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Manchester Digital Exhibitions

Browse online exhibitions to explore our collections and curated research from anywhere in the world.

Manchester Digital Exhibitions (MDE) draws together past exhibitions at the Rylands and new online-only projects.

Discover digital objects and uncover in-depth interpretation from our staff and researchers. Take a look at some of our online exhibitions.

Featured collections

Staff House in 1960

UMIST’s Modernist Moment

This exhibition looks at the history of UMIST at a key moment in its history – the major campus redevelopment of the 1950s and 1960s.
Hand drawing of a black cat from the collection

Carcanet

Carcanet is a leading independent publishing house in Manchester. It publishes poetry, championing established writers and nurturing new talent.
Eight working class women posing in sepia photograph from the collection

Women who shaped Manchester

Mills, libraries, hospitals, theatres, education, journalism, politics. The women featured here all contributed to a changing city in the early 1900s.
Painting of industrial landscape including factories

Manchester’s Guardian

Manchester’s Guardian: 200 years of the Guardian newspaper.
Illustrated map from from exhibition item Japanese 106

Travels in Tokugawa Japan

Travels in Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868): a Virtual Journey.
Section of Qing scroll showing a sedan chair carried by 16 people. The dragon suggests it may be transporting the Emperor Kangxi.

Qing: China's Multilingual Empire

The Qing (1644-1912), China's last dynasty, lasted for nearly three centuries. Qing emperors ruled a vast realm that was a blend of different religions and cultures.
Crop from Hebrew MS 6

Rylands' Jewish Manuscripts

The Many Faces of Rylands' Jewish Manuscripts.