The Winter Exhibition, Chetham's Library

Reasons to be Cheerful:
Recent Acquisitions at Chetham's Library

Coming soon!

Like most libraries and museums, Chetham's is able to display only a small fraction of its holdings. For many years the Library's collecting policy has been to acquire material on the history of the north west of England, but this is interpreted in a very generous way. We seek to acquire by purchase and by gift both material that is printed or created in the region and material which helps us interpret what we already have - a remarkable collection of rare books and manuscripts that has been built up over three hundred and fifty years.

This exhibition is intended to show the breadth of the material that has been acquired in recent years. It ranges from early printed books, through original paintings, prints and engravings to local novels, penny dreadfuls, children's books and jobbing printing. It includes beer mats, cartoons, handkerchiefs and postcards as well as books made by some of the greatest writers and book artists of all time. At Chetham's a diverse and disparate body of material has been brought together, preserved, and made available for future use.