Salford, Peel Park Museum 1889
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The building seen here is properly called the Royal Free Museum & Library; it opened on 9 January 1850, and was the first unconditionally free municipal public library in the United Kingdom. The importance of this event was marked by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert agreeing to become Patrons, and the royal title was used up to 1940. Among its early visitors were Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, the King of Portugal, the Duke of Wellington, Mr Gladstone, John Ruskin, and many others.
An extract from Manchester Photographic Memories.
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