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1000 year old Pot Washing

14:00 - 15:00 27 July 2011
2-3pm. Hands-on workshop to clean and record archaeological finds from Charles Burney’s excavation of Iranian pottery from the 1950s.

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,…

Summer holidays: The Museum Allotment

11:00 25 July - 16:00 26 August 2011
11am-4pm. A summer of activities linked to The Museum Allotment including pot decorating, vegetable printing and making bug homes. With different weekly themes. Mon 25-Fri 29…

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…

UMASS Summer Lecture Series: Life Sciences

15:00 - 17:00 27 July 2011
At the end of the academic year, UMASS will hold four lectures for sixth form students. These lectures will be given by an academic member of staff and will include a note-taking skills…

we are extInked

9 July - 4 December 2011
To celebrate the opening of our Living Worlds gallery, we have teamed up with Artist group Ultimate Holding Company to present 'we are extInked' - an exhibition documenting the story…

Magic Carpet: Frogs

11:00 - 12:00 29 July 2011
11am-12pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s.

Family Friendly Film Club - twilight screening of Ponyo

17:30 - 21:00 4 August 2011
A special twilight screening of Studio Ghibli's Ponyo - a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's…

Family Friendly Film Club Weekender

4 - 7 August 2011
The Manchester Museum is home to a T.rex, live amphibians, stuffed animals and objects from different cultures. So where better to watch short family friendly films such as Dinosaurs…

MANTIS & Special Guest Julio d’Escriván

13:00 5 August 2011
Ensayos for musical multimedia and occasional acoustic performers The series of Ensayos or essays on Live Coding are works of live 'tweaking' sound art, which I call 'edit-performances'.…

The Manchester Picnic

5 - 7 August 2011
On Sunday 7 August, The Manchester Museum will be going along with some Museum objects and activities to The Manchester Picnic in Piccadilly Gardens. Piccadilly Gardens will be transformed…

Big Saturday: Summer on the allotment

11:00 - 16:00 6 August 2011
11am-4pm. Come along and learn what veg you can grow, get top tips about composting, join Cracking Good Food for a food workshop, learn all about sun safety, visit the RSPB stall…

Unearthed competition to meet Terry Deary and win a signed Egyptian tales book

8 - 26 August 2011
In The Manchester Museum's Unearthed: Ancient Egypt exhibition, you can help Egyptologist, Dr Digby (played on film by Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories and Egyptian Tales)…

Manchester Pride 2011 - Fetish Knights

19:30 22 August 2011
Comedy as black as your gimp mask by Rob Ellis. Strap in, buckle up and get ready for the ride of your life as a star-studded cast brings you the most outrageous comedy of the decade!…

Manchester Pride Chamber Music: MAHAN ESFAHANI (harpsichord)

13:00 22 August 2011
Handel Suite VIII in F minor, HWV.433, Lully transc. D'Anglebert Ouverture de la Mascarade de M. de Lully, Lou Harrison …

Computers Rock Our Music World - Part of the Manchester Science Festival

23 August 2011
Oasis, The Chemical Brothers, The Fall: Manchester is well-known for its musical heritage, but where would it have got to without science? Join us to celebrate the 60th anniversary…

KEVIN GOWLAND (flute) / DAVID ASPIN (viola) / DAVID GOWLAND (piano)

13:00 23 August 2011
Britten Lachrymae for viola & piano, Op.48 Poulenc Sonata for flute & piano Tchaikovsky Andante cantabile for viola & piano Berkeley Sonatina…

Manchester Pride 2011 - Fetish Knights

19:30 23 August 2011
Comedy as black as your gimp mask by Rob Ellis. Strap in, buckle up and get ready for the ride of your life as a star-studded cast brings you the most outrageous comedy of the decade!…

Manchester Pride 2011 - Fetish Knights

19:30 24 August 2011
Comedy as black as your gimp mask by Rob Ellis. Strap in, buckle up and get ready for the ride of your life as a star-studded cast brings you the most outrageous comedy of the decade!…

Manchester Pride Chamber Music - GEOF DOLTON (baritone) / DANIEL BROWELL (piano)

13:00 24 August 2011
Programme to be confirmed FREE

Manchester Pride Chamber Music: GEOF DOLTON (baritone) / DANIEL BROWELL (piano)

13:00 24 August 2011
Butterworth 6 Songs from "A Shropshire Lad", Hahn Venezia, David del Tredici My Favourite Penis Poems (UK Première), FREE

Manchester Pride Chamber Music: MARTIN ROSCOE (piano)

13:00 25 August 2011
Tchaikovsky The Seasons (selection), Copland Variations for piano, Falla 4 Spanish Pieces, Szymanowski Etude, Op.4'3, Szymanowski 2 Mazurkas, Op.62,…

Magic Carpet: Fruit and veg

11:00 - 12:00 26 August 2011
11am-12pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s.

Manchester Pride Chamber Music: THE MANCHESTER PRIDE ENSEMBLE

13:00 26 August 2011
Poulenc Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano, Barber Summer Music for wind quintet, Op.31, Poulenc Sextet for piano & wind, FREE

Environmental Impact of the Hungarian ‘red mud’ disaster: Lessons Learnt and Could it Happen Again?

18:30 - 12:00 5 September 2011
By Dr Zoltán Illés, Hungarian Minister for Environmental Affairs. In October 2010 the sludge reservoir of an alumina production company southwest of Budapest in Hungary burst. The…

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