Exhibitions, Lecture

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…

Darkness and Light: Exploring Gothic

16 July 2015 - 10 January 2016
EXTENDED UNTIL 10 JANUARY This intriguing exhibition reveals how Gothic architecture and anatomy inspired and influenced a literary genre, and how the lasting legacy of Gothic can be…

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…

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…

Statues of Rapa Nui

13:00 - 15:30 22 July 2015
Drop in. Visit the Museum’s Making Monuments on Rapa Nui exhibition, and find out more about the monumental stone statues, or ‘moai’, of Rapa Nui (named Easter Island by European…

Statues of Rapa Nui

13:00 - 15:30 23 July 2015
Drop in. Visit the Museum’s Making Monuments on Rapa Nui exhibition, and find out more about the monumental stone statues, or ‘moai’, of Rapa Nui (named Easter Island by European explorers).…

SKA Shared Sky Exhibition - Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

27 July - 31 August 2015
This summer we welcome the SKA Shared Sky Exhibition which features celestial artwork by indigenous artists from South Africa and Australia, where the Square Kilometre Array will be…

Hands-on

1 - 31 August 2015
Drop-in. Throughout the week visit one of our handling tables and get hands-on with objects from the collection, such as an Alexander the Great coin, an urban fox and an ancient Egyptian scarab beetle.

Lovell Lecture: The Square Kilometre Array – the future of radio astronomy

19:30 - 21:00 20 August 2015
Professor Keith Grainge University of Manchester The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope. It will address fundamental unanswered…

The Phantoms of Congo River: Photographs by Nyaba Ouedraogo : Manchester Museum

11 September 2015 - 10 April 2016
Nyaba L. Ouedraogo is a self-taught photographer born in Burkina Faso, and now working and living between Paris and West Africa. The Phantoms of the Congo River is a photography exhibition…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Dan Moore (University of Birmingham) ‘“A New Order is Being Created”: Domestic Modernism in 1930s Britain’

17:00 - 19:00 30 September 2015
Dan Moore (University of Birmingham) ‘“A New Order is Being Created”: Domestic Modernism in 1930s Britain’

Evening public roundtable with Jane Cocking: Partnerships & Principles, Addressing the Global Humanitarian Challenge

17:30 - 19:30 30 September 2015
Jane Cocking, Humanitarian Director for Oxfam GB, will lead a debate on the options for addressing the growing levels of humanitarian need in the coming decades. Humanitarian need…

Annual Arthur Lewis Lecture: Danny Dorling “Inequality and understanding the danger of idiots”

18:00 - 19:00 1 October 2015
“Inequality and understanding the danger of idiots” We are delighted to announce that Halford Makinder Professor Danny Dorling, at the University of Oxford will be delivering our…

Noisy Bodies

1 October - 20 December 2015
Manchester-based contemporary artist Daksha Patel fuses art with science in this exclusive exhibition. Her intriguing work explores how scientific systems visualise, map and measure…

Meet the Researchers Open Lecture Series (for schools and public): "Making America: How Thirteen Un-united Colonies Became a (Somewhat) United States."

17:30 - 18:30 7 October 2015
A talk by Dr Natalie Zacek (Department of American Studies) - part of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures open lecture series "Meet the Researchers". This talk will examine…

The legacy of the First World War for international trusteeship

17:30 - 19:30 7 October 2015
International Law and WWI | Lecture Series The legacy of the First World War for international trusteeship The Versailles Treaty after the First World War created an international…

Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies Revealed

8 October 2015 - 17 April 2016
A groundbreaking exhibition of over 60 animal mummies showing how modern science can help explain this ancient practice. Mummies of jackals, crocodiles, cats and birds are displayed…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Andrea Dennis (University of Georgia), 'Call-and-Response: The Constant Dialogue between America’s Black Music and Criminal Justice State'

17:00 - 19:00 15 October 2015
Andrea Dennis (University of Georgia), 'Call-and-Response: The Constant Dialogue between America’s Black Music and Criminal Justice State'

CIDRAL Special Public Event: Benoît Peeters, 'Writing the Life of Jacques Derrida'

17:30 - 20:00 19 October 2015
This is a CIDRAL Special Public Event, jointly organised by CIDRAL, Sociology, and CRESC at the University of Manchester, Wallonie-Bruxelles International and Institut français du Royaume-Uni…

Telling Tales - Manchester Science Festival 2015 exhibition

19 October - 19 November 2015
'''Host:''' School of Psychological Sciences '''About the event:''' ''Telling Tales'' is a collaboration between members of the Language Development and Disorders Research Group,…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Molly Geidel (UoM) ‘The Rise and Fall of the Development Melodrama’

17:00 - 19:00 21 October 2015
Molly Geidel (UoM) ‘The Rise and Fall of the Development Melodrama’

Meet the Researchers Open Lecture Series (for schools and public): "Ghosts in the Machine: 9/11 and Music Technology"

17:30 - 18:30 21 October 2015
A talk by Dr Kevin Malone (Department of Music) - part of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures open lecture series "Meet the Researchers". Since 2001, Kevin Malone has composed…

Stone Flowers

24 October 2015
Some of the more recent Stone Flowers members will be showcasing their work at Manchester Museum. Come and talk to our team and watch the performance. Stone Flowers project came into…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Dani Caselli (UoM) ‘Dante’s Pilgrimage in Dorothy Richardson: A Lesson in Political Economy’

17:00 - 19:00 28 October 2015
Dani Caselli (UoM) ‘Dante’s Pilgrimage in Dorothy Richardson: A Lesson in Political Economy’

The impact of austerity on black and minority ethnic communities

12:30 - 14:30 28 October 2015
BME Matters and Manchester BME Network in conjunction with CoDE and the Just Greater Manchester initiative at the University of Manchester present: a special guest lecture by Dr Omar…

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