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…

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.

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 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…

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…

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…

Rock Drop: Geology identification session

14:00 - 15:00 22 August 2013
Thursday 22 August Drop-in, Free, Collections Study Centre (Floor 3) Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be in the Collections Study Centre once a month to answer…

Manchester Museum Book Club

17:30 - 18:30 27 August 2013
Tuesday 27 August, 5.30-6.30pm Drop-in, free. 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…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 12:30 30 August 2013
Friday 30 August, 10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm Book on 0161 275 2648 (from a week before), free, under 5s and their families/carers. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Urban Naturalist: Lichen

14:00 - 16:00 31 August 2013
Saturday 31 August, 2-4pm Book on 0161 275 2648 or museum@manchester.ac.uk, £3 When the industrial revolution hit Manchester, the negative environmental effects meant that many…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 3 September 2013
Tuesday 3 September, 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…

Baby Explorers

10:30 3 - 13:45 17 September 2013
Baby Explorers Tuesdays 3 & 17 September (every other Tuesday, except half term school hols), 10.30-11.15am, 11.30am-12.15pm & 1-1.45pm Book on 0161 275 2648 (a week before), free,…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 3 September 2013
English Corner Tuesday 3 September 1-2.30pm. Drop-in, free Free English conversation classes.

Collection Bites

13:00 - 14:00 4 September 2013
Sex and Scandal at Deir el-Medina: The Stela of Hesysunebef (Acc. No. 4588) - with Anna Garnett. The stela of Hesysunebef tells a unique story of the lives of some of the workmen who…

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