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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…

Black Box Theatre Company present Macbeth

10:00 - 12:00 26 March 2015
“Something wicked this way comes...” Following the success of Romeo & Juliet (2014) Othello (2013) and Of Mice and Men (2012), award winning Black Box Theatre Company returns with…

Dispersal Newspaper Project

3 - 31 March 2015
Pod Collective’s newspaper project is in response to the fifteenth anniversary of the dispersal programme in 2015. People who have sought asylum in the UK have been dispersed throughout…

Domestic Moral Economy Conference

24 - 26 March 2015
The Search for the Good Life in Precarious Times: Grassroots perspectives on the value question in the 21st century Papers will include, among others, ethnographic reports from five…

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…

NVivo v10 Introductory hands-on two day workshop

26 - 27 March 2015
This event is only open to University of Manchester staff and students and University of Liverpool and University of Lancaster PGRs. Only bookings made with official university email…

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…

Thursday Lates: Sex and the Stereotype

18:00 - 21:00 26 March 2015
Sex and the Stereotype Thursday 26 March. 6pm-9pm. All events are FREE - Registration required Events are suitable for ages 14+ Part of the Wonder Women Festival and Wellcome Collection’s…

What’s the Weather Like Today?

12 March - 28 June 2015
The weather is fascinating. We can hardly avoid talking about it and how it makes us feel. This exhibition uses items from the Library’s collections to explore descriptions, reflections,…

Ethics of the Alternatives to War

27 March 2015
Although there has been much written on the ethics of war by just war theorists, much less attention has been to the ethics of the alternatives to war (or ‘soft war’), including economic…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 27 March 2015
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. Just turn up! Please note that we cannot accept large groups on this tour. If your group would like a…

The Animal and the Archive: Revisiting Human-Other Animal Relations in Cultural history

09:30 - 18:30 27 March 2015
"Everywhere animals disappear. In zoos they constitute the living monument to their own disappearance" Berger, ‘Why Look at Animals’ (1977), p. 26. 9.30 – registration (coffee…

Living Library (pod collective)

16:00 - 17:00 28 March 2015
Join us for a question and answer session with participants from the Dispersal newspaper project. Come and hear their stories and experiences and get your copy of the newspaper! For…

Science shows: The Moon and the Eclipse

28 - 29 March 2015
Join one of our fun and inspiring science shows to learn more about our moon. There will be rocket launches and demonstrations illustrating what it is like on the Moon. Shows run at…

She Choir

15:00 - 16:00 28 March 2015
Come and hear The Historic Reading Room enlivened by female voices as we celebrate the Wonder Women festival. She Choir are a non-auditioned, female only choir based in Manchester.…

University of Manchester Heritage Tour

13:00 - 14:00 28 March 2015
Come and discover how Manchester helped make the modern world... Our heritage tours lead visitors around some of the University's oldest and finest building whilst telling the history…

Wonder Woman tour

14:00 - 15:00 28 March 2015
Join us on a tour of the Library exploring the role that Enriqueta Rylands and other women have played in shaping our library and the history of Manchester.

Wonder Woman tour

15:00 - 16:00 29 March 2015
Join us on a tour of the Library exploring the role that Enriqueta Rylands and other women have played in shaping our library and the history of Manchester.

Wonder Women collection encounter

13:00 - 16:00 29 March 2015
Discover fascinating stories and the women behind them using the Library's collections and archives.

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 31 March 2015
Tues 31 Mar. 10.30-11.15am, 11.30am-12.15pm: Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren't walking yet. Every other Tuesday (except half term school holidays when…

Education in England after 2015: A Political Debate

16:30 - 18:30 31 March 2015
With the General Election just weeks away, education looks set to be a key campaigning issue. Debates to date have focused on school spending, class sizes and Academy schools. How would…

Victor Hugo résumé

11:00 - 12:00 31 March 2015
Victor Hugo published The Last Day of a Condemned Man in 1829. Initially published anonymously, this novel argues against the death penalty (which was only abolished in France in 1981).…

Making Monuments on Rapa Nui. The Statues from Easter Island

1 April - 6 September 2015
1 April-6 September 2015 Free entry The monumental stone statues of Rapa Nui (named Easter Island by European explorers) in the Pacific are some of the most widely recognised archaeological…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum