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…

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…

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…

Alan Turing: science and sexuality

17:30 - 19:30 22 August 2012
5.30-7.30pm. Join scientists, activists and exhibition curators for a panel debate on the theme of Alan Turing: science and sexuality. Part of Manchester Pride Festival

Northern Elements

19:30 - 21:30 22 August 2012
Manchester based collective Bad Language bring together two well-known writers of poetry and prose to create new work established from content inside the Manchester Museum. Over…

Summer holidays: Manchester Anansi Spider

13:00 - 15:00 22 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…

Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 25 August 2012
2-4pm. Summer wild food forage with Jesper Launder, in association with Cracking Good Food. Summertime lends itself to outdoor activities and whether rain or shine, conditions for…

Summer holidays: Manchester Anansi Spider

13:00 - 15:00 29 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…

Geology identification drop-in session

14:00 - 15:00 30 August 2012
2-3pm. Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be in the Resource Centre once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.

Magic Carpet: West Africa

10:30 - 12:30 31 August 2012
10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Turing’s textiles

10:00 - 16:00 8 September 2012
10am-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…

Pan African Congress

18:00 - 20:00 11 September 2012
6-8pm. Panel debate on the lasting impact of the 1945 Pan African Congress in Manchester. From 15 to 21 October 1945, Manchester was the setting for 90 delegates who gathered at All…

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

12:00 - 13:00 11 September 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 13 September 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.

After Hours: A Taste of West Africa

18:30 - 21:00 14 September 2012
6.30-9pm. Join us on our journey through Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone and experience the rich and diverse culture of West Africa with a musical, art, food and cultural…

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