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Join us for Heritage Open Days 2024!

Come and have a look around our beautiful Carnegie library. Find out why it’s here, who it was gifted by, and about the inventions which made it possible.

Organised by Blackpool Libraries.

This Central Library tour is a pre-book event.

Accessibility:

Toilets, accessible toilet, full wheelchair access


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Event times

Thursday 12th September 2024, 10am and 2pm (up to 60 mins)

Friday 13th September 2024, 2pm (up to 60 mins)

Tickets

FREE event but tickets must be pre-booked.

Central Library, Blackpool

Meeting point: Report to main desk

Queen Street

Blackpool

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