Regional Heritage Centre

View of Lancaster City Centre, showing houses, the Castle and the Priory

Established in 2014, the Regional Heritage Centre promotes and celebrates the rich social, cultural and environmental heritage of North West England by engaging with the regional community.

Newsflash: Booking Opens for RHC Tour of Chetham's Library in April

On Friday 24 April, join Chetham’s Librarian Dr Julianne Simpson and Dr Alexander Wragge-Morley, Lecturer in History of Science and Medecine (School of Global Affairs), for an approximately two-hour tour of Manchester’s historic Chetham’s Library. The oldest public library in the Anglophone world, Chetham's has been in continuous use since 1653.

Dr Simpson will be showing us around the collection, while Dr Wragge-Morley draws on his own research experiences at Chetham’s, exploring Robert Hooke's Micrographia (1665).

Places are strictly limited - just 20 can take part - and transport to Manchester is *not* provided.

Full details are available on our Events pages. Don't delay - book your place(s) for the Chetham's Library tour now

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