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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,…

Magic Carpet: Wildlife

11:00 - 12:00 30 September 2011
11am-12pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s.

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 30 September 2011
Beethoven Quartet in F, Op. 18 No. 1 Weinberg Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 27 Schubert Quartet in G, D.887 The virtuosity of Beethoven’s first published quartet, the magnificence…

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…

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…

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…

Asia Triennial Manchester: Enkhbold Togmidshiirev

14:15 - 15:00 1 October 2011
Join us for an opportunity to find out more about the work of performance artist Enkhbold Togmidshiirev from Mongolia and his residency project in Manchester. During this year's…

BBC Planet Dinosaur Tour

1 - 9 October 2011
More types of dinosaur have been discovered in the last two decades than in the 200 years before. Many of these discoveries are from places we never realised even had dinosaurs. The…

Grandparents weekend at The Manchester Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester Art Gallery

1 - 2 October 2011
The Manchester Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester Art Gallery are keen to open their doors to all the grandparents of Manchester and beyond. All three venues have lots of…

MUMS Welcoming Concert

19:30 1 October 2011
Anthony Burgess Manchester Overture Bizet L'Arlesienne Suites No.1 & No.2 Bernstein Chichester Psalms Conductors: Mark Heron | Jonathan Evans | Leo Geyer | Andy Gregory | Will…

Architectural Theory Today

14:00 - 16:00 4 October 2011
Manchester Architecture Research Centre (SED) present Architectural Theory Today Speaker: Hilde Heynen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) 2-4pm, Coupland 1 Pear Lecture Theatre

Clinical Prize Presentations and Symposium "A Medical Update"

14:00 5 October 2011
2.00 pm Clinical Prize Presentations; 3.30 pm - 6.30pm Symposium, MANDEC Speaker: Dr Jane Wainwright (Consultant in Stroke/Neurology, Salford Royal NHS FT) Further details are available…

Local Authority Highways and Traffic

17:30 - 18:30 5 October 2011
Speaker: Gordon Anderson, Divisional Manager - Highways & Engineering, Unity Partnership, Oldham MBC Transport Seminar Series: Delivering better transport: a journey from austerity to growth

The management and control of teacher identities: the case of distributed leadership

12:30 - 14:00 5 October 2011
Speaker: Dave Hall. For further info, please contact: diane.brooks@manchester.ac.uk

Unearthed Ancient Egypt: taster session for grandparents

15:00 - 16:00 5 October 2011
3-4pm. Have a cup of tea, see Museum objects and find out about our latest projects.

Soriah

13:00 6 October 2011
Portland-based musician and ritual artist Soriah (a.k.a. Enrique Ugalde) combines traditional Tuvan throat singing and classical Indian raga chanting with rock and roll influences and…

John Hegley English performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter

20:00 8 October 2011
Critically acclaimed performance poet John Hegley returns to enchant us with his interactive poetic genius and silliness. John Hegley is widely known as one of the country's most…

University of Manchester Undergraduate Open Days

10:00 - 16:00 8 October 2011
The best way to get a feel for what The University of Manchester is all about is to come and visit us on one of our open days. Open days give you the chance to find out more about the…

“Colm Tóibín in Conversation” with Alan Hollinghurst

18:30 10 October 2011
Acclaimed novelist and journalist Colm Tóibín, newly appointed as Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing, hosts the first in a series…

The Psychology of Voters in the 2010 UK General Elections

16:00 - 17:30 11 October 2011
Speakers: Michael Bruter & Sarah Harrison, London School of Economics This seminar is one in a series for 2011/12 held by the Institute for Social Change [ISC] & Cathie Marsh Centre…

Using an ANT Perspective to Analyse the Planning of Sustainable Commercial Office Development

14:00 - 16:00 11 October 2011
Manchester Architecture Research Centre (SED) present Using an ANT Perspective to Analyse the Planning of Sustainable Commercial Office Development Speaker: Yvonne Rydin (UCL, London)…

Northern Baroque

13:00 13 October 2011
Amanda Babington (violin and recorder), Cait Walker (oboe and recorder), Claire Babington (cello) and David Francis (harpsichord) present an exciting programme of baroque chamber works,…

University of Manchester Music Society Contemporary Works

13:00 14 October 2011
Join us for the first of our free Friday Lunchtime Concert series, with a selection of contemporary pieces and student commissions for small chamber ensembles. FREE

Big Saturday: Ancient Egypt

11:00 - 16:00 15 October 2011
11am-4pm. With the help of our new Unearthed: Ancient Egypt exhibition, journey back to the 1920s to our Egyptologist’s store room for some archaeological training. Our Egyptologist,…

Reality 7 - One Stage One Voice One Heritage Tour Series

19:30 15 October 2011
Celebrate Black History Month a community celebration of One Heritage, on One stage, in One Voice! Join Reality 7 as they embark on their maiden tour of the United Kingdom. Nominated…

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