Martin Harris Centre, The John Rylands Library

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 University Music Society (MUMS) - Cosmo Singers

13:10 - 14:00 8 November 2013
Following their first successful lunchtime concert in 2012, 60-strong mixed choir Cosmo Singers perform a variety of stunning choral works, including Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer.

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…

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…

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…

University of Manchester Drama Society: Opening Performance

19:00 - 21:00 8 November 2013
Showcasing the best of Manchester's student talent, the drama society kick start the winter season with their first production. Entirely produced by the student body, the production…

Enchanting tales

11:00 - 12:00 9 November 2013
Join the Library’s storyteller in one of our beautiful book-lined rooms, for tales of magic, mystery, mayhem and more! The October event is most suitable for families with children…

Here be Dragons!

12:00 - 13:00 9 November 2013
The walls and ceilings of the Library are full of strange and mysterious creatures – join our tour to seek them out! This tour is most suitable for families with children aged 5-10.

Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) -Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensembles

19:30 - 21:30 9 November 2013
Mendelssohn Overture for Winds, Op.24 Woolfenden Suite Française Roxburgh Time’s Harvest Mozart Overtures to Der Schauspieldirektor and Idomeneo Haydn Symphony No.100, ‘Military’…

Textermination and the pleasures of experimental fiction

14:00 - 15:00 9 November 2013
Textermination, Christine Brooke-Rose’s 1992 novel, depicts characters from literature who gather to pray to readers for their continued existence. Join us to examine the role of the…

Woodcut n colour

11:00 - 15:00 9 November 2013
Join us to celebrate the launch of our very own Rylands colouring book – featuring woodcuts from our amazing collections and prints of the building created by our competition winners.

Make your own Morbid Miscellany

13:00 - 16:00 10 November 2013
Put together your own morbid collection of spells, charms, drawings and other gruesome artefacts.

Picturing Stories - curator tour

13:00 - 14:00 13 November 2013
Join the curators of Picturing Stories for a tour of the exhibition.

Talking about pictures: a curator’s view

18:00 - 19:00 13 November 2013
Dr Peter Cooke, lead curator on the Picturing Stories exhibition, will reveal his inspiration for the exhibition, and why pictures are so important in making stories talk.

Whimsical Wednesday Workshop - shadow cutting

11:00 - 16:00 13 November 2013
An ancient tradition from all over the world, paper cutting is a fun and therapeutic activity, which will provide you with a beautiful memento of your Wednesday afternoon.

Artists' books & literature

17:30 - 19:00 14 November 2013
Artist John McDowell explores how artists’ books inspired by literature respond to the materiality of language and books. John will discuss the piece he made for Locating Boccaccio…

Locating Boccaccio in 2013 - curator tour

13:00 - 14:00 14 November 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!

QUATUOR DANEL Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 14 November 2013
Franck Quartet in D César Franck’s monumental Quartet from the penultimate year of his life has no finer exponents in the world than the Quatuor Danel. Followed by: Quatuor Danel…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Listening in

14:30 - 15:30 14 November 2013
Issues of performance practice in Beethoven’s piano and string music, with Professor Barry Cooper and Finnish pianist Paavali Jumpannen.

Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) - Vocal Showcase

13:00 - 14:00 15 November 2013
Manchester University Barbershop Chorus Manchester University Ladies’ Barbershop ‘AcaBellas’ ‘Chorus Antiquus’ ‘Tagline’ The singers of Manchester University Music Society…

QUATUOR DANEL Evening Concert with Paavali Jumppanen

19:30 - 21:30 15 November 2013
Haydn, Quartet in C, Op. 9 No. 1; Ravel Quartet in F; Franck, Piano Quintet in F minor. Star Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen joins the Quatuor Danel in the sweeping sensuality…

Explorer Tour: A peek behind the scenes

14:30 - 15:30 16 November 2013
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you!

Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) - String and Brass Ensembles

19:30 - 21:30 16 November 2013
Holst St Paul’s Suite New Student Commission Britten Simple Symphony Koetsier Symphony for Brass Patrick Friel Starmaker Ceremonial Dobson Torsion MUMS String Orchestra performs…

POALA exhibition - collection encounter

13:00 - 14:00 16 November 2013
Join the photographers for an exhibition tour, and a ‘behind the scenes’ look at the project archive, including original negatives and contact sheets.

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

Search