Britain's What's On Event Guide
Reading Room and Library
Heritage Open Day: This Tardis-like building is hidden behind the surrounding shops. By stepping through the doorway the visitor is taken into a parallel world where historical ideals are still supporting modern active living. Founded in 1824 by George Birkbeck as a Mechanics Institute, the Ipswich Institute has occupied its present distinctive building since 1836. The design of the main barrel-vaulted room with clerestory windows dates from 1877 and still holds the Institute's reading roo
Fri 13 Sep:1000-1600. Sat 14 Sep:1000-1600. Sun 15 Sep:1000-1600. Free Entry.
Ipswich Institute, Reading Room & Library, 15 Tavern Street, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3AA
Fri 13 Sep to Sun 15 Sep 2019
Website:
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/event/reading-room-and-library/reading-room-and-library
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