Manchester Museum

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…

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…

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…

We Face Forward: A West African Festival

13:00 - 18:00 15 September 2012
1-6pm. Piccadilly Gardens. For the London 2012 Festival, Manchester has been celebrating all things West African with exhibitions, events, concerts, artists installations and a…

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

12:00 - 13:00 18 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 - every Tues & Thurs

12:00 - 13:00 20 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.

Big Saturday: Harvest Festival

11:00 - 16:00 22 September 2012
11am-4pm. Celebrate the Harvest Festival with a day of hands-on activities for all the family. Find out about the marvels of worms in our composting workshops and see the wormery…

10 week WEA course: The Natural World - Natures Top Predators

14:45 - 16:45 24 September 2012
2.45-4.45pm - 10 week course (starting 24 Sep) run by the Workers Educational Association (North West Region). This course will look at the great predators of the natural world, the…

10 week WEA course: Investigating Manchester’s industrial past

14:45 - 16:45 25 September 2012
2.45-4.45pm. 10 week course (starting 25 Sep) run by the Workers Educational Association. Ever wondered how history is created? What about the industrial heritage of Manchester? This…

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

12:00 - 13:00 25 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.

Geology identification drop-in session

14:00 - 15:00 27 September 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: Fruit & veg

10:30 - 12:30 28 September 2012
10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Urban Naturalist: Seeds

14:00 - 16:00 29 September 2012
2-4pm. As autumn arrives, Dr. Rachel Webster, Curator of Botany at The Manchester Museum, will help you learn how to harvest, clean and prepare seeds for storage. Practice your skills…

Baby Explorers

12:15 - 14:45 2 October 2012
Every other Tuesday. 12.15-1.15pm & 1.45-2.45pm Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren’t walking yet.

The Animal Estate 25 Years On

13:00 - 14:00 5 October 2012
1-2pm. With Professor Harriet Ritvo. In 1986 Professor Ritvo published The Animal Estate: The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age, a book that broke new ground in Victorian…

Breed: The British & their Dogs

6 October 2012 - 14 April 2013
6 October 2012-14 April 2013 The history of the British Isles and its inhabitants, both human and canine, has long been entwined. Breed reveals the enduring and affectionate relationship…

Grand day out for grandparents

12:00 7 October 2012
12-4pm. Are the grandchildren brimming with energy and you fancy having some fun with them? Bring the whole family and make an afternoon of it with fun free family activities at both…

Big Saturday: Dogs on Show

11:00 - 16:00 13 October 2012
11am-4pm. With live dogs in our courtyard and activities for all the family. You can meet a Bloodhound, Bulldog, Borzoi, Collie, Pekinese and Irish Wolfhound and their breeders. There’s…

Manchester Weekender: Bunford & Kashiwagi...in the mix

14:00 - 15:00 13 October 2012
2-3pm. Huw Bunford (Super Furry Animals) and artist, Naomi Kashiwagi perform new soundscapes that tune into and crank up the volume of found sounds in the Museum. The performance will…

Manchester Weekender: Manchester Dogs

13:30 - 14:30 13 October 2012
1.30-2.30pm. The story of three types of canine associated with Manchester and its region: street dogs, Manchester terriers and the Lyme Hall mastiffs. In the nineteenth century…

Manchester Weekender: Speed Chess

12:00 - 14:00 13 October 2012
12-2pm. Alan Turing is known to many as a celebrated Manchester genius – you may know him better for building the world’s first programmable computer, code breaking at Bletchley or…

The Confucius Institute talks on China: How do China’s leading thinkers view the rest of the world

13:00 - 14:00 17 October 2012
1-2pm. With Astrid Nordin. Featuring speakers with specialist knowledge of China, these talks cover diverse topics from literature to politics, art, recreation and economics with the…

What a dog might tell us: on photography, perfectibility, and the aesthetics of breed

18:00 - 20:00 23 October 2012
6-8pm. With artist Jo Longhurst. For several years Jo worked with eminent British Whippet breeders, photographing their dogs by bloodline, exploring their quest for the perfect dog.…

Ancient Worlds

26 October 2012
In 2012, to mark the centenary of the first Egypt gallery to be opened at the Museum, we are opening Ancient Worlds - three new galleries highlighting our collections from Manchester…

Magic Carpet: Cats & dogs

10:30 - 12:30 26 October 2012
10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

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