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Sex Pistols in Manchester – Exhibition
First Floor Display CasesOn 4 June 1976, the Sex Pistols played for the first time in Manchester at the Lesser Free Trade Hall. The gig is seen as the catalyst for the Manchester […]
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From Millworkers to Millennials: Jean Hobson
First Floor Exhibition HallFrom Millworkers to Millennials: paintings, drawings and screen prints by Jean Hobson When Jean Hobson started drawing Manchester’s old buildings in 2007, she did not realise she was charting a […]
Manchester Loving Earth Project – Textile Exhibition
Ground FloorThis exhibition of over 70 Loving Earth Project textile panels will be at six city centre venues in Manchester. Central Library is one of these venues and has 10 panels […]
Launch of the Grass Roots Books Archive
Archives+ Ground FloorGrass Roots Books was Manchester's radical bookshop from 1971 to 1990, becoming the largest outside London and a worker's co-operative. Former workers have collected memories and archive material about it. At this […]
From dedicated performance spaces to stairwells, screens, nooks and domes, Central Library might directly inspire your next event or intervention. Contact us to arrange a tour.
