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Adults Returning to Education Information Session

10:30 - 12:30 4 September 2013
Adult learners considering returning to education to pursue a degree, or who have already applied to the University, can sign up for an 'Adults Returning to Education Session'. This…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

MAP Guidance Session for Medicine and Dentistry Applicants

4 September 2013
MAP students who want to apply for Medicine or Dentistry will be given the chance to hear from a member of Medicine or Dentistry admissions staff all about the application process,…

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…

Picturing Stories: British and French Romantic Illustrations

9 August 2013 - 9 January 2014
This exhibition explores the development of French and British Romantic illustration during the period 1770-1860. In contrast to earlier allegorical images, Romantic pictures are full…

Polari Mission: Bona Eek

16 August 2013 - 2 February 2014
Polari's history is as diverse as the people who have used it. For the Polari Mission project artists Jez Dolan and Joseph Richardson have created a series of innovative visual artworks…

The complexity of the perlecan protein core structure promotes inflammatory cell mediated tissue repair and regenertation

10:30 - 12:00 4 September 2013
This seminar is part of the Special Seminars Programme

The Whitworth closure for major development work

2 September 2013 - 14 February 2015
The Whitworth reopens on Saturday 14 February 2015. The gallery is currently closed in order to carry out major development work, transforming the Gallery into a new 21st century Gallery…

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…

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.

Boccaccio exhibition tour

13:30 - 14:30 6 September 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!

Life on the edge

12:00 - 13:00 6 September 2013
What we find in the margins is almost as interesting as what is written on the page – sometimes more so! Join our manuscript curator for a fascinating look at some of the ‘marginalia’ in our collections.

The 19 August 1953 Sixty Years on: The Fall of Mossadegh Revisited

13:30 6 - 17:00 7 September 2013
A Workshop organised by MIHAN - The Manchester Iranian History Academic Network in collaboration with the Iran Heritage Foundation and the British Institute for Persian Studies. The…

Magical maps

13:00 - 16:00 7 September 2013
Discover how to design a map of your own magical mythical land with artist Stephen Raw – illustrator of iconic maps for J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. This workshop is most…

Gargoyles r us: Gothic Tour

14:00 - 15:00 8 September 2013
Due to popular demand, this Gothic symbolism tour from last year’s Medieval Season is now included in our main programme. See the Library in a new light!

Breakfast Seminar : Exploring the Water-Food-Energy Nexus

08:00 - 09:30 9 September 2013
This breakfast seminar is part of the University of Manchester Research Institute (UMRI) funded project - Fostering Interdisciplinary Research Building up Synergies in Water-Food-Energy…

Edinburgh UCAS Higher Education Convention

9 - 10 September 2013
The University of Manchester will be attending the Edinburgh UCAS Higher Education Convention on 9-10 September 2013. The University of Manchester receives applications from talented…

CANCELLED: A witching hour

12:00 - 13:00 10 September 2013
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience.

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…

MAP Guidance Interviews

11 September 2013
Each MAP student will have a UCAS Guidance Interview in September. This is a 20 minute informal chat with a member of staff at the University of Manchester. The Guidance interview…

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…

HCRI Conference: Power and Peacebuilding

12 - 13 September 2013
Following the success of the HCRI conference "New Frontiers for Peacebuilding: Hybridity, Governance, and Local Agency" in September 2012, we are pleased to present this conference…

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