Forthcoming events
Wednesday 16 May 2012
30 September 2011 - 6 September 2012
30 Sep 2011-6 Sep 2012. Calling all budding Egyptologists and archaeologists. We need your help! Our Egyptologist Dr Digby (played on film by Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories and Egyptian Tales) has collected so…
24 March - 18 November 2012
Inspired by 1950s design and combining Alan Turing’s notes with museum objects, this exhibition documents Turing’s investigation into one of the great mysteries of nature: how complex shapes and patterns arise from simple balls…
Transforming Manchester workshop 2
16 May 2012
New Object Lessons: Curating for 2012 and Beyond
16 May 2012
10am-1pm. Specially devised for museum professionals and creative practitioners, this brand new edition of the highly popular and thought-provoking Curating for 2012 will explore links between everyday objects and museum collections.…
16 May 2012
Speaker: Prof Jon Deeks, Prof Katherine Payne, Kate Misso (NICE), Toni Tan (NICE), Khalid Ashfaq (NICE) Further details: This workshop is suitable for specialist and non-specialist researchers, reviewers and clinicians. A…
Mastering Teaching and Learning? Research issues emerging from the first two years of the MTL
16 May 2012
Humanities & Education present: Mastering Teaching and Learning? Research issues emerging from the first two years of the MTL Speaker: Colin Mills & MTL team For further details: Diane Brooks: diane.brooks@manchester.ac.uk
16 May 2012
A presentation on The University of Manchester by a member of the Undergraduate Recruitment and Widening Participation Team, followed by a question and answer session and a tour of the campus with a current student
Cell-based approaches for the treatment of musculoskeletal tissue damage
16 May 2012
Manchester Tissue Regeneration & Stem Cell Network Seminar Series Speaker: Rachel Oldershaw, Newcastle University
Thursday 17 May 2012
Tours of the Vivarium - every Tues & Thurs
17 May 2012
Every Tues & Thurs, 12-1pm (except school holidays). Tours of the Vivarium (live animals). Meet the Museum's live animals and learn about the education and conservation work taking place beyond the displays.
Friday 18 May 2012
After Hours – secret gardens in the city
18 May 2012
6.30-8.30pm. For our Museums at Night After Hours, we're inviting you to our tranquil secret gardens in the city. Play croquet on our allotment with a glass of pimms, go into our secret gothic tower to see the treasures of our…
Saturday 19 May 2012
Big Saturday: Patterns in nature
19 May 2012
11am-4pm. In an incredible article published in 1952, Alan Turing suggested that everything from the spots and stripes on animals to the arrangement of pine cones and flowers could be explained by the interactions between two…
Tuesday 22 May 2012
22 May 2012
Speaker: Dr. Tim Millar, Mr Simon Morton, James Irving Further details: The drug and alcohol treatment landscape is changing, with a new emphasis of the process of recovery from dependence which, as the government’s own strategy…
22 May 2012
Further details: The drug and alcohol treatment landscape is changing, with a new emphasis of the process of recovery from dependence which, as the government’s own strategy notes, means “different things to different people”.…
22 May 2012
Speaker: Mr Simon Morton and James Irving Further details: The drug and alcohol treatment landscape is changing, with a new emphasis of the process of recovery from dependence which, as the government’s own strategy notes,…
Tours of the Vivarium (live animals) - every Tues & Thurs (except school holidays)
22 May 2012
Every Tues & Thurs, 12-1pm (except school holidays). Tours of the Vivarium (live animals). Meet the Museum's live animals and learn about the education and conservation work taking place beyond the displays.
'Not a Special Science': Forensic Medicine and the Child's Body in Late Nineteenth Century Britain
22 May 2012
Speaker: Victoria Bates, University of Exeter
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Campus Visits for School and College Groups
23 May 2012
A presentation on The University of Manchester and Higher Education - helping students to be aware of the choices available to them. This is followed by a chance to meet some current students and go on a walking tour of the campus.
Showcase lecture: What is happening behind the hoardings?
23 May 2012
3-4.30pm. With Sam Sportun, The Manchester Museum. An update on the re-display of the Museum's Ancient Egypt and Archaeology galleries: the challenges and opportunities that the Heritage Lottery Funded redevelopment has presented to the collection care team.
Edinburgh Previews: Iain Stirling and Dan Nightingale
23 May 2012
Catch these comedians on their way up (to Edinburgh) Stand-up comedian, and the current face of CBBC, Iain Stirling has been dubbed one of Scotland's "hottest newcomers" by The Scotsman and was second place runner-up in both…
Thursday 24 May 2012
Tours of the Vivarium (live animals) - every Tues & Thurs (except school holidays)
24 May 2012
Every Tues & Thurs, 12-1pm (except school holidays). Tours of the Vivarium (live animals). Meet the Museum's live animals and learn about the education and conservation work taking place beyond the displays.
Edinburgh Previews: Ian Stirling and Hanks & Conran (Pigs in Blankets)
24 May 2012
Catch these comedians on their way up (to Edinburgh) Stand-up comedian, and the current face of CBBC, Iain Stirling has been dubbed one of Scotland's "hottest newcomers" by The Scotsman and was second place runner-up in both…
Friday 25 May 2012
25 May 2012
Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.
Saturday 26 May 2012
Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist
26 May 2012
2-4pm. Windowsill gardening. Runner beans, lettuce and herbs are all plants you can grow on your windowsill - some plants to start growing early and some to grow all the way. Join our friends from Hulme Community Garden Centre…
Monday 28 May 2012
Commissioning for Public Health
28 May 2012
Speaker: Dr. Ruth Hussey, Prof Iain Buchan, Prof Ian Jacobs, Dr Kath Checkland Further details: The public health community faces a period of intense change and uncertainty in the wake of the Health and Social Care Bill and…
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Tours of the Vivarium (live animals) - every Tues & Thurs (except school holidays)
29 May 2012
Every Tues & Thurs, 12-1pm (except school holidays). Tours of the Vivarium (live animals). Meet the Museum's live animals and learn about the education and conservation work taking place beyond the displays.