Manchester Museum

CANCELLED: Manchester Science Festival: Mummies in medicine and the imagination

14:30 - 15:30 26 October 2011
CANCELLED - unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to ill health. Look out next year for a rearranged date. Discover how changing medical practices shaped new ways of thinking…

Oct half term - Unearthed: Ancient Egypt

11:00 24 - 16:00 28 October 2011
11am-4pm. Unearth science and technology from ancient Egypt. Different daily activities include making pyramids, mummifying oranges and going on an archaeological dig. Learn some archaeology…

The Confucius Institute China talk - Precious Litter: Qing imperial craft production and intangible cultural heritage

12:30 - 13:30 26 October 2011
12.30-1.30pm. With Professor Dagmar Schaefer. When we think of the treasures of the Forbidden City, we imagine white porcelain, intricately carved woodworks and lucent jades.…

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…

Manchester Science Festival: Barometer Live: Weather and climate evening

17:15 - 20:00 27 October 2011
5.15-8pm. Start your evening with Weather vs Climate, the live Podcast by the Barometer Podcast team. What causes cold UK winters, flooding in Pakistan and wildfires in Australia -…

Magic Carpet: Ancient Egypt

11:00 - 12:00 28 October 2011
11am-12pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s.

Manchester Science Festival: Amoeba to Zebra

12:00 28 October 2011
This event is now fully booked. 12-1.30pm & 3-4.30pm. Ever seen a mollusc play the guitar? How about a drumming buffalo, or perhaps even a bass-playing frog? All of this and a whole…

Manchester Science Festival: Science Spectacular

11:00 - 15:00 29 October 2011
11am-3pm. Find out why plants don't fall over, journey through a jet engine, explore the invisible universe, snuggle up to some usual insects, and help us hunt for dinosaurs. Families…

Manchester Science Festival: Stitch a solar system

11:00 - 15:00 29 October 2011
11am-3pm. Knit your very own solar system to hang up at home or contribute to our growing galaxy of knitted planets, meteorites and stars. Pick up some knitting skills from our resident…

Manchester Science Festival: The human body trail

14:00 - 15:30 29 October 2011
2-3.30pm. Follow the Human Body Trail around Manchester, through museums, across the city centre and into cyberspace! Join our guided walk and discussion in The Manchester Museum (including…

Manchester Science Festival: Fire and ice: what makes volcanoes dangerous?

14:00 - 15:00 30 October 2011
2-3pm. What makes some volcanic eruptions explosive - and what happens when volcanoes and ice meet? Join Dr Hugh Tuffen, Royal Society Research Fellow at Lancaster University, whose…

Manchester Science Festival: Why ginger takes the biscuit in helping save the stag beetle

12:00 30 October 2011
12-1pm. Delve into the secret world of the stag beetle, our largest terrestrial beetle. Only by finding a way to monitor it can we conserve it. Discover how they can be monitored using…

Confucius Institute talk - Bond markets, revolutions, and the Chinese Maritime Customs Service

12:30 - 13:30 2 November 2011
12.30-1.30pm. With Professor Hans van de Ven, Professor of Modern Chinese History, Cambridge University. This talk will address the emergence of bond markets in China, their links with…

Geohazards: their occurrence & causes - five week course

15:00 - 17:00 2 November 2011
A five week course (starting Wed 2 Nov) organised by the Workers' Educational Association looking at how nature past & present has shaped our world. Examining exhibits from The Manchester…

The Festival of Social Science 2011: The Science of Emotions

14:00 - 16:00 4 November 2011
2-4pm. A two hour-programme of activities exploring the Why, What and How of emotions. Have you ever wondered why we have emotions? Have you ever experienced an emotion and wanted…

Chavs: the demonization of the working class

19:00 - 21:00 9 November 2011
7-9pm. Café Politique Manchester with author Owen Jones IPPR North, in partnership with The Manchester Museum and Couture Manchester, would like to invite you to take part in this…

Big Saturday: Autumn on the allotment

11:00 - 16:00 12 November 2011
11am-4pm. Take part in craft activities and watch a family friendly film; see, smell and taste seasonal food during a food demonstration by Cracking Good Food; and get some top tips…

Showcase lecture - From natural history to human ecology: the philosophy behind the new 'Living Worlds' gallery

15:00 - 16:30 16 November 2011
3-4.30pm. With Henry McGhie, Head of Collections and Curator of Zoology, The Manchester Museum. Living Worlds opened in April 2011 as the latest display of one of the Museum's original…

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…

Magic Carpet: Chocolate

11:00 - 12:00 25 November 2011
Ludwig the little badger and his woodland friends, Squirrel, Bird and Mouse are some of the characters you’ll get to know in this storytelling and activity session for under 5s, featuring…

Museum Meets: After Hours

18:30 - 21:30 26 November 2011
6.30-9.30pm. See the Museum in a new light, at the first of our regular after hours events. There will be a fusion of Victorian and contemporary photography, gramophone music, photography…

Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 26 November 2011
2-4pm. The first of our monthly practical, friendly workshops for adults, run by leading naturalists. From wild food-foraging and composting to bird song and insect identification,…

Human bodies: animal bodies

18:00 - 19:30 28 November 2011
6-7.30pm, followed by a drinks reception. A discussion to consider the opportunities and implications of biomedical research involving the combination of human and animal cells…

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