The Forgotten Library: Enriqueta Rylands and her Books
| Dates: | 20 May 2026 - 31 October 2026 |
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| Times: | All day |
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| What is it: | Exhibitions |
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| Organiser: | John Rylands Library |
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The Forgotten Library exhibition explores the personal book collection of Enriqueta Rylands, founder of The John Rylands Library. Kept at her home, Longford Hall, south Manchester, this remarkable collection reveals her life as a passionate reader and collector.
Enriqueta Rylands filled her home with books of all shapes and sizes: old and new, beautiful and plain, luxurious and useful. In her will she left all the books, manuscripts and engravings at Longford Hall to The John Rylands Library. Although Longford Hall no longer stands, traces of this forgotten library run through the shelves at the Rylands today, where her treasured possessions sit alongside books she bought for the people of Manchester.
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John Rylands Research Institute and Library
150 Deansgate
Manchester
Gtr Manchester
