can now continue doing your research. If you’re…
Online Memory Boxes from Archives+
Whilst many children and young people are off school and many adults are at home, why not take this opportunity to discover those important stories in your family history,…
The Underground Manchester Central Library
In these peculiar times of social isolation and mass toilet roll panic we are (tasteless pun alert) opening up the bowels of Manchester Central Library and focusing on its fantastic…
Manchester Libraries on social media
Keep up to date with all the latest news from Manchester Libraries on social media. There’s so much happening online each day at the moment. Here are some places you…
Manchester Culture Bulletin
Manchester is well known for our world class events, and the cultural legacy of the extremely successful 2002 Commonwealth Games lives on. Today a wealth of diverse events take place…
Volunteer Finds: Town Hall Photographers’ Collection Tweets
Town Hall Photographers’ Collection – A Progress Report As one of the volunteers on the Town Hall Photographers’ Collection digitisation project, one of the phrases that crops up regularly in…
Peterloo 2019
This summer, Manchester will be commemorating the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre. Manchester Histories is leading Peterloo 2019, a programme of activity that will mark the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo…
Withington Library Refurbishment
Withington Library is to receive a major refurbishment, with the aim of producing a new and improved interior for the benefit of the local community. The library building will temporarily…
Women of Manchester – we need your words!
Help us capture a moment in history. Be part of the Women’s Words project. If you are a woman who’s 16 years or older we want you to add your…
My Museum in Longsight Library
Look what flew into the library! Longsight Library and Manchester Museum, promoting the forthcoming new South East Asian Gallery, came together to celebrate the Peacock and Crane currently on display.…
Back in time at Manchester Airport with Shirley Baker
Iconic photographer Shirley Baker spent a day at Ringway Airport in 1987 capturing the experiences of travellers. In October you’ll be able to see the photographs, in all their eighties…