Opening hours Wednesday to Saturday, 10am to 4.30pm
(Closed all Bank Holidays, the period between Christmas and New Year and for the last full week of January for our annual inventory of collections).
Every year hundreds of people make use of our free research facility based at the Manx Museum where we assist the general enquirer, family historian, students, publishers, broadcasters and many more.
Manx history, culture, language, folklore, archaeology and landholding are some of the subjects that can be investigated using our printed and archival collections. As well as assorted books, pamphlets and Manx newspapers, we hold certain historical records of the Isle of Man Government and past rulers of the Island (the Earls of Derby and Dukes of Atholl); we also retain archives of some Manx businesses, churches, societies, families and notable individuals.
Online finding aids to some of our resources may be found on imuseum.im (the pink tab for archives and turquoise tab for printed content). You can also search by person and record resource using the Advance Search function.
Interested in visiting us? You will find us at the seaward end of the museum building. If you are a new user you may find useful the free guide to becoming a new Library & Archives user from our Collections Guides below; feel free to watch our Library & Archives Reading Room Handling Guidelines video. You may also email us in advance using library@mnh.im