Manchester Museum

CHINA: JOURNEY TO THE EAST

25 September 2010 - 26 June 2011
A British Museum Tour supported by BP, a CHINA NOW legacy project 25 September 2010-26 June 2011 Free entry China's long history of innovation in technology, science and the arts…

Chinese economy

12:45 - 13:30 14 December 2010
Part of a series of talks by The Confucius Institute at The University of Manchester. At each talk you can learn two Chinese characters and one useful phrase or sentence. Part of our…

Finding Manchester, lost in Bolivia

4 September 2010 - 30 January 2011
4 September 2010-30 January 2011 Free entry Follow Chris Smith and Liz Peel on their amazing four month journey through the Amazon in search of the small South American village…

Health Rocks display & wellbeing trail

8 November 2010 - 1 April 2011
Rocks & Minerals gallery, Floor G Scientists believe doing five simple things a day can protect our mental wellbeing, just like eating five fruit and veg a day can protect our physical…

Christmas holidays: Chinese paper craft

20 - 31 December 2010
Mon 20-Thurs 23 Dec & Mon 27-Fri 31 Dec / 11am-4pm Chinese paper craft Make a Chinese lantern or plate. Part of our China: Journey to the East exhibition.

Confucius Institute China talk

12:30 - 13:30 21 January 2011
Gunpowder, silk, paper and porcelain were all invented in China. Find out more about one of the most important and influential civilisations in world history in this series of monthly talks by The Confucius Institute.

Museums of Museums Night - big fundraiser event with King Tut to raise money for The Manchester Museum’s Ancient Worlds galleries at Museum of Museums, Trafford Centre

17:00 - 23:59 27 January 2011
Spectacular exhibition, Tutankhamun – His Tomb and His Treasures, will host an extra special event on 27 Jan 2011. Museum of Museums Night will celebrate all things Ancient Egyptian…

Magic Carpet: Monsters

11:00 - 12:00 28 January 2011
A monster-themed storytelling and activity session for under 5s.

Big Saturday: Monsters

11:00 - 16:00 29 January 2011
The Museum is home to many monsters, from Stan the T.rex, with his bone-crushing bite, to the myths and monsters found on our ancient Greek pots. Meet these and many more monsters and…

Fern hunting in China

12:30 - 13:15 3 February 2011
There are 1500 species of ferns in Yunnan Province, China, compared to 50 in Britain. Join Yvonne Golding for an illustrated account of the recent British Pteridological Society expedition…

Showcase lecture: Cursus awareness: the other Stonehenge monument

15:00 - 16:30 9 February 2011
3-4pm: lecture 4-4.30pm: discussion followed by tea & coffee Mark Anstee, Leverhulme Artist in Residence in Archaeology.

Big Saturday: Happiness

11:00 - 16:00 12 February 2011
Play, creativity and colours can all be linked to a happy state of mind. Play in our giant playroom, write poetry, create peace cranes, take part in colour and mineral association activities…

Stonehenge: henge diggers

19 February - 17 July 2011
Photos by Bill Bevan and emotive texts capture the feelings of archaeologists, some from The University of Manchester, as they dig and make discoveries near this renowned sacred site.…

Half term: Year of the Rabbit

11:00 21 - 16:00 25 February 2011
It is said that people born in the Year of the Rabbit are creative, compassionate and sensitive. Identify and make your Chinese Zodiac animal.

Confucius Institute China talk

12:30 - 13:30 22 February 2011
Gunpowder, silk, paper and porcelain were all invented in China. Find out more about one of the most important and influential civilisations in world history in this series of monthly talks by The Confucius Institute.

Magic Carpet: Year of the Rabbit

11:00 - 12:00 25 February 2011
Meet mummy, daddy and baby rabbits in this storytelling and activity session for under 5s.

Fairtrade teatime treat

15:30 - 16:30 3 March 2011
Come along for a cuppa (about 165 million of which are drunk in Britain each day) and to find out about Fairtrade tea, Manchester’s links to tea and see some Camellia sinensis (tea) specimens.

International Women’s Day skills swap shop

15:30 - 17:00 8 March 2011
Are you proud of the woolly jumper you’ve just knitted? Or your grandma’s legendary chocolate cake recipe? Swap your skills with others, learn Museum skills such as conservation and…

Arguments and umbrella stands: Victorian Manchester’s natural history collections

12:30 - 13:45 17 March 2011
Talk: 12.30-1.15pm Tour: 1.15-1.45pm In Victorian Manchester there was a Geological Society and a Natural History Society. They shared a museum, but disagreed about the admission…

Big Saturday: The body experience

11:00 - 16:00 19 March 2011
A day of hands-on activities about the body's organs and functions. 11am-4pm: Human body tour Come on a tour of the human body with scientists from the Faculty of Life Sciences…

Young curators exhibition

19 March 2011
Come and see what happens when you let a group of teenagers loose at The Manchester Museum! Our team of young curators have designed their own exhibition, using Museum and hand made…

Confucius Institute China talks

12:30 - 13:30 21 March 2011
Gunpowder, silk, paper and porcelain were all invented in China. Find out more about one of the most important and influential civilisations in world history in this series of monthly talks by The Confucius Institute.

Showcase Lecture: The Artificial Ape: Technology, Evolution and Humanity

15:00 - 16:30 23 March 2011
3-4pm: lecture 4-4.30pm: discussion followed by tea & coffee Timothy Taylor, author and archaeologist.

Magi Carpet: Head, shoulders, knees & toes

11:00 - 12:00 25 March 2011
Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Big Saturday: Planet youth

11:00 - 16:00 9 April 2011
Our Youth Board are taking over this Big Saturday so watch this space to find out what they have planned...

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