Date:1883
Description:Constitution Hill Library was the first library opened in Birmingham under the Public Libraries Act in rented premises on the 3rd April 1861. A contemporary account of the opening ceremony tells of the mayor, Mr Arthur Ryland, entertaining 300 prominent citizen for breakfast at Dee's Hotel before they walked in procession to the library at Constitution Hill. The lease of the rented building expired in 1881, and a new library, pictured here, was open in July 1883.
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This gallery was put together to celebrate 150 years of Birmingham's public libraries. The celebrations ...
Constitution Hill Library was the first library opened in Birmingham under the Public Libraries Act ...
The Free Public Libraries and Museum Committee estimated that it would cost £813 to establish one lending ...
An illustration showing the opening Ceremony for the Birmingham Central Free Library. Taken from the ...
Deritend Library opened in 1866 (the same day as the Central Reference Library!).
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