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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…

Discover Engineering

09:30 - 15:30 27 November 2015
Discover Days at Manchester offer potential applicants the chance to gain real insight into degree programmes they might study at this University. They provide a great opportunity for…

Does De-Industrialisation cause Social Polarisation in Global Cities?

13:00 - 15:00 27 November 2015
The Global Urban Research Centre (GURC) and cities@manchester present this special guest talk by Owen Crankshaw (University of Cape Town). The event is open to all, lunch will 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…

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 27 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…

Labour Force Survey/Annual Population Survey user conference

09:30 - 16:30 27 November 2015
The programme will contain a mixture of papers from the data producers, the Office for National Statistics, and researchers. Research presentations will be based on analysis of the LFS or APS.

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 12:30 27 November 2015
Book on 0161 275 2648 (from a week before from 2pm), free, under 5s and their families/carers Story making and activity sessions. For toddlers up to 5yrs and their families/carers (Young…

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…

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…

VAGANZA - Theatre Reimagined, Part 2

19:30 - 21:30 27 November 2015
Vaganza presents the UK première of Charlotte Bray's That Crazed Smile inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream, a classic work by Sir Harrison Birtwistle and premières by Music's student…

VAGANZA- Theatre Reimagined, Part 1

13:10 - 14:00 27 November 2015
A day of new music inspired by the theatre – both real and imagined – and its dramatic personae, Vaganza features memorable and challenging works by the Music Department's student composers…

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…

Discovery Centre

11:00 28 - 16:00 29 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.

Making the modern world: England’s first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 28 November 2015
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)

19:30 - 21:30 28 November 2015
Programme to include: Hess Stephenson’s Rocket Sparke Malvern Suite Barry Out of Africa Grundman Concertante for Alto Sax (with Soloist Isobel Williams) Join MUWO for an evening…

Owl Project Present Rock Music at Manchester Museum

14:00 - 15:00 28 November 2015
Join Owl Project as they discuss their latest work, following a residency at Manchester Museum, University of Manchester. Consisting of Steve Symons, Simon Blackmore and Antony Hall,…

Gothic collection encounter and book signing with Rosie Garland

14:00 - 15:00 29 November 2015
Take a closer look behind-the-scenes of the Darkness and Light exhibition with author and co-curator Rosie Garland. We’ll give you further insight into our Gothic collections and the…

How to ... construct and validate measures using the Rasch model

09:30 - 16:30 30 November 2015
Instructors: Dr Maria Pampaka and Prof Julian Williams Workshop Summary and Content Outline: This 1-day workshop aims to introduce participants to measurement theory and the Rasch…

Human Behaviour Seminar: Addressing Global Inequalities

13:00 - 14:00 30 November 2015
UN Global Goals and Human Behaviour: Results-based Management or Changing Social Norms or Celebrity Advocacy? Date: Monday 30th November 2015 Time: 1-2pm Venue: Mansfield Cooper…

Investigating evolutionary milestones using fossils and high resolution CT

12:00 - 13:00 30 November 2015
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Autumn Seminar Series 2015

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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