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Big Saturday: Manchester

11:00 - 16:00 25 February 2012
11am-4pm. The stories behind objects in The Manchester Museum can tell us many things about Manchester’s history, such as Maharaja the elephant’s walk from Edinburgh to Manchester’s…

Eight lions and an umbrella

25 February 2012
12 & 3pm. Using the history of the umbrella as a starting point, this Museum urban safari is an exploration of Manchester's heritage as a Northern Leontopolis (City of Lions) and an introduction to Survival French.

Grave Secrets: Tales of the Ancient Nubians

19 November 2011 - 4 March 2012
An exhibition of bone specimens and artefacts excavated during the Archaeological Survey of Nubia (1907-1911), revealing the lives of the inhabitants of ancient Nubia, Egypt’s southern…

Gripping yarns: keeping your toes warm in ancient Egypt

14:00 - 16:00 25 February 2012
Is this the oldest sock you’ll ever see? Be inspired by the Museum’s 1,700 year old Romano-Egyptian sock and other knitted items. Part of the Close Knit series of knitting workshops,…

Living Worlds

14 April 2011 - 14 April 2012
Now open (permanent gallery) If you think nature is something far away, think again - we are nature. Living Worlds explores the connections between all living things, including us,…

Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 25 February 2012
2-4pm. Kitchen, garden waste and a suitable container are all the ingredients you need for good homemade compost. Join Geraldine Wall, our compost expert, for tips on successful composting.…

Unearthed: Ancient Egypt

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…

Weather wise: using past weather impacts to plan for the future

14:30 - 15:30 25 February 2012
2.30-3.30pm. The EcoCities project is studying ways of reacting to changing weather patterns in Greater Manchester. Come and meet the EcoCities researchers who will speak a bit more…

Implementing and embedding healthcare innovations: what do we need to research?

14:00 - 15:00 27 February 2012
Primary Care Research Group present 'Implementing and embedding healthcare innovations: what do we need to research?' Speaker: Professor Carl May Further details: All welcome. No booking necessary.

LITERATURE LIVE: Gregory O’Brien, Rebecca Perry and Rachel Connor

18:30 - 20:30 27 February 2012
Gregory O’Brien is a New Zealand poet, art-writer, essayist and painter, whose books have been published widely in Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as in his homeland. Carcanet…

Marie Stopes and The Manchester Museum

13:00 - 14:00 27 February 2012
1-2pm. David Gelsthorpe, Curator of Earth Sciences, will give a talk on Marie Stopes at The Manchester Museum, Scott of the Antarctic and her adventures in Japan. Part of Manchester Histories Festival.

The Missing Incisor

13:30 - 17:00 27 February 2012
Coffee & Registration from 1.30 pm Further details: For further details please email admin@mms.org.uk, telephone 0161 273 6048 or visit www.mms.org.uk. There is a £30 registration…

"Trouble at the Gut Trust”: The History of the IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Network

13:00 - 14:00 28 February 2012
Speaker: Val Harrington, University of Manchester

Gateways - Year 10 Exploration Visit

09:30 - 14:30 28 February 2012
The University of Manchester Gateway Programme provides a new opportunity for Year 7-11 learners within Greater Manchester to participate in a coherent series of academic enrichment…

Individual planning and the construction of educational difference: a cross-national comparative study

12:30 - 14:00 28 February 2012
Humanities & Education present: Individual planning and the construction of educational difference: a cross-national comparative study Speaker: Ines Alves For further details:…

Taking a salutogenic approach to chronic musculoskeletal pain

14:00 - 15:00 28 February 2012
28 February 2012 Health Sciences Group-Primary Care present 'Taking a salutogenic approach to chronic musculoskeletal pain' Speaker: Dr Jane Richardson, Senior Lecturer, Primary…

The influence on Chinese middle class parents' perspective of early child education

12:30 - 14:00 28 February 2012
Humanities & Education present: The influence on Chinese middle class parents' perspective of early child education Speaker: Shaohua Hong For further details: Diane Brooks: diane.brooks@manchester.ac.uk

Trouble at the Gut Trust”: The History of the IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Network

13:00 - 14:00 28 February 2012
Speaker: Val Harrington, University of Manchester

Accommodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 29 February 2012
A chance to take a walking tour of our largest accommodation campus in Fallowfield, with the opportunity to see inside at least one student bedroom.

Behind the Scenes tours of the Herbarium (plant store)

13:30 29 February 2012
1.30-2pm & 2.15-3.15pm. Find out about three collectors, Leo Grindon, Charles Bailey and James Cosmo who donated many of the plants in The Manchester Museum’s Herbarium. This is an…

Gateways - Year 10 Exploration Visit

09:30 - 14:30 29 February 2012
The University of Manchester Gateway Programme provides a new opportunity for Year 7-11 learners within Greater Manchester to participate in a coherent series of academic enrichment…

Guided Visits

13:30 - 15:30 29 February 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

Leap Day talks

10:00 - 16:00 29 February 2012
10.00am: Adam Bland - The Reproduction of Central American Leaf Frogs and their captive breeding as an important conservation tool. 10.45am: Matthew Wilson - The Ecology and Habits…

Star Lecture: Migration and the Transformation of Manchester

13:00 - 15:00 29 February 2012
Dr Laurence Brown will discuss past and present migration, focusing on the industrial and post-industrial eras. He will examine the migration of different peoples to Manchester including…

The Confucius Institute talks on China

13:00 - 14:00 29 February 2012
1-2pm. China is the most populous country in the world with a vast and diverse cultural landscape and a history that contains the roots of modern civilisation. This series of talks…

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