Manchester Museum

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).

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…

Day School: Heronbridge – an early battlefield assemblage rediscovered

10:00 - 16:30 29 March 2012
10.30-11.15am: Bryan Sitch ‘The Manchester Museum and a long lost collection’ 11.20-12.05pm: Nick Higham ‘Bede and the Battle of Chester' 12.05-12.50pm: Mark Zumbuhl ‘The Battle…

Museum Meets: After Hours

18:30 - 21:00 29 March 2012
6.30-9pm. After Hours are evening social events where you encounter the unexpected. Artists, scientists, filmmakers, writers and musicians animate our collections in special one-off…

Magic Carpet: Dinosaurs

11:00 - 12:00 30 March 2012
11am-12pm. Dinosaur storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 31 March 2012
2-4pm. Frogs, Toads and Newts - top tips on how to identify the five amphibians that live in Manchester’s gardens and parks. Get close to Manchester’s toads and meet Matt Wilson to…

Easter Holidays: The Museum Allotment

11:00 2 - 16:00 13 April 2012
11am-4pm. Come & see what’s growing on the allotment. Decorate recycled yogurt pots and plastic cups to create your personalised plant pot to take home. You can also make colourful…

Wonderful Whitworth Wildlife Big Saturday

12:00 - 16:00 14 April 2012
Join The Manchester Museum Youth Board and the Friends of Whitworth park for a festival of fun in Whitworth Park at our Wonderful Whitworth Wildlife big Saturday to help us create a…

The Confucius Institute talks on China - The first Chinese books in London: the collection of Sir Hans Sloane

13:00 - 14:00 25 April 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…

Magic Carpet: Minibeasts

11:00 - 12:00 27 April 2012
11am-12pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Big Saturday: Minibeasts & us

11:00 - 16:00 28 April 2012
11am-4pm. Come along to the Minibeasts & us Big Saturday and find out more about these fascinating creatures. See giant models of minibeasts such as a Ladybird, Forest Ant and Woodlouse.…

Love Food Festival

11:00 - 15:00 28 April 2012
The Love Food Festival aims to encourage people in Manchester to eat more sustainable and fresher foods by supporting local growers, learning how to grow your own food, and learning…

Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 28 April 2012
2-4pm. Spring wild food walk with Jesper Launder, in association with Cracking good food. By the end of April the early edible springtime shoots are at their very best for harvest.…

Showcase lecture: Hacking the Museum

15:00 - 16:30 2 May 2012
3-4.30pm. With Chris Speed, The University of Edinburgh. This talk will reflect upon the temporal characteristics of the emerging phenomenon known as the Internet of Things. As objects…

Tour of the Palaeontology stores

13:30 2 May 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).

Cairo Chaos

11:00 - 12:00 13 May 2012
With the esteemed poet extraordinaire, Toot and Carboot in collaboration with the terrifyingly talented magician, Watt the Heka. More ‘laffs than a safari full of mere cats. More…

New Object Lessons: Curating for 2012 and Beyond

10:00 - 13:00 16 May 2012
10am-1pm. Specially devised for museum professionals and creative practitioners, this brand new edition of the highly popular and thought-provoking Curating for 2012 will explore links…

After Hours – secret gardens in the city

18:30 - 20:30 18 May 2012
6.30-8.30pm. For our Museums at Night After Hours, we're inviting you to our tranquil secret gardens in the city. Play croquet on our allotment with a glass of pimms, go into our secret…

Big Saturday: Patterns in nature

11:00 - 16:00 19 May 2012
11am-4pm. In an incredible article published in 1952, Alan Turing suggested that everything from the spots and stripes on animals to the arrangement of pine cones and flowers could…

Showcase lecture: What is happening behind the hoardings?

15:00 - 16:30 23 May 2012
3-4.30pm. With Sam Sportun, The Manchester Museum. An update on the re-display of the Museum's Ancient Egypt and Archaeology galleries: the challenges and opportunities that the Heritage…

Magic Carpet: Nature

11:00 - 12:00 25 May 2012
Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

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

12:00 - 13:00 29 May 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.

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

12:00 - 13:00 31 May 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.

Big Saturday: Manchester Anansi Spider

11:00 - 16:00 2 June 2012
11am-4pm. See the Anansi Spider story brought to life in a performance by the Men’s Room Community Group and Royal Exchange Theatre. Have a look around our We Face Forward: Anansi Stories…

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