Manchester Museum

Big Saturday: Manchester

11:00 - 16:00 25 February 2012
11am-4pm. The stories behind objects in The Manchester Museum can tell us many things about Manchester’s history, such as Maharaja the elephant’s walk from Edinburgh to Manchester’s…

Eight lions and an umbrella

25 February 2012
12 & 3pm. Using the history of the umbrella as a starting point, this Museum urban safari is an exploration of Manchester's heritage as a Northern Leontopolis (City of Lions) and an introduction to Survival French.

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…

Gripping yarns: keeping your toes warm in ancient Egypt

14:00 - 16:00 25 February 2012
Is this the oldest sock you’ll ever see? Be inspired by the Museum’s 1,700 year old Romano-Egyptian sock and other knitted items. Part of the Close Knit series of knitting workshops,…

Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 25 February 2012
2-4pm. Kitchen, garden waste and a suitable container are all the ingredients you need for good homemade compost. Join Geraldine Wall, our compost expert, for tips on successful composting.…

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…

Weather wise: using past weather impacts to plan for the future

14:30 - 15:30 25 February 2012
2.30-3.30pm. The EcoCities project is studying ways of reacting to changing weather patterns in Greater Manchester. Come and meet the EcoCities researchers who will speak a bit more…

Marie Stopes and The Manchester Museum

13:00 - 14:00 27 February 2012
1-2pm. David Gelsthorpe, Curator of Earth Sciences, will give a talk on Marie Stopes at The Manchester Museum, Scott of the Antarctic and her adventures in Japan. Part of Manchester Histories Festival.

Behind the Scenes tours of the Herbarium (plant store)

13:30 29 February 2012
1.30-2pm & 2.15-3.15pm. Find out about three collectors, Leo Grindon, Charles Bailey and James Cosmo who donated many of the plants in The Manchester Museum’s Herbarium. This is an…

Leap Day talks

10:00 - 16:00 29 February 2012
10.00am: Adam Bland - The Reproduction of Central American Leaf Frogs and their captive breeding as an important conservation tool. 10.45am: Matthew Wilson - The Ecology and Habits…

The Confucius Institute talks on China

13:00 - 14:00 29 February 2012
1-2pm. China is the most populous country in the world with a vast and diverse cultural landscape and a history that contains the roots of modern civilisation. This series of talks…

Scott of the Antarctic and Manchester: the untold story

18:00 - 20:00 1 March 2012
6-8pm. Dr Max Jones, The University of Manchester, author of The Last Great Quest and editor of the Oxford World’s Classics edition of Scott’s last Journals, will reveal for the first…

Salford Sioux

13:00 - 14:00 2 March 2012
1-2pm. Join Stephen Welsh, Curator of Living Cultures at The Manchester Museum to find out why hundreds of Sioux Indians set up camp on the banks of the Irwell in Salford. Part of Manchester Histories Festival.

Showcase lecture - The Park in the City: Whitworth Park Community Archaeology and History Project

15:00 - 16:30 7 March 2012
3-4.30pm. With Hannah Cobb, Melanie Giles and Sian Jones, The University of Manchester. Public parks are important components of urban landscapes throughout the UK, a response to the…

Big Saturday: Jurassic climate change

11:00 - 16:00 10 March 2012
11am-4pm. Come and see Percy the Plesiosaur at The Manchester Museum. Join us for a day of events celebrating Percy’s redisplay and exploring the Jurassic Climate Change. Make your…

The Tech Factor Challenge and Bug Hunt

12:00 11 March 2012
12-3pm. To complete the Tech Factor Challenge, follow QR code clues to search for examples of technology amongst the Museum’s displays. At each clue in the treasure hunt you will find…

Tour of the Botany stores

13:30 14 March 2012
Every Wednesday, 1.30-2.15pm & 2.15-3pm: Tours of the stores. Go behind the scenes and explore our Palaeontology and Botany stores (one store per week).

Mummies in medicine and the imagination

14:00 - 15:00 17 March 2012
Discover how changing medical practices shaped new ways of thinking about archaeology, mummies and ancient Egypt. From the medical study of human remains came ideas about history and…

The Body Experience

11:00 - 15:00 17 March 2012
11am-3pm. Come on a tour of the human body with scientists from Life Sciences and Human and Medical Sciences at The University of Manchester. Collect your “passport” and travel around…

Body Bits: Ethics of Using Biomaterials

18:30 - 20:00 20 March 2012
6.30-8pm. Guided tour of the ‘Human Body Trail’ which links Museum exhibits to the themes of biomaterials, enhancement, genethics, and reproduction, followed by discussion on the ethics…

Tours of the Vivarium (live animals) - every Tues & Thurs (except school holidays)

12:00 - 13:00 20 March 2012
Every Tues & Thurs, 12-1pm (except school holidays). Tours of the Vivarium (live animals). Meet the Museum's live animals and learn about the education and conservation work taking place beyond the displays.

Tour of the Palaeontology stores

13:30 21 March 2012
Every Wednesday, 1.30-2.15pm & 2.15-3pm: Tours of the stores. Go behind the scenes and explore our Palaeontology and Botany stores (one store per week).

Tours of the Vivarium (live animals) - every Tues & Thurs (except school holidays)

12:00 - 13:00 22 March 2012
Every Tues & Thurs, 12-1pm (except school holidays). Tours of the Vivarium (live animals). Meet the Museum's live animals and learn about the education and conservation work taking place beyond the displays.

Alan Turing and Life’s Enigma

24 March - 18 November 2012
Inspired by 1950s design and combining Alan Turing’s notes with museum objects, this exhibition documents Turing’s investigation into one of the great mysteries of nature: how complex…

Tour of the Botany stores

13:30 28 March 2012
Every Wednesday, 1.30-2.15pm & 2.15-3pm: Tours of the stores Go behind the scenes and explore our Palaeontology and Botany stores (one store per week).

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