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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…

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…

Developing proposals for the renewed Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme

10:00 - 12:00 9 September 2015
'''Host:''' Institute of Population Health '''About the event:''' One of a series of seminars organised by the Research Design Service North West (RDS NW). Seminar 10 am till 12…

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,…

Embo Conference 2015: Cell Therapy Today - Achievements, hopes and hypes

9 - 12 September 2015
'''Host:''' Institute of inflammation and Repair '''About the event:''' Stem cell therapy has saved hundreds of thousands of lives since the establishment of bone marrow transplantation…

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 - 30 September 2015
Drop-in, free, all ages 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.

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 9 September 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…

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…

University of Manchester Heritage Tour

12:00 - 13:00 9 September 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…

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…

Challenges in Nonlinear Systems meeting

10 - 11 September 2015
Challenges in Nonlinear Systems is a two-day meeting to celebrate the 65th birthday of Professor Tom Mullin. The meeting will be held on 10-11 September 2015, in Manchester, UK. The…

How Droplet Digital™ PCR achieves absolute quantification with unrivalled precision and accuracy

13:00 - 14:00 10 September 2015
Seminar

Inequalities in Greater Manchester: Taking Stock and Taking Action

08:45 - 17:00 10 September 2015
The ‘Northern Powerhouse’ and ‘DevoManc’ agreements rightly focus attention on Greater Manchester’s economic growth and prosperity. But many parts of the conurbation remain among…

International Conference: Inequality, Peace and Conflict

10 - 11 September 2015
Day 1: Thursday 10 September, 2015, 08.30-17.30 (19.00 onwards join us at the Kro Bar, first floor, 325 Oxford Road) Day 2: Friday 11 September, 2015, 09.00-17.15 Registration in the…

Webinar: Key data: Business data

15:00 - 16:00 10 September 2015
This webinar is intended for anyone who wants to know more about the Office for National Statistics (ONS) business data available from the UK Data Service such as the Annual Survey…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 11 September 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 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…

The Study at Manchester Museum

11 September 2015 - 31 December 2016
Big ideas. Singular collaborations. Strange and wonderful things. Exhibitions and events with some of the most interesting people we know. And somewhere that brings them all together.…

Autism Friendly Early Opening: See, make & do at the Museum

09:15 - 10:30 12 September 2015
Sat 12 Sep, 9.15-10.30am Autism Friendly: suitable for children and young people aged 5-16 with a parent or carer and siblings, drop-in, free Join us for our early openings at the…

iSPEX-EU: Take part in gathering air pollution data using your iPhone

11:00 - 16:00 12 September 2015
iSPEX-EU: Take part in gathering air pollution data using your iPhone Urban air pollution is a global problem with particulate matter, or aerosol particles, a major contributor. To…

The Bio-historic Banquet

18:30 12 September 2015
Saturday 12 September, 6.30pm-late £50, book via www.manchesterfoodanddrinkfestival.com Manchester Food & Drink Festival presents a dining experience unlike any other: renowned chef,…

The Study Opening

11:00 - 16:00 12 September 2015
Drop in, free Be among the first to discover The Study with an opening day full of workshops, talks and things to do. See Nyaba Ouedraogo’s newly opened exhibition, make with Manchester…

Democracy and Elections research seminar

14 September 2015
Two half hour presentations: one by Andrew Rynham – Politics MA student on his dissertation research on deliberative democracy in the UK and the other by by Jiaqi Hou, PhD student at…

International Conference: A Quest for Humanitarian Effectiveness?

14 - 16 September 2015
Jointly organised by the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) and Save the Children’s Humanitarian Affairs Team (HAT), this conference will reflect on the evolution and…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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