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2022
16
August
2022
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16:59
Europe/London
The items included range from an effigy of the Methodist pioneer John Wesley to the earliest portion of any New Testament writing ever found, the St John’s fragment. 3D modelsThe 3D models were created by the Rylands’ Senior …
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29
April
2022
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14:30
Europe/London
On 18 May 2022, to celebrate the launch of the British Pop Archive, Creative Manchester will be hosting a roundtable discussion with David Olusoga OBE and broadcasting vanguards to explore the past, present, and future landscape of British TV.
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06
April
2022
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08:00
Europe/London
The British Pop Archive (BPA), a national collection dedicated to the preservation and research of popular culture, is set to open at The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
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24
March
2022
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07:00
Europe/London
What’s the exhibition about?The Italian medieval author Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is known for his fantastical reimagining of the worlds of the Christian afterlife, the Commedia (Divine Comedy). The poem is a fictional eyewitness account of his …
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2021
03
August
2021
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15:19
Europe/London
The Letters of John Ruskin155 letters associated with one of the most influential figures of the Victorian era, English writer, philosopher and art critic John Ruskin (1819-1900), are now available on Manchester Digital Collections with enhanced …
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14
May
2021
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12:47
Europe/London
During the pandemic, the John Rylands Research Institute and Library has developed a vast range of online resources including Manchester Digital Collections, enabling everyone to explore our collections in amazing detail. However, due to …
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05
May
2021
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07:00
Europe/London
Founded in Manchester in 1821 after the horrific Peterloo Massacre in the city, the Manchester Guardian was a progressive voice at time when the industrial north was leading the country’s prosperity. Establishing a reputation for liberal …
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10
March
2021
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10:00
Europe/London
The John Rylands Research Institute and the University’s iconic John Rylands Library are forging an exciting new partnership as the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. The renaming signals much closer collaboration between researchers …
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2020
21
August
2020
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09:23
Europe/London
Following the shocking murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020 and the worldwide protests that it provoked, we have taken time to reflect on the implications for us and the steps that we need to take at The University of Manchester Library …
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01
July
2020
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10:05
Europe/London
The latest addition to Manchester Digital Collections, Arthur Reavil’s photographic album of Women’s Work in Wartime, which is held at The John Rylands Library, provides a glimpse into an extremely important time of social upheaval on …
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28
January
2020
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16:29
Europe/London
The new image viewer allows enhanced viewing and manipulation of ultra-high quality images, with a parallel display of text, audio and video content:
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2019
07
November
2019
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14:10
Europe/London
Following months of improvement works, our newly refurbished Special Collections Reading Room has now reopened.
The renovated Reading Room, on the fourth floor of The John Rylands Library, features a fully redesigned workspace, improved …
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30
October
2019
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09:00
Europe/London
The Syriac Galen Palimpsest, a unique, ancient and globally important medical manuscript, will be publicly exhibited in the UK for the first time in Seeing the Invisible, the new exhibition at The John Rylands Library. The exhibition, which runs …
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29
October
2019
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12:00
Europe/London
Since its inception, The John Rylands Library has been intended as a gift to the people of Manchester. It is with some sense of pride, therefore, that we were chosen as part of people’s artist Mancsy’s “finders keepers” …
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29
October
2019
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09:00
Europe/London
The John Rylands Library has loaned four items from its Special Collections to a Princeton University exhibition about early European printing.
The exhibition examines the first two decades of European printing after Gutenberg’s invention …
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02
October
2019
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16:16
Europe/London
The Rylands Gallery will be temporarily closed between Monday, 14 October 2019 and Thursday, 17 October 2019 while we install our new exhibition. The rest of the building will be open as usual.
The St John fragment will be on display again …
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25
April
2019
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12:01
Europe/London
The Library is currently working with the arts organisation arthur+martha to facilitate the making of an illuminated manuscript at the Booth Centre and other support centres for people with experiences of homelessness.
Called the “book of …
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18
March
2019
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08:30
Europe/London
The Rylands Gallery will be closed for the week commencing 1 April for exhibition changeover and also for some maintenance and improvement work to the display cases.
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11
March
2019
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09:00
Europe/London
We’re proud to formally announce the next exhibition at The John Rylands Library: Peterloo. It will run from Thursday, 21 March until Sunday, 29 September and as always, is free and open daily.
Those of you who subscribe to The John Rylands …
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28
February
2019
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08:00
Europe/London
The refurbishment will offer improvements to the reader experience together with enhanced security and care of the collections through a redesigned staff workspace.
About the Reading Room
The room, located on the fourth floor of our Deansgate …
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2018
02
November
2018
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15:30
Europe/London
Christopher Pressler has been appointed as new University Librarian and will join us on 1 February 2019, from Dublin City University (DCU), where he is currently University Librarian and Director of the Irish Modern Archives Research Centre.
He …
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15
October
2018
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10:00
Europe/London
Enriqueta’s, the new cafe space at The John Rylands Library, is officially open. Serving coffee, tea and a selection of cakes, the cafe will be open seven days a week. But where did the cafe’s name come from?
The John Rylands …
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2017
21
February
2017
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10:00
Europe/London
Unique and historically significant films shot 75 years ago, during the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk in 1940, have been discovered at The University of Manchester Library.
The videos can be viewed on YouTube.
The reels of black and …
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2015
13
November
2015
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23:00
Europe/London
The Guardian Archive is one of the largest and most significant collections held by The University of Manchester Library. At the heart of the archive is the correspondence of Charles Prestwich (C.P.) Scott, who edited the newspaper from 1872 to …
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