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'The Sensory War 1914 - 2014' An exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery

11 October 2014 - 22 February 2015
The Sensory War, 1914-2014 exhibition opened in October at the Manchester Art Gallery. It is the result of a four-year curatorial partnership between Dr Ana Carden-Coyne (Centre for…

Afghanistan: The transition - public exhibition

1 December 2014 - 14 February 2015
Afghanistan: The transition - public exhibition Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)'s photography exhibition, in collaboration with documentary photographers Andrea…

B.15:45 Architecture modelmaking exhibition: Celebrating 45 years of the B.15 modelmaking workshop

1 September 2014 - 31 December 2015
2015 marks 45 years of the Kantorowich B.15 modelmaking workshop at The University of Manchester. The B.15:45 exhibition is a retrospective look at the last 45 years of modelmaking…

Drop in craft activties

10:00 - 17:00 14 February 2015
2015 is year of the sheep! Come and celebrate Chinese New Year in the Library with exciting family friendly activities for all ages.

Fall in love again: the Whitworth’s opening weekend

14 - 15 February 2015
It’s official: the Whitworth reopens on 14 February 2015. And to celebrate the gallery’s development – alongside ten opening exhibitions, new commissions indoors and out, and the remarkable…

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…

Later-Day Saints

23 January - 28 June 2015
Our ancestors often relied on their beliefs to make sense of their world - is there an equivalent in our modern world of celebrity and material culture? Later-Day Saints brings the…

Loving Illumination - Paintings of Light

4 December 2014 - 29 March 2015
In this exhibition artist Judith Hurst explores the interconnectivity of science, maths, religion and art. Working on vellum, and using inlays of exotic wood and precious metals, Judith…

Merchants of Print: from Venice to Manchester

29 January - 21 June 2015
This exhibition celebrates the legacy of Aldus Manutius (1449 – 1515), an Italian humanist scholar who founded the Aldine Press at Venice. His publishing legacy includes scholarly…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Drop in craft activities

12:00 - 17:00 15 February 2015
2015 is year of the sheep! Come and celebrate Chinese New Year in the Library with exciting family friendly activities for all ages.

Drop in craft activities

12:00 - 17:00 16 February 2015
2015 is year of the sheep! Come and celebrate Chinese New Year in the Library with exciting family friendly activities for all ages.

February half term - Meet the Expert

16 - 20 February 2015
A chance to meet one of our resident scientific and engineering experts, find out about their work and quiz them about what they do and their knowledge of Jodrell Bank. If you…

February half term – Solar System hands on activities

16 - 20 February 2015
Come along to try some science experiments for yourself. You will be able to find out about volcanoes on Mars, how gravity varies from planet to planet and why Saturn floats! This…

February half term – Solar System Science Show

16 - 20 February 2015
Come to our exciting Solar System science show and watch our demonstrations to discover why Venus is such a dangerous place to go, taking an everyday object to Neptune is not such a…

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…

LITERATURE LIVE: Denise Riley and Frances Leviston

18:30 - 20:30 16 February 2015
Denise Riley is an acclaimed English poet and philosopher who began to be published in the 1970s. She wrote War in the Nursery; Theories of the Child and Mother [1983]; ‘Am I that…

Pressure-driven cell movement through a 3D matrix

12:00 - 13:00 16 February 2015
Fibroblasts migrating in three-dimensional (3D) matrix change how they move in response to the elastic behavior of the material surrounding them. Linearly elastic environments, such…

Resistance to Zionism as Educative Practice

17:00 - 18:00 16 February 2015
A Talk on Resistance to Zionism as Educative Practice - Part of Middle Eastern Studies Departmental Seminar Series, 2014-2015. In analysing the relations between Jewish-Israeli society…

Social Anthropology Seminar - "The Business of Being Kind in Russia"

15:00 - 17:00 16 February 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 16 February 2015 Dr Melissa Caldwell, University of California, Santa Cruz "The Business of Being Kind in Russia" In Russia over the past ten…

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.

Drop in craft activities

10:00 - 17:00 17 February 2015
2015 is year of the sheep! Come and celebrate Chinese New Year in the Library with exciting family friendly activities for all ages.

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