Mechanics' Institutes Resource Centre
(MIRC)
List
of holdings
Links to web sites of Victorian
mechanics' institutes Acheron Mechanics' Institute
Arthurs
Creek Mechanics' Institute
Ballarat
Mechanics' Institute
Berwick
Mechanics' Institute and Free Library Inc.
Briagolong
Mechanics' Institute
Brunswick Mechanics' Institute arts
venue heritage
study
Charlton
Golden Grains Museum (formerly Charlton Mechanics' Institute)
Chiltern
Athenaeum
Dean
Hall and
Mechanics' Institute
Digby
Public Hall
Fawcett
Mechanics' Institute and also here
Burke
& Wills Mechanics' Institute, Fryerstown
Glenmaggie
Mechanics' Institute
Kilmore
Mechanics' Institute Inc
Malmsbury Mechanics' Institute (Malmsbury
Historical Society)
Port Fairy Mechanics' Institute (Friends
of the Library, Port Fairy)
Prahran Mechanics'
Institute
Sorrento Mechanics' Institute - Nepean
Historical Society
Tallarook
Mechanics' Institute
Toongabbie Mechanics' Institute
Walhalla Mechanics' Institute and also Walhalla Gold
Links to web sites of international institutes
Ireland:
Cork Institute of Technology
Dublin University Philosophical Society
Marsh's Library, Dublin
Royal Dublin Society
New Zealand:
Auckland Public Library (Auckland Mechanics' Institute)
South Africa:
Durban Public Library
Thailand:
Neilson Hays Library, Bangkok
United Kingdom:
Association of Independent Libraries
England:
Armitt Museum and Library, Ambleside
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Birkbeck College (London Mechanics' Institute)
Birmingham and Midlands Institute
Bishopsgate Institute, London
Bradford Mechanics' Institute
Burnley Mechanics' Institute
Chawton House Library and Study Centre, Chawton
Chetham's Library & Music School, Manchester
Denman College
Devon and Exeter Institution Library and Reading Rooms
Guildford Institute of the University of Surrey
Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution
Ipswich Institute Reading Room and Library
John Rylands Library, Manchester
Leeds Library
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
Liverpool Athenaeum
London Library
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Manchester University (Manchester Mechanics' Institute)
Marsden Mechanics' Hall
Mansfield Mechanic's Institute Ltd.
Morrab Library, Penzance
Newcastle upon Tyne Literary and Philosophical Society
Nottingham Mechanics' Institute
Nottingham Subscription Library
Oxford Union
People's History Museum (National Museum of Labour History), Manchester
Plymouth Athenaeum
Plymouth Subscription Library
Portico Library and Newsroom, Manchester
Saffron Walden Town Library Society
Spalding Gentleman's Society
St Agnew Mechanics' Institute
Tavistock Library
Thomas Plume's Library, Maldon
Victoria Hall, Saltaire
Wentworth Mechanics' Institute
Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society
Working Class Movement Library, Salford
Yorkshire Philosophical Society
Northern Ireland:
Linen Hall Library, Belfast (1788)
Lurgan Mechanics' Institute (1859)
Scotland:
Birnam Institute (1884)
Brechin Mechanics' Institute and Scientific Institution (1843)
Chambers Institution, Peebles (1859)
Edinburgh School of Arts - Heriot-Watt University (1819)
Findhorn Institute (1962)
Glasgow Mechanics' Institute - Strathclyde University ( 1796)
Innerpeffray Library, Crieff (c. 1680)
Iona Community (1938)
Kirkwall Bibliotheck (1683)
Langholm Library (1800)
Leadhills Reading Society (1741)
Leighton Library, Dunblane (1688)
Wanlockhead Miner's Library (1756)
Westerkirk Library, Bentpath (1793)
Wales:
Celynen Collieries Institute and Memorial Hall
Cwmaman Institute
Oakdale Institute
St Deiniol's Library, Hawarden
United States of America:
Alexandria Lyceum
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla
Athenaeum of Ohio
Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Belfast Free Library
Berkshire Athenaeum
Boston Athenaeum
Charleston Library Society
Chicago Athenaeum
Cincinnati Mercantile Library
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York
Fendrick Library
Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington
General Society of Mechanics' and Tradesman of the City of New York
Getty Research Library, Los Angeles
Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library
Grolier Club Library, New York
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington
Huntington Library, San Marino
Institute Library, New Haven
Lanier Library Association, Tryon
Library Company of Philadelphia
Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology, Kansas City
Lowell Institute School, Boston
Maine Charitable Mechanic Association Library, Portland
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
Mercantile Library of New York
Minneapolis Athenaeum
Nantucket Athenaeum
Newberry Library, Chicago
Ohio Mechanics' Institute College of Applied Science, Cincinnati
Peabody Institute, Baltimore
Peabody Institute Library, Peabody
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Portsmouth Athenaeum Library
Providence Athenaeum
Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport
Rochester Institute of Technology
St Johnsbury Athenaeum
St Louis Mercantile Library
Salem Athenaeum
San Francisco Mechanics' Institute
Society Library of New York
Timrod Literary and Library Association, Summerville
Village Learning Place, Baltimore
Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia
Westfield Athenaeum
Wilmington Institute Library
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library,
Worcester Lyceum
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