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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.…

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…

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! 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…

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…

Public History Event: Professor Michael Wood “in Conversation” with: Professor Dame Jinty Nelson

18:30 25 November 2013
Historian and broadcaster Michael Wood is the University's newly appointed Professor in Public History. He will teach undergraduateand postgraduate students at the University, lead…

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…

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…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 26 November 2013
Tuesdays 26 November (every other Tuesday, except school hols), 10.30-11.15am, 11.30am-12.15pm & 1-1.45pm Book on 0161 275 2648 (a week before), free, babies and their carers. Limited…

Celebrating Statistics: Public Event for International Year of Statistics 2013

16:00 - 19:30 26 November 2013
'''Host:''' Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences '''About the event:''' 2013 is the International Year of Statistics, a worldwide event supported by nearly 2,250 organizations!…

Manchester Museum Book Club

17:30 - 18:30 26 November 2013
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 to life by Museum objects. This month's book is…

TEM Analysis of Zirconium Alloys Using the "ChemiSTEM" Titan

15:30 - 17:00 26 November 2013
TEM analysis of Zirconium alloys using the “ChemiSTEM” Titan Under certain operating conditions, zirconium alloys used as cladding material in nuclear reactors show accelerated growth…

Accommodation Tour

10:30 - 12:00 27 November 2013
We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on the Fallowfield Campus every Wednesday morning between October and March. During the summer months we run one tour in…

Cardiovascular Sciences Postgraduate Study Open Day

15:00 - 16:00 27 November 2013
'''Host:''' Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences '''About the event:''' The Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences has an outstanding track record in developing early-career researchers.…

Chinese Kunqu Opera

13:00 - 14:00 27 November 2013
Kunqu (Kunqju) Opera is one of the oldest forms of Chinese opera. Originally evolved from the Kunshan Diao, one of five major melodies developed during the late Yuan Dynasty, it dominated…

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: On Stuart Hall

16:15 - 18:00 27 November 2013
With Prof. Jackie Stacey (EAC and CIDRAL) and Prof. Janet Wolff (EAC). Required: 1) 'Cultural Studies and its theoretical Legacies', Ch 13 in Stuart Hall <i>Critical Dialogues in Cultural…

Discover Sociology

09:45 - 15:00 27 November 2013
The Discover Sociology Day will explore in depth the study of sociology at The University of Manchester. The day will consist of an overview of the range of courses, a careers presentation…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 27 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…

Faculty of Life Sciences UCAS Interview Day

12:45 - 16:30 27 November 2013
Applicants to Faculty of Life Sciences courses are invited to meet our staff and students, take a tour of our facilities and undertake a short interview as part of our application process.…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 27 November 2013
If you are unable to come to one of our University open days, you can join us for a guided visit of the campus on a Wednesday afternoon. Guided visits include a presentation on the…

Machiavelli the bandit and the writing of The Prince

13:00 - 14:00 27 November 2013
On the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli’s writing of The Prince we will examine the production and reception of this infamous text, drawing on the rich Italian collections in the Library.

MHS Faculty Research Series | Professor Gordon Jayson and Dr Ross Little

12:30 - 14:00 27 November 2013
'''Host:''' Institute of Cancer Sciences and Institute of Population Health '''Senior Presenter:''' Professor Gordon Jayson, Institute of Cancer Sciences, “Defining predictive biomarkers…

Wounds and Utopia: Thirteen Ways of Looking at Fry's Cézanne

16:30 27 November 2013
Wounds and Utopia: Thirteen Ways of Looking at Fry's Cézanne

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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