Support the Portico Library
Support us, shape our future
For more than two centuries, the Portico Library has been sustained by people who believed it mattered. Today, we are at another defining moment.
Through Portico Reunited, we are transforming one of Britain’s most cherished historic libraries into a fully accessible, open and dynamic civic space, where Manchester’s past, present and future are explored through reading, ideas, creativity and collaboration.
We believe libraries are not just repositories of knowledge, but places where people come together to read, think, question and imagine new possibilities. With your support, we can:
open the Library fully to the public for the first time in its history
protect and share a nationally significant collection
create new opportunities for reading, learning, creativity and exchange
build a sustainable future for the next two centuries
This is a moment that will define what the Portico becomes.
By supporting the Library, you are not simply giving. You are helping to shape its future and the role it will play in the life of the city.
