Manchester Museum

Collecting Trees

22 June - 6 October 2013
Trees are important to all of us. People plant trees to commemorate loved ones, climb them as children (and sometimes as adults) and worry about them being cut down. Collecting Trees…

Transploration

8 July - 31 August 2013
Temporary exhibition at Manchester Museum by artist, Tracey Walshaw Opens 8 July An exploration of the kidney transplant experience. The celebrated works of artist Tracey…

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…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 9 July 2013
Every other Tuesday, except school hols*. 10.30-11.15am & 11.30am-12.15pm & 1-1.45pm. Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren’t walking yet. *During school…

How to identify dinosaur bones and eggs

14:00 - 15:00 11 July 2013
Thursday 11 July, 2-3pm. Have you found a dinosaur bone or egg? Come along to meet our Curator of Earth Sciences and find out how to tell if your fossil is a real dinosaur bone or egg and see the real thing close up.

Big Saturday: Dig Now

11:00 - 16:00 13 July 2013
Saturday 13 July, 11am-4pm. Meet curators and archaeology students and find out more about archaeology today, including finds from the Whitworth Park Archaeology Project and Dig Manchester.…

Conservation on show

13:00 13 - 15:00 25 July 2013
Saturday 13, Thursday 18, Tuesday 23 & Thursday 25 July, 1-3pm. Meet the Museum’s conservation team and find out about their work – cleaning objects and helping to restore a cast of a pre-dynastic hippo bowl.

Rock Drop: Geology identification sessions

14:00 - 15:00 18 July 2013
Thursday 18 July, 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.

Dig It: Archaeology identification sessions

12:00 - 13:00 19 July 2013
Friday 19 July, 12-1pm. Our Curator of Archaeology, Bryan Sitch, will be in the Collections Study Centre to answer your questions and identify your archaeological finds. During…

What can you learn from an ancient sock?

13:00 - 15:00 21 July 2013
Sunday 21 July, 1-3pm. Experimental archaeology is the science of copying ancient technology. By studying and imitating artefacts like Manchester Museum’s Coptic sock (from c. 600…

Summer Hols

11:00 22 July - 16:00 30 August 2013
Summer Hols Monday 22 July-Friday 30 August, 11am-4pm. Drop-in, free, all ages Mon 29 Jul-Fri 30 Aug Nature’s Library activities: Explore the newly opened Nature’s Library gallery…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 23 July 2013
(every other Tuesday, except school hols*), 10.30-11.15am & 11.30am-12.15pm & 1-1.45pm. Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren’t walking yet. *When there are drop-in sensory play sessions

Manchester Museum Book Club

17:30 - 18:30 23 July 2013
Tuesday 23 July, 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…

Ian Panter and Conserving the Past – Voices from the Ancient Worlds gallery

13:00 - 14:00 24 July 2013
Wednesday 24 July, 1-2pm. Our picture of what life was like in the past would be very incomplete if we didn't conserve and display ancient wood. Unfortunately once removed from its…

After Hours: Trees

18:30 - 21:00 25 July 2013
Thursday 25 July 6.30pm-9.00pm Drop in, free. Explore our Collecting Trees exhibition at night and enter our woodland wonderland. Listen to wood music with Jali Nyonkoling…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 12:30 26 July 2013
10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Urban Naturalist: Summer tree walk

14:00 - 16:00 27 July 2013
Saturday 27 July, 2-4pm. Manchester has treated trees badly over the years. Only the hardiest ones survived when the city was at the height of its industrial fame. Things have…

Native North American Beading workshop

14:00 3 - 16:00 4 August 2013
Sat 3 Aug & Wed 4 Sep, 2-4pm Book on 0161 275 2648 or museum@manchester.ac.uk, £3 (includes a cup of tea) Peyote stitch is a simple beading method that can be used to make flat beading…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 6 August 2013
Tuesday 6 August, 10.30-11.15am, 11.30am-12.15pm & 1-1.45pm. Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren’t walking yet. Every other Tuesday, except half term school…

Collection Bites

13:00 - 14:00 7 August 2013
Wednesday 7 August, 1-2pm Book on 0161 275 2648 or museum@manchester.ac.uk, free Caring for Collections: Tricks of the Conservation Trade Join Jenny Discombe for a demonstration…

Big Saturday: Bees & Butterflies

11:00 - 16:00 10 August 2013
Saturday 10 August, 11am-4pm. At our summer extravaganza you can meet bees and butterflies and find out about their important work in pollinating plants. Rain or shine join us at…

Discover Geology: An Augmented Reality Field Trip

10:00 - 17:00 15 August 2013
The University of Manchester School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, in association with Manchester Museum, is offering the opportunity to take part in an MSc field…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 20 August 2013
Tuesday 20 August, 10.30-11.15am, 11.30am-12.15pm & 1-1.45pm. Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren’t walking yet. Every other Tuesday, except half term school…

How to identify a meteorite

14:00 - 15:00 21 August 2013
Wednesday 21 August, 2-3pm Book on 0161 275 2648 or museum@manchester.ac.uk, Free. Have you found a meteorite? Meet the Curator of Earth Sciences and find out how to tell if your…

Hidden Treasures

11:00 22 - 16:00 27 August 2013
Join Manchester Museum curators and conservation team for our Hidden Treasures events. Find out about the stories behind newly donated museum objects and find out how we care for this…

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