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About Manchester Societies

The Longest Surviving Manchester Societies & Institutions

• Chetham's Library - 1653
• Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society - 1781
• Portico Library & Gallery - 1806
• Royal Manchester Institution (1823)->Manchester Art Gallery
• University of Manchester<-UMIST(1824)
• Manchester Statistical Society - 1833
• Manchester Medical Society - 1834
• Manchester Photographic Society - 1855
• Hallé Orchestra - 1858
• Manchester Academy of Fine Arts - 1859
• Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society - 1883
• John Rylands Library - 1890
• Manchester Astronomical Society - 1892
• Manchester Microscopical & Natural History Society - 1894
• Manchester College of Music (1896)->Royal Manchester College of Music->Royal Northern College of Music

Some of the most active Societies are the newly formed, driven by the enthusiasm of filling a niche and addressing the unaddressed needs of their members.