Event details
Friday 4 October | 11am to 12.30pm
£50 per person, including house and garden entry.
Join our archives and library team for a very special morning in the Chatsworth Library and Archives. Start your day with a one hour tour of the house with our experienced guide, followed by exclusive access to the library and study rooms to have a closer look at some of the literary treasures from the Chatsworth Library including early library catalogues, a first edition of Pride and Prejudice and papers of Hobbes, Pope, Gaskell, Bronte and more.
A hot drink from Flora's tea shop is included, along with house and garden tickets so you can spend the afternoon exploring at your own pace.
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