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Town Hall Artisans, Trades and Treasures Display

First Floor Display Cases

Find out more about what’s happening to The Town Hall behind all that scaffolding and building wrap. This display celebrates progress on our Town Hall’s restoration, showing some of the […]

Greater Mancunians Exhibition

First Floor Exhibition Hall

The Manchester College presents Greater Mancunians – a student led, landmark photography project, seven years in the making. The exhibition celebrates people born and bred in Greater Manchester, or those […]

Central Library: Ten Years of Success

Wolfson Reading Room

Manchester Central Library is celebrating ten years since its major transformation, and 90 years since its grand opening by King George V on 17 July 1934. This display in the […]

Blue Peter Book Club Live at Central Library!

Performance Space

Manchester Libraries, CBBC and The Reading Agency are excited to announce Blue Peter Book Club Live!  Blue Peter, the BBC’s iconic children's television series, is partnering with The Reading Agency […]

French Film Club: Un Homme de Trop

Performance Space

Join us and Alliance Française de Manchester for this month’s film, Un Homme de Trop; a WWII rescue drama in which twelve captured French soldiers await their impending executions in […]

French Film Club: Les 2 Alfred / French Tech

Performance Space

Join us and Alliance Française de Manchester for this month’s film, Les 2 Alfred / French Tech, a comedy from 2020 which explores the world of work through the tale […]

An Evening with Miranda July

Due to unexpected ill health, Miranda July has been forced to cancel her trip to the UK. This means her MLF event on Tuesday 11 June 2024 has been cancelled. We apologise […]

LYR open the Festival of Libraries 2024

Performance Space

A live music performance from Poet Laureate Simon Armitage's band LYR and local Manchester artist Jospehine Oniyama, featuring a very special new single dedicated to libraries. Booking required. Please make […]

Design workshop with Oliver East

Chief Librarian's Office

An interactive design workshop using simple and accessible research methods and tools to explore the library as a resource. Free - booking required