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90 Degree Citizen

10 October - 17 November 2013
How do museums create our understandings of cultural identities, and does migrant art generate alternative connections which cut across such boundaries? A rare exhibition of work by…

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 1 November 2013
Programme to include: Emily Howard Axon (world première) Juanjo Mena conductor Tickets available from The Bridgewater Hall http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/1444 | 0844…

Chetham’s Contemporary Music Ensemble

17:15 - 19:30 1 November 2013
Jeremy Pike New work (world première) Gavin Wayte New work (world première) Jonathan Woolgar New work (world première) Lloyd Coleman New work (world première) Sebastian…

Creatures & Camouflage

11:30 - 15:00 1 November 2013
Ever wondered about the colours of creatures? Discover the science behind the different colour adaptations in various animals including frogs, insects and birds in this interactive,…

Fragmentary Ancestors: Figurines from Koma Land, Ghana

25 October 2013 - 4 May 2014
This exhibition at Manchester Museum is the first ever officially approved showing of clay figurines made by a previously little understood people in Koma Land in Ghana in West Africa.…

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 Policy Week 2013

28 October - 1 November 2013
Join your University colleagues, policymakers and influencers for five days of insight and discussion. With 13 events packed into the 5 days with over 30 guest speakers - ranging almost…

Manchester Science Festival - The Bug Hunt

24 October - 3 November 2013
Can you find all the bugs in the library? Follow the trail to find the Library’s hidden bugs – find out what they are and why they are bad for books.

Morbid Micellany

14 October 2013 - 31 January 2014
Behold bizarre bindings! Delight in death! Gaze in awe at aged autographs! Our Morbid Miscellany embraces the darker side of our collections. This selection of individual items, many…

New Music North West Festival

26 October - 2 November 2013
New Music North West Festival Saturday 26 October – Saturday 2 November 2013 Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama The RNCM and The University of Manchester are delighted to…

NEW! Children’s Birthday Parties

1 - 30 November 2013
For a truly unique birthday experience, celebrate your birthday with Stan, the T-Rex & friends at Manchester Museum. The museum offers birthday parties that are full of hands-on activities…

Nuclear Career Progression - What? How? When?

15:00 - 17:00 1 November 2013
A seminar will be held by Dr Samantha King on her career progression and how she approached the difficult questions when choosing what is the right path and current opportunities/options.…

Oct half-term

11:00 28 October - 16:00 1 November 2013
Discover more about the science behind the colour of animals and create colourful creatures inspired by our newly opened Nature’s Library & Vivarium (Live Animals) galleries. Part…

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…

Platforma Festival

10:00 31 October - 17:00 1 November 2013
Platforma Festival Thursday 31 October 2013– Friday 1 November 2013 venues across the Martin Harris Centre The Platforma arts and refugees network presents a two-day conference…

Platforma Festival: Live Music Night

19:30 - 21:30 1 November 2013
A Live Music Night featuring Manchester International Roots Orchestra, Crossings Band, plus Katy Carr and The Aviators. For the full Conference programme, performance line-ups…

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…

Portrait of a Living Archive

3 October 2013 - 13 January 2014
When people think about libraries they tend to think of them as the ancestral home of written rather than visual culture. The John Rylands Library houses a significant collection of…

Snowballs in Space!

10:00 21 October - 17:00 1 November 2013
Find out all about comets, asteroids and meteors in this interactive science show. Discover what comets are and where they come from, and watch us make our very own comet for everyone…

The Living Collection: Conservation in Action

13:00 - 14:00 1 November 2013
Join Andrew Gray, Curator of Herpetology at The Manchester Museum, for a celebratory talk to mark the opening of the Vivarium: Live Animal gallery and showcase the Museum’s conservation…

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…

Vaganza and Musicians from RNCM

13:15 - 14:30 1 November 2013
Edwin Roxburgh Clarinet Quintet Adam Gorb String Quartet No 2 Steven Calver Krystallia John Casken A Second Song of Chimes Tom Goff conductor John Turner recorder …

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…

Look Inside Space

10:30 - 17:00 2 November 2013
Make sure your half term goes out with a bang! This exciting family event explores the world of rockets and space. Come and explore the night sky and learn how you can stargaze at…

Religion and Doctor Who Day

10:00 - 17:00 2 November 2013
Join scholars from the UK, US and Scandinavia as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who with a wide-ranging examination of the way it has dealt with (and been used by) religion…

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