Manchester Museum

A sustainable future for Manchester

18:00 7 - 20:00 28 May 2013
Tuesdays 7, 14, 21, & 28 May, 6-8pm. The Faculty of Life Sciences at The University of Manchester and Manchester Museum are hosting a series of discussion events exploring the development…

After Hours: Nature’s Library (part of Museums at Night: Lost & Found)

17:00 - 21:00 16 May 2013
Thursday 16 May, 5-9pm. With Richard Wentworth leading proceedings (thanks to everyone who voted), the city’s museums and galleries are staging a series of evening events (including…

All Other Things Being Equal

1 December 2012 - 2 June 2013
The Ecuadorian Amazon is one of the most biodiverse and endangered regions of our planet. Many people want to protect the biodiversity that remains, but the reality on the ground is…

Audio descriptive tour of Nature's Library

15:00 - 16:00 16 May 2013
3-4pm. An audio descriptive tour of our new Nature's Library gallery.

Looping and Linking installation

10 February - 26 May 2013
If you take a closer look at the tree outside the entrance to the Museum, you will discover a soundscape and installation of weaved local grasses telling a tale of illness and lost…

The Manchester Community Choir Perform

12:00 - 12:30 18 May 2013
Manchester Community Choir, formed in 1999, exists to bring together and encourage people from all sections of the community to sing together and to share the joy of song. The Choir…

MCA and Mental Capacity – An overview, consent to care and treatment, and responses to request for opinion as to capacity.

15:30 - 16:30 22 May 2013
The theme for this year's Dementia Awareness campaign is talking, and there will be activities and events across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. To support this campaign Manchester…

Big Saturday: Warriors of the Plains

11:00 - 16:00 25 May 2013
Saturday 25 May, 11am-4pm. Explore the newly opened Warriors of the Plains: 200 years of Native North American honour and ritual exhibition, on tour from the British Museum, and find…

Urban Naturalist: Spring wild food forage

14:00 - 16:00 25 May 2013
Saturday 25 May, 2-4pm. May is a wonderfully rich time of year for anyone interested in finding wild foods for free. There are still a number of edible tender leaves and shoots to…

Warriors of the Plains: 200 years of Native North American honour and ritual

25 May - 3 November 2013
Ceremonial shirts, moccasins and tomahawks, alongside photographs of these objects in use, bring to life the world of Native North American warfare and ritual from 1800 to the present…

May half term: Nature’s Library

11:00 27 - 16:00 31 May 2013
Monday 27-Friday 31 May, 11am-4pm. Make marvellous mobiles inspired by the new Nature's Library gallery.

RNCM in the City

12:00 27 May 2013
Monday 27 May, 12pm. This event is part of RNCM in the City, a series of 40 free performances taking place in 40 different venues across Manchester and Salford marking the College’s…

Manchester Museum Book Club

17:30 - 18:30 28 May 2013
Tuesday 28 May, 5.30-6.30pm. Buy a glass of wine or cup of coffee, meet people and discuss books inspired by the Museum’s new Nature’s Library gallery and brought to life by Museum…

Manchester Art Walk visits MMU, Manchester Museum and Whitworth Art Gallery

17:30 - 19:30 30 May 2013
Thursday 30 May, 5.30-7.30pm, starting outside the entrance to the MMU All Saints Building. At just under a mile long, the next Manchester Art Walk will visit the Special Collections…

Rock Drop: Geology identification session

14:00 - 15:00 30 May 2013
2-3pm. Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be in the Collections Study Centre once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.

Borneo - a biologists expedition of discovery

14:00 - 15:00 31 May 2013
Friday 31 May, 2-3pm. Australian biologist and herpetologist George Madani will fly into Manchester on Friday 31 May to talk about his recent expedition to Borneo. George, who is…

Magic Carpet: Warriors of the Plains

10:30 - 12:30 31 May 2013
Friday 31 May, 10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Collection Bites: Think Eat Save

13:15 - 14:00 5 June 2013
Wednesday 5 June, 1.15-2pm. Join our series of guest speakers for lunchtime conversations discussing key objects from the collection. This month's Collection Bites will focus on…

WEA course: Exploring Civilisation: Ancient Lands of the Middle East

14:45 - 16:45 5 June 2013
Wednesday 5 June, 2.45pm-4.45pm, for 5 weeks. The Middle East provides us with the earliest evidence of our founding civilisations. We will look at how environmental changes and natural…

Fakes or Finds!

14:00 - 15:00 7 June 2013
Join Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and the Sudan and find out how to tell Egyptian treasure form tourist tat! What tell-tale signs distinguish a genuine piece from a modern imitation?…

Egyptian ceramic jewellery

11:30 - 15:30 9 June 2013
Sundays 9 & 16 June, 11.30am-3.30pm. Join Clay OK for this two day course where you can learn a number of ceramic jewellery techniques, inspired by our ancient Egyptian jewellery. …

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 14:15 11 June 2013
Every other Tuesday (except school hols*), 10.30-11.15am, 12.30-1.15pm, 1.30-2.15pm. Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren’t walking yet. *During school…

The Confucius Institute China talks: Hong Kong Cinema

13:00 - 14:00 12 June 2013
Wednesday 12 June, 1-2pm. Kaby Kung (The University of Manchester) will introduce the rich landscape of Hong Kong cinema.

Film screening of Jerzy Kawalerowicz's Pharaoh (Faraon)

18:00 - 21:30 14 June 2013
Friday 14 June, 6pm. The Polish Consulate in Manchester will be hosting a film screening at the Museum of PHARAOH (Faraon) dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz Poland 1966 180 min In…

Dig It: Archaeology identification sessions

12:00 - 13:00 21 June 2013
Our Curator of Archaeology, Bryan Sitch, will be in the Collections Study Centre to answer your questions and identify your archaeological finds. During the session Bryan will be…

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