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…

The archaeology of ritual, shrines and sacrifice in Northern Ghana

18:00 - 20:00 21 June 2012
6-8pm. With Timothy Insoll, Professor of Archaeology at The University of Manchester. Tim has carried out field projects among the Tallensi of Northern Ghana and has participated in…

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

12:00 - 13:00 21 June 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.

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 Face Forward: Anansi Stories

2 June - 16 September 2012
A popular character in West African and Caribbean folklore, Anansi the Spider is a trickster who started life as a man, but due to his mischievous ways was turned into a spider by his…

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

12:00 - 13:00 26 June 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.

Manchester Art Walk

17:30 - 19:30 27 June 2012
5.30-7.30pm. Manchester Art Walks are bi monthly, after hours, whistle stop tours of a hand picked selection of the top exhibitions happening in Manchester and Salford. Manchester…

The Confucius Institute talks on China: China’s international relations with Europe and the wider world

13:00 - 14:00 27 June 2012
1-2pm. Featuring speakers with specialist knowledge of China, these talks cover diverse topics from literature to politics, art, recreation and economics with the aim of demystifying contemporary China.

Creativity in tough times: Turing and Manchester University after the Second World War

18:00 - 19:00 28 June 2012
6-7pm. With Professor John Pickstone, The University of Manchester. The impact of Alan Turing is indisputable, so too the tragedy of his suicide. In many ways, his ideas on computing…

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

12:00 - 13:00 28 June 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.

Magic Carpet: Spiders

10:30 - 12:30 29 June 2012
10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers. As this event is so popular, there will now be two sessions (10.30am &…

Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 30 June 2012
2-4pm. Moths. Cabbage whites were spotted in the Museum allotment last year. Our moth experts Phil Rispin and Michael Dockery will be putting out the moth traps on Friday night - the…

Anansi the Spider

11:00 - 16:00 1 July 2012
11am-4pm. Anansi is a spider who stars in stories told in Africa and around the world. Weave a web of stories about spiders and add your story to our giant spider book. Abi "Peppers"…

Big Saturday: Volcanoes

11:00 - 16:00 14 July 2012
11am-4pm. Find out more about volcanoes, see mini volcanic eruptions, make your own volcano and find out what it is like to be in an eruption! Our curators will be on hand to show you…

Conservation in action

12:00 18 July 2012
12-2pm. In 2012, to mark the centenary of the first Egypt gallery to be opened at The Manchester Museum, we are planning on opening Ancient Worlds - three new galleries highlighting…

Summer holidays - Unearthed: Ancient Egypt

11:00 23 July - 16:00 31 August 2012
11am-4pm. Visit our Unearthed: Ancient Egypt exhibition and help our Egyptologist Dr Digby (played on film by Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories) investigate and record his finds.…

Skulls, death and the Dark Ages

11:00 - 16:00 25 July 2012
11am-4pm. Watch a battle re-enactment and make your own sword and shield inspired by our collection. Part of the Festival of British Archaeology.

Skulls, death and the Dark Ages talk

13:00 - 14:00 25 July 2012
1-2pm. In this presentation aimed at a family and adult audience, our Curator of Archaeology, Bryan Sitch, talks about recent work on human skeletons from Heronbridge near Chester.…

Magic Carpet: Rocks

10:30 - 12:30 27 July 2012
10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers. As this event is so popular, there will now be two sessions (10.30am &…

Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 28 July 2012
2-4pm. Do you ever see ferns growing on walls in towns and wondered what they are and how they got there? Come along to this session and find out. The session will include an illustrated…

Summer holidays: Manchester Anansi Spider

13:00 - 15:00 1 August 2012
Wednesday 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 August, 1-3pm. Create your own stories by cutting and sticking characters from the original Anansi Spider stories. You can also take a look at the We Face…

Big Saturday: Nature Discovery

11:00 - 16:00 4 August 2012
11am-4pm. A day of hands-on activities for all the family, inspired by our Nature Discovery gallery.

Summer holidays: Manchester Anansi Spider

13:00 - 15:00 8 August 2012
Wednesday 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 August, 1-3pm. Create your own stories by cutting and sticking characters from the original Anansi Spider stories. You can also take a look at the We Face…

Summer holidays: Manchester Anansi Spider

13:00 - 15:00 15 August 2012
Wednesday 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 August, 1-3pm. Create your own stories by cutting and sticking characters from the original Anansi Spider stories. You can also take a look at the We Face…

Tours of Alan Turing and Life’s Enigma

13:00 17 - 13:30 23 August 2012
Friday 17, Saturday 18, Monday 20-Thursday 23 August, (not Sunday 19), 1-1.30pm. From 1951-54 Alan Turing worked on the early computers next door to the Manchester Museum to answer…

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