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Aftermath: 100 years of creativity from conflict

7 February - 29 June 2014
How remarkable is it that, throughout our shared history, some people have been inspired to answer the worst examples of man’s inhumanity with acts of compassion and creativity? Aftermath…

Bus Stop Stories

20 February - 22 June 2014
At the start of 2013, John Shinnick, a Manchester photographer, set out to document the people using a local, city centre bus stop; a quiet stop were people rarely alight. The people…

Conference in honour of Denise R Osborn

10 - 11 April 2014
Supported by The University of Manchester Department of Economics and The Manchester School journal. A conference to celebrate the career of Denise Osborn will be held at The University…

Easter Holidays at Manchester Museum

11:00 7 - 16:00 17 April 2014
Easter holidays Mon 7 Apr – Fri 17 Apr, 11am-4pm Get hands on at the Manchester Museum and make marvellous creations inspired by our collections. Wed 9 & 16 April: Archaeology & Science;…

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.…

Grumbold’s Dragon Egg Hunt

7 - 27 April 2014
Grumbold’s friends have been to visit him at the Library, but they’re a messy bunch and have left their dragon eggs all over the place. Can you find them all before they hatch?

Mars Exploration 7-11 Apr

11:00 7 - 16:00 11 April 2014
Become a Martian for the day and take part in some hands on experiments. Explore the surface of Mars, discover more about the largest volcano in the solar system and investigate if…

The Space Between: exhibition of artworks by Anthony McCarthy

27 February - 3 August 2014
The concept for the exhibition began as artist, Anthony McCarthy, walked along Chapel Street in Salford heading towards Manchester and The John Rylands Library. Armed with pencil,…

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…

From the War of Nature

11 April - 31 August 2014
Manchester Museum new exhibition. Boxing hares, burrowing parasites, baby birds and prowling wolves are just some of the characters appearing in this story of predation, competition,…

Generating and regenerating blood and the heart

14:00 - 15:00 11 April 2014
This seminar is part of the Manchester Tissue Regeneration & Stem Cell Network seminar series. …

Reconfiguring Divergence Problems, Methods, Possible Solutions

19:30 11 - 13:30 13 April 2014
The international workshop “Reconfiguring Divergence: Problems, Methods, Solutions” is a collaborative venture of the Centre for Area Studies and the World History Cluster within the…

Rylands Gallery: Bitesize talk

12:30 - 13:00 11 April 2014
Drop in for this 15 minute chance to find out more about one of the new displays in the Rylands Gallery.

Work-Life Balance, Fairness and Social Justice during recession and economic austerity

10:00 - 16:00 11 April 2014
The first seminar of the ESRC funded series, affiliated with the Fairness at Work Research Centre The seminar series brings together researchers and practitioners to seek solutions…

Passion Art trail: Easter craft workshop

13:00 - 16:00 12 April 2014
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Paper Sculpture Workshop on Easter by artist Lesley Sutton. Learn how to make your very own paper sculpture, using vintage books, various…

Unusual Views: Library tours for photographers

15:00 - 16:00 13 April 2014
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Take the opportunity to photograph the Library building from spectacular viewpoints not normally open to the public!

Learn Together: Pop-up books and cards

14:00 - 16:00 14 April 2014
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Learn how easy it is to make pop-up books and cards by simply folding and cutting. You’ll go away inspired to try your own. Booking is essential…

Mars science show - 14 - 17 Apr

14 - 17 April 2014
During this time of year, we have some of the best views of Mars in the night sky. Come and take part in our mission to Mars to find out more about this fascinating planet! We’ll…

The things we can't know and those we can't tell: An agent-based approach to modelling uncertainty and tacit knowledge - Ozge Dilaver Kalkan

13:00 - 14:00 14 April 2014
Innovations, by definition, bring about significant levels of novelty. From the viewpoints of developers, innovative processes involve both identification of problems and creation of…

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