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Sunday Funday – Manchester Day

Visit the library to celebrate Manchester Day. Explore and discover the magic of science, crafts, face-painting, performance and drama. Fun for all the family! Kindly supported by The Oglesby Charitable […]

Manchester Voices – Interactive Exhibition

Archives+ Ground Floor

Manchester Voices is an ongoing project investigating and celebrating the accents, dialects, and people of Greater Manchester. It looks at the ways in which our use of language makes us […]

Chameleon Youth FREE Taster Session

We’ll provide the spark - You create the movement. Chameleon Youth is looking for raw dance talent. Chameleon Youth, Manchester’s youth dance company based at Central Library, is calling out […]

ME – Portrait Exhibition

First Floor Display Cases

This special exhibition features work from artists taking part in creative workshops at the Booth Centre, which aims to bring about positive change in the lives of people who are […]

Word Central: Open Mic Night

WORD CENTRAL a semaphore-exploding mind-flow open mic poetry & spoken word hosted by Tony Curry Wednesday 5th July Manchester Central Library 6pm - 8pm Free entry All of July's open […]

Piccadilly Gardens Exhibition: How Did Your Garden Grow?

Lower Ground Floor Exhibition Space

The Architecture School for Children have worked with 4 local schools from the Moss Side and Hulme area of Manchester, St Marys C of E Primary, Claremont Road Primary, Webster […]

Read Manchester BookBench Trail 

Come into Central Library to pick up your Trail map and plan your summer activities around our BookBenches!  Venues across the city are hosting 58 BookBench sculptures - all decorated […]

Freelance Giggle-oh: The 2nd Thingy from Daniel Hutchings

Performance Space

In 2014 Daniel Hutchings made Django Away! (the j is silent). Now he’s back and he’s on the brink of success beyond his wildest dreams. Daniel Hutchings is the self-proclaimed […]

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Deities at the Bottom of the Garden

First Floor Exhibition Hall

In this fascinating exhibition, artist Richard Bartle explores in minute detail the customs and icons of major world religions and belief systems. Manifested in a series of 12 scale modelled garden […]

Central Library in LEGO

Pop in and see this wonderful LEGO model of Central Library, which was built by Robert Clarkson for ‘Bricktastic’ at Manchester Convention Centre in 2015.  It has been shown around […]