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Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 27 May 2014
Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren't walking yet. Every other Tuesday (except half term school holidays when there are drop-in sensory play sessions) Book…

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,…

May Half term – The Vivarium

11:00 - 16:00 27 May 2014
Explore the Vivarium and create hopping frogs and slithery snakes. Mon 26 – Fri 30 May, 11am-4pm Drop in, free, all ages

Whitworth Park: Pleasure, Play and Politics

24 May - 5 October 2014
This exhibition examines and explores how the role of Manchester’s Whitworth Park has changed over time. The displays are the result of a local archaeology project and the myriad of…

May Half term – The Vivarium

11:00 - 16:00 28 May 2014
Explore the Vivarium and create hopping frogs and slithery snakes. Mon 26 – Fri 30 May, 11am-4pm Drop in, free, all ages

May Half term – The Vivarium

11:00 - 16:00 29 May 2014
Explore the Vivarium and create hopping frogs and slithery snakes. Mon 26 – Fri 30 May, 11am-4pm Drop in, free, all ages

Lunchtime exhibition talks: From the War of Nature

13:00 - 14:00 30 May 2014
Join us for a series of talks, lead by Scientists from Manchester University, that explore the recent scientific discoveries and relationships between living things, exploring the place…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 12:30 30 May 2014
Story making and activity sessions. For toddlers up to 5yrs and their families/carers (Young babies welcome with older siblings) Book on 0161 275 2648 (from a week before), free, under…

May Half term – The Vivarium

11:00 - 16:00 30 May 2014
Explore the Vivarium and create hopping frogs and slithery snakes. Mon 26 – Fri 30 May, 11am-4pm Drop in, free, all ages

Urban Naturalist: Amphibian Pondlife

14:00 - 16:00 31 May 2014
Rick Parker, chairman of Bolton Conservation Volunteers is back at the Museum to enlighten us about amphibians, their needs and requirements and how you can develop an attractive pondlife…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 3 June 2014
Tues 3 June, 1–2.30pm Drop-in, free Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion.

Collection Bites: Designed by Nature, Made by Hand

01:00 - 14:00 4 June 2014
Wed June 4, 1.05-2pm Local artist Jade Mellor shows us how Manchester Museum has inspired her sculptural jewellery. Share a unique insight into her experimental processes and unique…

Lunchtime exhibition talks: From the War of Nature

13:00 - 14:00 6 June 2014
Join us for a series of talks, lead by Scientists from Manchester University, that explore the recent scientific discoveries and relationships between living things, exploring the place…

Network Choir Performance

14:00 - 15:00 9 June 2014
Join the pupils of local Manchester primary schools as they commemorate the centenary of The Great War in song at Manchester Museum. Schools include Oswald Road, Crab Lane, Birchfields…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 10 June 2014
Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren't walking yet. Every other Tuesday (except half term school holidays when there are drop-in sensory play sessions) Book…

Cabinets of Curiosities: How disability was kept in a box

18:30 - 22:00 10 June 2014
Tues 10 June: 6.30-10.00pm Join critically acclaimed actor and performance artist Mat Fraser for a journey through the history of disability – a history lesson with a difference. Mat…

Big Saturday: Ideas for Life

11:00 - 16:00 14 June 2014
Sat 14 June, 11am-4pm Come along and bring all the family to a day of discovery. Become mini researchers and find out how bananas, meteorites, dinosaurs and frogs are linked together…

Adult Learners week taster sessions

13:00 18 - 14:00 20 June 2014
Adult Learners week taster sessions Dip into the Museum’s adult learning programme – Museum Meets for some taster sessions as part of Adult Learner’s Week Taster Tours…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 24 June 2014
Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren't walking yet. Every other Tuesday (except half term school holidays when there are drop-in sensory play sessions) Book…

Whitworth Park Community Archaeology and History Project

18:00 - 20:00 24 June 2014
Tue 24 Jun, 6-8pm Drop-in, free Meet the exhibition’s project team as they share the fascinating discoveries from their dig. Find out more about excavation and excavation surveys,…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 12:30 27 June 2014
Fri 27 June, 10.30-11.30 & 11.30 – 12.30 Story making and activity sessions. For toddlers up to 5yrs and their families/carers (Young babies welcome with older siblings) Book on 0161…

Urban Naturalist: Geology Garden

14:00 - 16:00 28 June 2014
Sat 28 June, 2-4pm Woo dale Limetsone, Shap Granite and Miller’s Dale Lave are all rocks that feature in the Manchester Museum geology garden. Join Amanda Edwards, Curator and Resource…

Collection Bites: Excavation, how, why and what?

13:00 - 14:00 2 July 2014
Join Hannah Cobb, Lecturer in Archaeology, and hear about the Whitworth Park excavation project and finds. Book on 0161 275 2648 ormuseum@manchester.ac.uk, free Wed 2 Jul, 1.05 -2pm

Rock Drop: Geology Identification Sessions

14:00 - 15:00 3 July 2014
Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be in the Collections Study Centre once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.

Big Saturday: Parklife

11:00 - 16:00 12 July 2014
A day of discovery for all the family. Inspired by our new temporary exhibition, Whitworth Park: Pleasure, Play & Politics, come to this month’s Big Saturday: Parklife to find out more…

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