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An Inventory of al Mutanabbi Street

6 February - 29 July 2013
This exhibition is the result of a project concieved by poet Beau Beausoleil and artist Sarah Bodman to "re-assemble" the "inventory" of reading material that was lost in the car bombing…

Boccaccio exhibition tour

13:00 - 14:00 20 July 2013
Come and join one of the curators on a tour around the Boccaccio exhibition, hear about the genesis of the project and see some of the items which were not included in the final selection!

Burning Bright

8 February - 23 July 2013
Focusing on his achievements in the art of books, 'Burning Bright' features designs and prints by the artist and poet William Blake. On display for the first time are some exciting…

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…

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.

Locating Boccaccio in 2013

11 July - 20 December 2013
On the 700th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition celebrates the enduring popularity of the works of the Italian medieval author Giovanni Boccaccio. Taking a wide-ranging overview…

Manchester Minute Microlecture (M-cubed)

14:00 - 15:00 20 July 2013
'''Host:''' Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences '''About the event:''' M-cubed events are a short series of sixty-second seminars by leading researchers in Manchester on biomedical…

Summer of Magic launch

17:00 - 19:00 20 July 2013
To launch our summer activities, come along and watch The Sword in the Stone in the atmospheric surroundings of the Library's Historic Reading Room.

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…

Whitworth Summer Season 2013

5 July - 1 September 2013
With love, W | Summer Season... Nikhil Chopra: Coal on Cotton | Revolutionary Light: Blake, Kapoor, Turner | Continental Drift: Themes in European Art | Wall to Wall: New Wallpaper…

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…

ICHSTM 2013

22 - 26 July 2013
The 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine (ICHSTM 2013) is the largest-ever event of its kind: a week-long meeting of over 1600 researchers working…

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…

Turing Machine Opera

18:15 - 20:00 22 July 2013
The mathematician Alan Turing spent his final six years at the University of Manchester. Turing won little fame in his own lifetime, but is now seen to have made history in many ways…

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

Conservation in action

10:00 - 15:00 23 July 2013
Back by popular demand, our Conservation Team will be hosting an Open Day consisting of Conservation and Preservation issues relating to the collections withing the Library. The team…

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…

Summer Holiday: DIY Art

13:00 24 July - 15:00 30 August 2013
Summer Holiday. DIY Art. Every weekday 24 July to 30 August, 1 – 3pm. Free, no need to book. Drop into the Gallery’s DIY creative corner with your family and create anything from…

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…

Boccaccio exhibition tour

13:00 - 14:00 25 July 2013
Come and join one of the curators on a tour around the Boccaccio exhibition, hear about the genesis of the project and see some of the items which were not included in the final selection!

Book Making summer special

10:00 - 16:00 26 July 2013
Back by popular demand! A repeat of our March book-making session: explore different formats and binding techniques to make your own book. There will be a break for lunch, but lunch…

Hallé Youth Orchestra

19:30 - 22:00 26 July 2013
Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite 1919 Schumann Manfred Overture Sibelius Symphony No.2 Conductor: Jamie Philips The Hallé Youth Orchestra, founded in 2002,…

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.

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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