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Art Picnics: weekdays throughout summer

11:00 28 July - 13:00 28 August 2015
Art Picnics Picnics with a difference…. Meet artists and new friends. Eat… Chat… Make… Together. It’s the summer of love at the Whitworth, Manchester’s gallery in the park. Whatever…

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: a Gothic tour

14:00 - 15:00 15 August 2015
Join us for an immersive behind-the-scenes tour of The John Rylands Library in all its Victorian Gothic splendour; you’ll take in the original entrance hall, our eerie cellars and the…

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…

Each Thursday: Thursday Lates

18:00 23 July - 18:00 17 December 2015
Thursday Lates Our late night openings are the perfect place to meet friends and enjoy a selection of talks, performances, film screenings, live music and artist interventions. Thursday,…

First Saturday each month: Outdoor Art Club – Family Events – the Whitworth

11:00 1 August - 13:00 5 December 2015
Family activities at the Whitworth Outdoor Art Club On the first Saturday of each month 11am - 1pm. Free A workshop that brings art, nature and creativity together that takes…

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.

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…

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…

Summer Holiday Activities: Treasure

20 July - 30 August 2015
Drop in, free, families. 11am - 4pm Discover something new this summer at Manchester Museum. Collect a map as your explore the Museum’s collections, visit our object handling tables,…

Telescope Tours at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

27 July - 31 August 2015
Join one of our physics undergraduate summer interns to find out more about the Lovell telescope! During this half hour walk around the base of the telescope, you’ll hear about its…

Thursdays: Great Escape: Yoga – the whitworth

08:30 23 July - 08:30 10 December 2015
Great Escape: Yoga Thursday from 8:30am-9:45am No emails, texts, updates or alerts – yoga that takes full advantage of the Whitworth's peaceful setting - and some of its wonderful…

Wednesdays: Great Escape: Tai-Chi for Wellbeing

08:30 29 July - 08:30 16 December 2015
Great Escape: Tai-Chi for Wellbeing Wednesday, from 8.30am to 9.30am £5 Tai-Chi for Wellbeing A traditional Chinese internal art for mind and body. Located in the peaceful setting…

Hallé Youth Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 16 August 2015
Dvorák The Noonday Witch, Op.108 Shostakovich Symphony No.9 in E flat major Op.70 Dvorák Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 (‘From the New World’) Jamie Philips Conductor The Hallé…

Get Ready to Launch: Hands on Activities at Jodrell Bank

11:00 17 - 16:00 28 August 2015
In advance of British European Space Agency Astronaut Tim Peake’s mission to the International Space Station, which is currently scheduled to start in December 2015, explore the travel…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 12:15 18 August 2015
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 Feb & Oct half term school holidays when…

Baby Explorers Drop in

13:00 - 14:00 18 August 2015
Sensory play for babies who aren't walking yet. Every other Tuesday. Drop in, free.

Education-driven rent-gap in jiaoyufication areas: the case of Nanjing, China

11:00 - 12:30 18 August 2015
Gentrification, or the class-based restructuring of cities, is a process that has accrued a considerable historical depth and a wide geographical compass. But despite the existence…

Taster Tours

13:00 18 August 2015
Every Tues & Thurs, 1pm. Every Wed, 2pm Drop-in (no need to book), free, meet at the Information Desk (Floor G) Come and join one of our Visitor Team for a tour and learn more about…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 19 August 2015
If you are unable to come to one of our University open days, you can join us for a guided visit of the campus on a Wednesday afternoon. Guided visits include a presentation on the…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 19 August 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…

Taster Tours

14:00 19 August 2015
Every Tues & Thurs, 1pm. Every Wed, 2pm Drop-in (no need to book), free, meet at the Information Desk (Floor G) Come and join one of our Visitor Team for a tour and learn more about…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 20 August 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…

Rock Drop: Geology Identification Sessions

14:00 - 15:00 20 August 2015
Drop in, free. Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be available once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.

Taster Tours

13:00 20 August 2015
Every Tues & Thurs, 1pm. Every Wed, 2pm Drop-in (no need to book), free, meet at the Information Desk (Floor G) Come and join one of our Visitor Team for a tour and learn more about…

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