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Central Library hosts Ukrainian Art Exhibition

In 2024, Manchester Libraries became twinned with Lviv Regional Youth Library in Ukraine – Manchester Libraries twin with Ukraine Library And in 2026, Bridge of Sunflowers, an extraordinary new collaborative exhibition between…

Central Library 90/10: an Exhibition

An exhibition to celebrate 90 years since Central Library opened and 10 years since its Transformation. Manchester Central Library in St Peter’s Square was opened on the 17th of July…

Nursing Stories

We currently have a small exhibition on the ground floor of Central Library highlighting items from our collections relating to nurses/nursing and the stories they tell. We have included the well…

50 Years of Rock Photography

Jill Furmanovsky : Photographing the Invisible For the last 50 years, Jill Furmanovsky has been photographing music’s greatest icons. Now for the first time, Jill has created a fascinating retrospective…

Libraries winter newsletter

Urgent Christmas Book Appeal Launched! Manchester Central Library Development Trust has launched a new appeal, raising funds to support Read Manchester and Manchester Libraries book gifting campaign in the run…

Library work experience

I’m Charlotte, a student at York St. John University, doing work experience in the  Henry Watson Music Library. I really is a one of a kind space where musicians can…

Deities at the Bottom of the Garden

Hindu Shed

In this fascinating exhibition at Manchester Central Library, artist Richard Bartle explores in minute detail the customs and icons of major world religions and belief systems. Manifested in a series…