• After presentations on Villette and Ruth it was live to The Portico Library where Collections Manager Alice Measom talked through our first editions.
  • The Portico opened in 1806, and remains a well-appointed subscription library today. Go for tea and cake, exhibitions and events beneath its beautiful dome.
  • Still in its original 1806 building, the Portico Library and Gallery celebrates both the historic and contemporary culture of Manchester, welcoming the public...
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  • My husband found the Portico Library and while as someone with a mobility disability I wasn't thrilled at the stairs - it was 100% worth it.
  • The Portico Library is a historic subscription library and exhibitions space in Manchester city centre.
  • The Portico Library hosts three competitions: The Portico Prize for Literature, The Portico Poetry Prize and the Young Readers and Writers.
  • An independent subscription library and exhibition space, The Portico Library first opened its doors in 1806 as a library and newsroom.
  • The Portico Library & Gallery opened in 1806 as a Library and Newsroom and continues to be an active centre of culture for the people of Manchester and beyond.
  • Discover Portico Library and Gallery in Manchester, England: A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.