Chetham’s Library

Chetham's Library in , England, is the oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world. Chetham's Hospital, which contains both the library and , was established in 1653 under the will of Humphrey Chetham, for the education of "the sons of honest, industrious and painful parents", and a library for the use of scholars.
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  • Library
  • …is also known as “Chetham’s Hospital and Library”
  • Opening hours:
    Monday–Friday: 9:00 AM–12:30 PM and 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
    public holidays: closed
  • Description: library and museum in Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Address: Long Millgate, Manchester, M3 1SB

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Chetham’s Library

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Latitude
53.48661° or 53° 29′ 12″ north
Longitude
-2.24427° or 2° 14′ 39″ west
Open location code
9C5VFQP4+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3931275877
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity = library
Wiki­data ID
Q2901355

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Chetham’s Library” goes by many names.
مكتبة شيتامArabic
Biblioteca de ChethamCatalan
切塔姆圖書館Chinese
Chetham’s LibraryDutch
Bibliothèque de ChethamFrench
ჩეთამის ბიბლიოთეკაGeorgian
Chetham’s LibraryGerman
Sekolah dan Perpustakaan ChethamIndonesian
Chetham’s LibraryItalian
チェサムズ図書館Japanese
Библиотека ЧетемаRussian
Четамская библиотекаRussian
Chethamova knjižnicaSlovenian
Biblioteca de ChethamSpanish
Chetham’s LibrarySpanish
Chetham’s LibrarySwedish
Chetham KütüphanesiTurkish
Бібліотека ЧетемаUkrainian
Четема бібліотекаUkrainian
Thư viện ChethamVietnamese
Chetham’s LibraryWelsh

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