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…

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…

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…

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…

Native North American Beading workshop

14:00 - 16:00 4 September 2013
Native North American Beading workshop 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…

Salford Sioux

18:00 - 20:00 5 September 2013
Stephen Welsh, Anjum Malik and Natalie Zacek discuss why hundreds of Sioux Indians set up camp on the banks of the Irwell in Salford. Book on 0161 275 2648 or museum@manchester.ac.uk. Free, adults.

Craft in the making – Encounters with Native North America

18:00 - 20:00 10 September 2013
Craft in the making – Encounters with Native North America Tues 10 September 6-8pm Book on 0161 275 2648 or museum@manchester.ac.uk, free, adults Explore replica-making as a way…

After Hours: World Music

18:30 - 21:00 12 September 2013
This event is from 6.30-9pm. In conjunction with the Cultural Collage World Music Festival 2013, Manchester Museum will be providing a rare opportunity to see a performance by a capella…

Dig It Archaeology Identification Session

12:00 - 13:00 20 September 2013
Dig It Archaeology Identification Session 20 September 12-1pm Drop-in, free, Collections Study Centre (Floor 3) Our Curator of Archaeology, Bryan Sitch, will be in the Collections…

Big Saturday: World Music

11:00 - 16:00 21 September 2013
Big Saturday: World Music Saturday 21 September, 11am-4pm Drop-in, free, all ages Manchester Museum is dedicating a whole Big Saturday to some of the professional world musicians…

Manchester Museum Book Club

17:30 - 18:30 24 September 2013
Buy a glass of wine or cup of coffee, meet people and discuss books inspired by our Nature's Library gallery and brought to life by Museum objects. This month's book is Shackleton's…

Skulls, death and the Dark Ages

13:00 - 14:00 24 September 2013
Skulls, death and the Dark Ages Tuesday 24 September 1-2pm Book on 0161 275 2648 or museum@manchester.ac.uk, free, adults Bryan Sitch will explain what the discovery of 1400-year-old…

Ice Age to Iron Age 10 week WEA course

14:45 - 16:45 25 September 2013
This course will explore our human past through archaeological sites and past events across Europe, including the cave art that emerged 30,000 years ago, the Stone Age villages of the…

Taster Tour of Roman Objects

13:00 25 - 14:00 26 September 2013
Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September Taster Tour of Roman Objects 1pm- 2pm The Manchester Museum has a fascinating collection of Roman objects. Manchester itself was a Roman fort,…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 12:30 27 September 2013
Magic Carpet Friday 27 September, 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…

Roman Manchester

11:00 28 - 16:00 29 September 2013
Saturday 28 September and Sunday 29 September Roman Manchester 11am-4pm Pop along to our Family Drawing Den and make a Roman shield or sword. In association with #BeingRoman from the British Museum

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