All events

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…

Campus Visits for School and College Groups

13:30 - 15:30 25 July 2012
A presentation on The University of Manchester and Higher Education - helping students to be aware of the choices available to them. This is followed by a chance to meet some current…

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.…

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.…

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…

Carpet Burns - Book Launch with Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets)

20:00 - 22:00 27 July 2012
Tom Hingley will be reading excerpts from his Inspiral Carpets biography, Carpet Burns at this official launch event for the book. Hingley will also be interviewed by Mike Joyce (The…

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…

Guided Visits

13:30 - 15:30 1 August 2012
A presentation on The University of Manchester by a member of the Undergraduate Recruitment and Widening Participation Team, followed by a question and answer session and a tour of the campus with a current student

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…

UMASS Personal Statement Session

14:00 - 16:00 1 August 2012
The University of Manchester Aspiring Students Society (UMASS) offers information and advice on higher education to all level 3 learners – to join visit http://www.umass.manchester.ac.uk/…

UMASS Personal Statement Session

14:00 - 16:00 1 August 2012
These bespoke interactive Personal Statement workshops will include information about the UCAS application process, what Admissions Tutors are looking for, and what makes a successful…

UMASS Personal Statement Session

14:00 - 16:00 2 August 2012
The University of Manchester Aspiring Students Society (UMASS) offers information and advice on higher education to all level 3 learners – to join visit http://www.umass.manchester.ac.uk/…

UMASS Personal Statement Session

14:00 - 16:00 3 August 2012
These bespoke interactive Personal Statement workshops will include information about the UCAS application process, what Admissions Tutors are looking for, and what makes a successful…

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…

Consuming our Future : The Climate Change Impact of UK Consumers

16:30 - 18:00 9 August 2012
Speaker : Dr Ruth Wood RSVP or contact Amrita with any queries : tyndall@manchester.ac.uk

Guided Visits

13:30 - 15:30 15 August 2012
A presentation on The University of Manchester by a member of the Undergraduate Recruitment and Widening Participation Team, followed by a question and answer session and a tour of the campus with a current student

MAP Personal Statement Presentation

14:00 - 15:00 15 August 2012
This presentation is designed to give guidance to Manchester Access Programme students on completing a personal statement and the UCAS process.

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…

Manchester Pride Chamber Music Lunchtime Concert

13:00 - 15:00 20 August 2012
Now in its fifth year, Manchester Pride’s series of chamber music recitals celebrates LGBT composers and features internationally renowned performers as well as young, local talent.…

Pride presents LGBT: Unlikely Bedfellows

19:30 - 22:00 20 August 2012
LGBT: Unlikely Bedfellows by: Neil Bartlett, Stella Duffy, Rob Ellis & Jackie Kay Directed by Jonathan Best A quartet of new monologues by four of the UK’s leading writers…

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