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Siberia: At the Edge of the World

4 October 2014 - 1 March 2015
Until 1 March 2015. The first exhibition of its kind in the UK, Siberia: At the Edge of the World brings together natural history and cultural objects from British and Russian museums,…

Thursday Tours: Audio descriptive

15:00 4 December 2014
Thurs 4 Dec, 3pm. For people who have a visual impairment.

Artists and Archive Film Screening

19:00 - 21:00 11 December 2014
Thurs 11 Dec, 7-9pm in the Living Worlds Gallery. Manchester Museum in association with Bigger Picture Film Festival present a programme of artist films using archive footage and live…

Entomology with Helen Clare

18:00 - 20:00 11 December 2014
Thurs 11 Dec, 6-8pm. Ex-science teacher, ex-literature development worker, ex-Arts Council Education Officer, Helen Clare has been professionally involved in just about anything that…

Rock Drop: Geology Identification Sessions

14:00 - 15:00 11 December 2014
Thurs 11 Dec, 2-3pm. Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be available once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.

Early Opening for Early Birds

09:00 - 10:00 13 December 2014
Sat 13 Dec, 9-10am. Are you and your young children up with the Larks and excited to get out and about and exploring? Why not come along to Manchester Museum's Living Worlds gallery…

Winter Wonderland

11:00 - 16:00 13 December 2014
Sat 13 Dec, 11am-4pm. Discover woodland animals, birds, butterflies and insects in our new Nature Discovery gallery. A day full of nature inspired crafts and activities for all the…

Nature Discovery activities: Paper cut Christmas cards and New Years calendars

20 December 2014 - 4 January 2015
Sat 20 & Sun 21 Dec, Sat 27-Tues 30 Dec & Sat 3-Sun 4 Jan, 11am-4pm. Explore our newly opened Nature Discovery gallery and Siberia: At the Edge of the World exhibition. Be inspired…

A special screening of HOME

18:00 - 21:00 22 January 2015
Thurs 22 Jan, 6-9pm. Doors Open 6pm, Film Screening 6.30, Discussion/Q&A 8.30pm. A Bigger Picture Film Festival event - screening & discussion by Manchester Film Co-op of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's…

Big Saturday: Siberia

11:00 - 16:00 24 January 2015
Sat 24 Jan, 11am-4pm. Visit our ‘Siberia: At the Edge of the World’ exhibition and discover more about the culture and unique nature of this vast, mysterious land; one and a half…

Early Opening for Early Birds

09:00 - 10:00 24 January 2015
Sat 24 Jan, 9-10am. Are you and your young children up with the Larks and excited to get out and about and exploring? Why not come along to Manchester Museum's ‘Siberia: At the Edge…

Making a living in Kamchatka: Daily Life and the Spirit World of the Koryak

14:00 - 15:00 24 January 2015
Sat 24 Jan, 2-3pm. Despite Stalin's persecution of shamans in the 1930s, shamanic practices of communicating with animals and spirits are still alive and well today. Koryaks are mindful…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 12:30 30 January 2015
Fri 30 Jan, 10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Story making and activity sessions. For toddlers up to 5yrs and their families/carers (Young babies welcome with older siblings)

Course: Manchester Museum sings

14:00 - 16:30 1 February 2015
Sun 1 Feb, 2-4.30pm. Fancy an afternoon of singing songs from around the world inspired by the Manchester Museum's collections? Join Caroline Bithell, ethnomusicologist from The University…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 3 February 2015
Tues 3 Feb, 1–2.30pm. Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion.

Collection Bites: Rah-rah, Senenmut – Lover of the Egyptian Queen?

13:00 - 14:00 4 February 2015
Wed 4 Feb, 1-2pm. In 2013, an unassuming stone fragment in the Egyptology stores was identified as part of a statue of one of ancient Egypt’s most famous personalities: Senenmut, chief…

Museum Maketh Man

14:00 - 15:00 9 February 2015
Mon 9 Feb, 2-3pm. This tour explores how gender and sexuality is constructed or omitted in Victorian encyclopaedic museums via their displays and associated collections of natural science…

Museum Maketh Man

10:00 - 11:00 10 February 2015
Tues 10 Feb, 10-11am. This tour explores how gender and sexuality is constructed or omitted in Victorian encyclopaedic museums via their displays and associated collections of natural…

Tour of Siberia: At the Edge of the World

13:00 11 February 2015
Wed 11 Feb, 1pm & Wed 25 Feb, 9am. An informal tour of our temporary exhibition ‘Siberia: At the Edge of the World’ by one of the exhibition curators Dmitri Logunov. This photographic…

From Amulets to Golden Flies: Understanding Egyptian Jewellery

09:15 - 16:30 14 February 2015
Sat 14 Feb, 9.15am-4.30pm. For details of fees and to book this event, please visit the Egyptology Online website www.egyptologyonline.ls.manchester.ac.uk/events/ Presented by Egyptology…

Romuald Hazoumè: Dance of the Butterflies

14 February - 29 July 2015
Dance of the Butterflies is a stunning new art work by one of Africa’s foremost contemporary artists Romuald Hazoumè. It features swarms of multicoloured ‘butterflies’ which will take…

Talk: Romuald Hazoumè on Dance of the Butterflies

15:00 - 16:00 14 February 2015
Saturday 14 February, 3-4pm. A talk by one of Africa’s foremost contemporary artists, Romuald Hazoumè, about his stunning new art work, Dance of the Butterflies. Dance of the Butterflies…

Half-term activities – Living Worlds

11:00 16 - 16:00 20 February 2015
Mon 16-Fri 20 Feb, 11am-4pm. Be inspired by the butterflies and other flying animals on display in our Living Worlds gallery and create your very own paper butterflies and animals…

Baby Explorers

11:00 - 14:30 17 February 2015
Tues 17 Feb, 11am-2.30pm. Half term drop-in sensory play sessions for babies who aren't walking yet.

Rock Drop

14:00 19 February 2015
Thurs 19 Feb, 2-3pm. Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be in the Museum once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.

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