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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…

Conservation and sustainability

14:00 - 15:00 14 May 2011
Did pre-historic hunters live in balance with nature or over exploit their resources? How can we make sure our current food resources, such as fishing, are harvested sustainably? Join…

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,…

Museums at night

17:00 - 21:00 14 May 2011
The ghost of a man from the 1880s and the head of a young Egyptian prince etched in the dust are just a couple of the Museum’s ghostly sightings. See if you can spot anything on our…

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.…

Nature skills swap shop

12:00 19 May 2011
12-4pm Bird spotting, flower pressing and growing your own fruit and veg. These are the kinds of skills you could learn and share with other visitors and experts from the Museum, Manchester…

Conservation and sustainability

14:00 - 15:00 21 May 2011
Did pre-historic hunters live in balance with nature or over exploit their resources? How can we make sure our current food resources, such as fishing, are harvested sustainably? Join…

Magic Carpet: Living Worlds

11:00 - 12:00 27 May 2011
Storytelling and activity session for under 5s.

The Museum Allotment

27 May - 13 November 2011
The Museum’s new Living Worlds gallery explores the connections between all living things, including us, and shows how we can all shape the future by the choices we make. One of…

Conservation and sustainability

14:00 - 15:00 28 May 2011
Did pre-historic hunters live in balance with nature or over exploit their resources? How can we make sure our current food resources, such as fishing, are harvested sustainably? Join…

May/Jun half term: Living Worlds

11:00 30 May - 16:00 3 June 2011
What would happen if we had no minibeasts like dung beetles and earthworms? Would Planet Earth be the same again? Create an animal or plant and add it to our giant paper chain of life.

Global Health, Global Goods and International Community

1 - 3 June 2011
Public lecture and two-day conference, 1-3 June 2011, hosted by the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at The University of Manchester. Professor Lawrence Gostin’s Keynote…

The bread of the Tropics (Part of our conservation and sustainability series)

14:00 - 15:00 4 June 2011
Did pre-historic hunters live in balance with nature or over exploit their resources? How can we make sure our current food resources, such as fishing, are harvested sustainably? Join…

ESTIVAL: Chamber Music Beat the Rush Hour Concert

17:00 6 June 2011
Mozart Sinfonietta Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E flat major K. 364 Estival returns again in June 2011 and promises to be bigger, better and more Russian than…

ESTIVAL: Manchester University Big Band

20:00 6 June 2011
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite Musical Director – Patrick Hurley To celebrate the opening night of ESTIVAL, the University of Manchester Big Band invites you to party in the Cosmo.…

ESTIVAL: The University of Manchester String Orchestra and Baroque Orchestra

13:00 6 June 2011
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 Estival returns again in June 2011 and promises to be bigger, better and more Russian than ever. Taking place in the final…

ESTIVAL: Ad Solem, The University of Manchester Chamber Choir

19:30 7 June 2011
Sacred works by, Sheremetiev, Gretchaninov and Kalinnikov, and excerpts from Rachmaninov’s ‘All Night Vigil’, are contrasted alongside more recent works by more familiar composers.…

ESTIVAL: Joy of Voice Beat The Rush Hour Concert

17:00 7 June 2011
Copland Old American Songs Stravinsky Mass Celebrating the singers of the department unite to sing Stravinsky’s Mass. The concert celebrates much of the vocal…

ESTIVAL: The University of Manchester Chamber Orchestra

13:00 7 June 2011
Mozart Haffner Serenade Beethoven Symphony No. 1 Beethoven's energetic and youthful First Symphony is played alongside a selection of Movements from Mozart's…

ESTIVAL: The University of Manchester Chamber Orchestra

13:00 7 June 2011
Mozart Haffner Serenade Beethoven Symphony No. 1 Beethoven's energetic and youthful First Symphony is played alongside a selection of Movements from Mozart's lesser know 'Haffner Serenade'

ESTIVAL: Manchester University Wind Orchestra

19:30 8 June 2011
Shostakovich Festive Overture, arr. Hunsberger Kozhevnikov Symphony No. 3 Tchaikovsky Finale from Symphony No. 4, arr. Singleton Nigel Clarke Gagarin Prokofiev…

ESTIVAL: Pictures at an Exhibition

13:00 8 June 2011
Shostakovich Two Scarlatti Pieces Mussorgsky arr. Howarth Pictures at an Exhibition Brass Ensemble take centre stage with a sure favourite -…

ESTIVAL: Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale Beat The Rush Hour Concert

17:00 8 June 2011
Stravinsky Histoire du Soldat Through jazz, tangos, marches and waltzes, we tell an old Russian Fairy tale. This dark Faustian fable about a deserting soldier and the Devil…

Showcase lecture - Contested points: a 1920s archaeological controversy

15:00 - 16:30 8 June 2011
3-4pm: lecture 4-4.30pm: discussion followed by tea & coffee Bryan Sitch, The Manchester Museum.

ESTIVAL: Opera Scenes

13:00 9 June 2011
Once again, MUMS unites the cast of opera scenes to put on the years final instalment. This promises to be the biggest and best, with solo ensembles from some of the casts strongest…

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