Our dedicated reading and research centre, home of a vast collection of local fire service-related material, is now accessible by prior arrangement. Whilst researchers are welcome to visit the centre, by appointment, please note that many simple research queries can still be answered by curatorial staff through a letter, telephone or email, without the need to visit us.
The collection includes a wide and varied range of local fire-related archival material including log books, personnel records, minute books, circulars, journals, technical publications and so on. However, we are not an official depository : additional, related material can often be found in the collections of the former Greater Manchester County Record Office (now part of Archives+ at the Manchester Central Library) and in the local studies departments of other local libraries in Greater Manchester. The Museum is, however, happy to receive all enquiries, and if we do not have the material you are seeking here, or cannot answer your query ourselves, we will endeavour to guide researchers to other appropriate sources.
