Manchester Archives

The Society’s drawings collection is housed with Manchester Archives in the Manchester Central Library. Contact details and opening times are given below.

Address:
St Peters Square, City Centre, M2 5PD

Telephone:
Library: 0161 234 1983, Archives & special collections: 0161 234 1979

Archives and special collections search room opening times (advance notice required):

Monday: 9am-5pm
Tuesday: 9am-5pm
Wednesday: 9am-5pm
Thursday: 9am-8pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: closed

We are part way through a project to digitise as many drawings as we can so that the originals can be stored in appropriate conditions for future historians. To see a selection of our digitised images go to PDFs of Scanned Drawings.