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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…

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Dig It Archaeology Identification Session

12:00 - 13:00 15 November 2013
Our Curator of Archaeology, Bryan Sitch, will be in the Collections Study Centre to answer your questions and identify your archaeological finds. During the session Bryan will be recording…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Wildlife recording

18:00 14 - 20:00 28 November 2013
Building up a picture of which species occur where in Greater Manchester is vital to ensure species protection and to enable changes in distribution to be monitored. This six week course…

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Big Saturday: Ancient Faces & Places

11:00 - 16:00 16 November 2013
Discover, explore and get hands-on at the museum’s Ancient Faces & Places Big Saturday. Find out more about the people of ancient times through objects; how they used and made them.…

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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!

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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…

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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.

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Telescope Night

19:00 - 21:00 16 November 2013
Comet ISON has sparked a lot of public attention and we are waiting eagerly to see if it is as prominent in the sky as we hope by the end of the year. Professor Jamie Gilmour, our colleague…

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Stockport Youth Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 17 November 2013
Join Stockport Youth Orchestra for the opening concert of its 57th season, conducted by Tim Crooks and Chris Orton. Featuring works by Bruch, Holst and Britten.

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LITERATURE LIVE: Louis de Bernieres

18:30 - 20:30 18 November 2013
Louis de Bernières, who lives in Norfolk, published his first novel in 1990 and was selected by Granta magazine as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists in 1993. Since then…

Museology Research Seminar: 'Setting Direction:  Letting the story lead'

17:00 - 18:30 18 November 2013
The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester (MOSI) has existed in one form or another for about 50 years and is now celebrating its 30th year on its historic site on Liverpool…

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Corpus-based conceptual onomasiology: diachronic shifts of metonymic construal

16:00 - 18:00 19 November 2013
LEL Research Seminar talk.

Guided Visits for Schools and Colleges

13:30 - 15:30 19 November 2013
We run regular campus visits throughout the year for groups of students in Year 10 and upwards. Activities include a welcome presentation, a question-and-answer session with a panel…

Law Fair

12:30 - 16:00 19 November 2013
Interested in a career in Law? Discuss training opportunities, vacation schemes and vocational courses with over 90 exhibitors at one of the biggest law fairs in the UK. Meet leading…

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Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 20 November 2013
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

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