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Active Touch sensing in animals and robots

16:00 - 17:00 15 January 2014
This seminar is part of the Special seminar series

Adults Returning to Education Information Session

10:30 - 12:30 15 January 2014
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…

Art and archaeology in the ancient Mediterranean world

14:45 - 16:45 15 January 2014
An insight into the lives of the people of the many ancient cultures that flourished around the Mediterranean before the arrival of the Roman Empire. We’ll link places and artefacts…

Coral: Something Rich and Strange

29 November 2013 - 16 March 2014
Temporary exhibition at Manchester Museum. Explore the enduring fascination with coral as a material, symbol and inspiration for artists, cultures and societies across the centuries.…

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.…

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…

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 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…

Tours of Manchester Museum

6 - 31 January 2014
Taster tours Every Wednesday & Thursday, 1pm Drop-in (no need to book), free, meet at the Information Desk (Floor G) Come and join one of our Visitor Services Assistants for a tour…

Whimsical Wednesday Workshop - A riot of colour!

11:00 - 16:00 15 January 2014
Make your own decorative paste papers – get messy with colour and paste!

Confronting Urban Planning and Design with Complexity: Methods for Inevitable Transformation

16 - 17 January 2014
AESOP's thematic group on Complexity and Planning held its 12th meeting/conference in Manchester. The event was hosted by the Manchester School of Architecture and focused on exploring…

Dynamic imaging of lymphocyte activation - from single molecule to living tissue

17:00 16 January 2014
This seminar is part of the Greater Manchester Immunology Group Seminar Series

Tour and treasures

12:00 - 13:00 16 January 2014
Enjoy a closer look at material from the Library’s world famous collections and find out more about this magnificent building.

Cardiac disease modelling with pluripotent stem cells

14:00 - 15:00 17 January 2014
This seminar is part of the Manchester Tissue Regeneration & Stem Cell Network seminar series.

MARC Talks - Retrofitted Cities: Transforming Buildings From Within

12:30 - 14:00 19 January 2014
Manchester Architecture Research Centre (MARC) 2014 Spring Seminar Series – MARC talks! The MARC 2014 Spring Seminar Series features the architecture and/or city related work of colleagues…

Sarah Fielden Seminar: Poverty, inequality and education: A Manchester perspective

17:00 - 19:00 20 January 2014
This first Sarah Fielden seminar marks the launch of MIE and also Professor Lupton’s inaugural professorial lecture. Drawing on data from the UK and Manchester, she will explore contemporary…

Coral Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 21 January 2014
Join us for our under the sea inspired interactive story and sensory play sessions. For babies who aren’t walking yet. Tues 21 January 2013 10.30-11.15am, 11.30-12.15am, 1- 1.45 pm…

Genetic analysis of integrin signalling

13:00 - 14:00 21 January 2014
This seminar is part of the Tissue Systems seminar series.

Morbid Miscellany - curator tour

12:00 - 13:00 21 January 2014
Meet the curator of Morbid Miscellany, and get the chance to see some freaky things which didn’t make it into the cases… (Most suitable for adults and older children, 12+)

A beginner’s guide to observing the heavens workshop

19:30 - 21:30 22 January 2014
The talk will show you how to find your way around the sky using smart phones, tablet computers and laptops along with planispheres, magazines and websites. You will be shown how…

Explorer Tour: A peek behind the scenes!

14:30 - 15:30 22 January 2014
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you!

Face Analysis in the Wild

13:00 22 January 2014
This seminar is part of the Special Seminar Series

Healthcare Ethics and Law in the News - 2014 Annual Health Care Conference Centre for Social Ethics and Policy (Open to prospective students for Masters or PhD)

16:30 - 20:00 22 January 2014
Not a day passes but the news includes controversial questions about ethics and law in healthcare. The Centre for Social Ethics and Policy at the University of Manchester is a world…

Research Centre for Radwaste & Decommissioning Seminar

15:00 - 16:00 22 January 2014
The following presentations (20 minutes) will be given: - Sam Shaw "Molecular scale studies of radionuclide incorporation into mineral phases" - Victoria Coker "Characterisation and…

Research Matters - Maximising the Impact of Our Research

12:00 - 13:30 22 January 2014
The aim of this first Research Matters session of 2014 is to consider the ways in which we can optimise the influence of MIE research on society, the economy, culture, public policy…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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