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Analysing Migration Flows Using the IMAGE Studio

12:00 19 - 16:00 20 November 2015
The IMAGE Studio is a bespoke software system that has been developed for the analysis of internal migration data, focusing specifically on matrices of origin-destination migration…

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…

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,…

Ecological Infrastructure for Smart City Growth

17:30 - 20:30 20 November 2015
An event convened by the Biopsheric Studio - the second in the Massive Change series. Massive Change Two: Pop Goes the Biosphere Ecological Infrastructure for Smart City Growth By…

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…

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…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 20 November 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…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert - Manchester University Baroque Orchestra

13:10 - 14:00 20 November 2015
Students from the Manchester University Baroque Orchestra give a historically informed performance on the university’s reproduction instruments. This concert offers a unique and exciting…

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…

Pop Goes the Biosphere

17:30 - 21:00 20 November 2015
How will Manchester use technology and science to create a liveable, loveable city of the future? Join Istvan Kenyeres, a leader in ecological engineering and urban circularity from…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 20 November 2015
Beethoven Quartet in F, Op. 18, No. 1 Rihm Quartet No. 1 (1970) Mozart Quartet in C, K456 'Dissonance' Beethoven's effervescent quartet…

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.…

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…

Wnt proteins in asymmetric stem cell division and tissue engineering

14:00 - 15:00 20 November 2015
Part of the Manchester Tissue Regeneration & Stem Cell Network seminar series. Sponsored by PCR Biosystems. Developmental signals such as Wnts are often presented to cells in an oriented…

Big Saturday: Dinosaurs

11:00 - 16:00 21 November 2015
Our Fossils gallery will be closing for a few weeks at the end of November, so come along and see Stan the T-Rex and Percy the Plesiosaur to say “see you soon”. With activities for…

Discovery Centre

11:00 21 - 16:00 22 November 2015
Drop into the Discovery Centre for drawing and other art activities inspired by the Museum's collection and pick up one of our free Museum activity sheets.

Early Opening for Early Birds

09:00 - 10:00 21 November 2015
Are you and your young children up with the Larks and excited to get out and about and exploring? Come along to our early opening for early birds. Enjoy self-led tours, object handling…

MUMS String Orchestra and Brass Band

19:30 - 21:30 21 November 2015
Finzi Prelude & Romance Grieg Melodies Holst Brook Green Suite MUMS String Orchestra and Brass Band showcase classic pieces of the repertoire including Finzi’s elegant…

The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 21 November 2015
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

Genomic medicine as a tool for discovery and research

12:00 - 13:00 23 November 2015
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Autumn Seminar Series 2015

Latent Factor Analysis short course

23 November 2015
This short course covers latent variables and factor analysis at an introductory and intermediate level. A latent variable is something invisible (such as a concept, an attitude, or…

Manchester Pharmacy School Seminar Series 2015/16

12:30 - 14:00 23 November 2015
'''Host:''' Manchester Pharmacy School Presentation title: "Economics of medication adherence" Speaker(s): Professor Dyfig Hughes, Professor of Pharmacoeconomics and Co-director of…

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