Wood-block printed, commercial map of the city of Nagasaki, in Japanese.

Manchester Digital Exhibitions

Hizen Nagasaki no zu (Japanese 106)

Manchester Digital Exhibitions (MDE) is an online exhibition platform for The University of Manchester. MDE draws together past exhibitions from the John Rylands Library and new, online-only research projects. Discover digital objects and uncover in-depth interpretation from our archivists, curators, and researchers.

Browse online exhibitions to explore our collections and curated research.

Featured Exhibitions
Travels in Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868)
Journey across Tokugawa Japan, using items from the rich and varied collection of Japanese maps at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. 
View of the Ferranti building.
UMIST’s Modernist Moment
Photographs of the UMIST campus development in the mid-20th century, marking the University's departure from North Campus after 125 years of occupancy.
Detail from a photograph showing Madeline Linford at the centre, along with her editorial colleagues from the Manchester Guardian.
Women who shaped Manchester
Mills, libraries, hospitals, theatres, education, journalism, politics. These women all contributed to a changing city in the early 1900s.

Special Collections Exhibitions

Browse online exhibitions created by the Library's Curatorial team, featuring items from Special Collections at the University of Manchester Library.

Carcanet logo with a black cat forming a 'C' shape on a tan background.
Carcanet
A celebration of the Manchester based publisher, sharing materials collated for the cancelled exhibition at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library in March 2020.
Medical metal syringe with wooden box and instructions.
Instruments of Change
Instruments of Change presents objects that represent innovation, change and discovery across 200 years of healthcare, research and medical education in Manchester.
Crop from Hebrew MS 6
The Many Faces of the Rylands’ Jewish Manuscripts
From decorated and illustrated religious manuscripts such as the Rylands Haggadah, to amulets and other magical texts assembled by Moses Gaster, we present a selection from the Rylands' Hebrew Collections.
Qing - China's Multilingual Empire
An exploration of the internal diversity and global connectivity of China during part of the Qing imperial dynasty.
Two historic mastheads from the Manchester Guardian in rows above each other.
Manchester’s Guardian: 200 years of the Guardian newspaper
Discover how Manchester’s progressive, liberal principles shaped the world-famous Guardian newspaper.
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Research Exhibitions

Browse online exhibitions created by academics and researchers at the University of Manchester, featuring material from across the world.

Double page opening of frontispiece and title page of 'The Blessed'st Birth that euer was'. On the left there is a portrait of Henry Greenwood Preacher, with the title page on the right.
Extra-Illustrations and Annotated Illustrations in Early Modern Books
Why did readers write on or alter printed images in their books? 'Explore how readers transformed their printed books and pamphlets over time.
Three women's faces in profile, looking left.
Comics and Race in Latin America
CORALA charts the anti-racist drift in the history of Latin American comics, as explored in the Comics and Race in Latin America project,
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