Heritage Open Days
  • Monday 16 September 2019, 11am-3.30pm
  • Chetham's Library
  • Free Event
Image Heritage Open Days

For one day only, visit Chetham’s Library free of charge to celebrate People Power, as Heritage Open Days mark 200 years since Peterloo.

Chetham’s is the oldest public library in the English speaking world, and home to volumes dating back to the 13th century, including a rich collection of local, social and political history. Its ancient gated book presses house many of the research materials used for Mike Leigh’s acclaimed film exploring the events on St Peter’s Field in August 1819, which will be displayed for visitors in the atmospheric Reading Room. Alongside them stands the desk at which, 30 years later, Marx and Engels met in Manchester to explore the ideas leading to The Communist Manifesto – two key moments in the journey to democracy and equality, encapsulated in a single room.

As part of Heritage Open Days 2019, enjoy free access to Chetham’s Library and its surrounding courtyard. The oldest surviving buildings in Manchester include the vaulted medieval Baronial Hall, the decorative Audit Room – home to Elizabethan magus Dr Dee – and the charming, cloistered Fox Court.

No booking required – call in from 11.00-15.30

Heritage Open Days
  • Chetham's Library
  • Free Event
Heritage Open Days

For one day only, visit Chetham’s Library free of charge to celebrate People Power, as Heritage Open Days mark 200 years since Peterloo.

Chetham’s is the oldest public library in the English speaking world, and home to volumes dating back to the 13th century, including a rich collection of local, social and political history. Its ancient gated book presses house many of the research materials used for Mike Leigh’s acclaimed film exploring the events on St Peter’s Field in August 1819, which will be displayed for visitors in the atmospheric Reading Room. Alongside them stands the desk at which, 30 years later, Marx and Engels met in Manchester to explore the ideas leading to The Communist Manifesto – two key moments in the journey to democracy and equality, encapsulated in a single room.

As part of Heritage Open Days 2019, enjoy free access to Chetham’s Library and its surrounding courtyard. The oldest surviving buildings in Manchester include the vaulted medieval Baronial Hall, the decorative Audit Room – home to Elizabethan magus Dr Dee – and the charming, cloistered Fox Court.

No booking required – call in from 11.00-15.30

You may also like

  1. image Toad of Toad Hall
    Baronial Hall

    Toad of Toad Hall

    Sun 22 October 2023, 4pm

    Toad  of  Toad  Hall - Poop-poop! The incorrigible Toad rides again in this high-energy one-man show for families. There’s lots of fun to...

  2. image Neil Brand presents Laurel and Hardy
    The Stoller Hall

    Neil Brand presents Laurel and Hardy

    Sun 12 November 2023, 4pm

    After the national success of his long-running show Neil Brand Presents Buster Keaton, the composer/writer/broadcaster/musician returns with an all-new show...