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The Life and Career of Charles Hallé: Bicentenary Exhibition

Wolfson Reading Room

This collaborative exhibition celebrates one of Manchester’s great adopted sons on his 200th birthday. The archives of The Henry Watson Music Library in Central Library, The Hallé Concerts Society, The […]

Sixteen

Wolfson Reading Room

What’s it like to be sixteen years old now? In this exhibition, leading contemporary photographers join forces to present multimedia project, Sixteen, exploring the dreams, hopes and fears of sixteen-year olds across the UK. Photographer […]

Manchester in 100 Shops

First Floor Display Cases

Step back in time and take a walk down Manchester's high street passing by some of the city's iconic shop windows. From department stores to grocers and from toy shops […]

Bobbins: Frank Sidebottom and Chris Sievey

Archives+ Ground Floor

A fantastic multimedia exhibition dedicated to Manchester's most unique artist. Containing the cream of the Frank Sidebottom/Chris Sievey archive, as featured in the new documentary Being Frank: The Chris Sievey […]

A Radical Tradition – Eine Radikale Tradition

First Floor Exhibition Hall

This exhibition explores the work of three relatively unknown twentieth century German photographers, Hans Saebens, Hans Retzlaff and Erich Retzlaff. Their work during the 1930s and 1940s was produced as […]

10 Things I Hate About You (20th Anniversary Screening)

Performance Space

RAD, Manchester's home of retro, awesome cult movies, are back with one final cult American comedy to cap their season of shorts at Central Library, celebrating the 20th anniversary of […]

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