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Baby Explorers

10:30 - 12:15 5 January 2016
Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions 10.30-11.15am and 11.30am-12.15pm Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, songs, props…

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…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 5 January 2016
Tues 5 Jan, 1-2.30pm Drop-in, free, adults Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion.

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…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 5 January 2016
1pm-1.45pm Join us for live music and songs inspired by our collections, supported by a range of playful sensory resources for babies to explore. A space to play, share and discover…

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.…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 6 January 2016
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.

Toddler tales

10:30 - 11:30 7 January 2016
Find a cosy corner, pull up a cushion and listen to fun stories. Join in playtime, creating a storyworld of your own.

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 8 January 2016
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.

Saving a Century

8 January - 24 March 2016
'Saving a Century', curated by leading architectural historian Gavin Stamp, uses archive photographs and material from over 50 years of the The Victorian Society's fight to save historic…

Autism Friendly Early Opening - See, Make and Do at the Museum

09:15 - 10:30 9 January 2016
Join us for our early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their families and carers, and siblings. Activities take place before the…

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

13:00 - 14:00 9 January 2016
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…

IBBMH Research Seminar Series | Professor Bill Deakin

12:45 - 14:00 11 January 2016
'''Host:''' Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health '''About the event:''' This is a monthly research seminar for the Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health. '''Speaker:'''…

MCCIR AZ GSK Update Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 11 January 2016
The next MCCIR AZ/GSK Update Seminar is taking place on Monday the 11th of January 2016 Understanding macrophage regulatory pathways in infant vulnerability to tuberculosis Anu Goenka…

They Said, We Said

11 January - 29 April 2016
?'They Said, We Said' is a collection of artwork produced by members of Pure Studio, an arts facility based in Stockport that helps its members, all of whom have a learning disability,…

Explorer tour

11:00 - 12:00 12 January 2016
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you! To book a place for this event, phone our customer services team on 0161 306 0555.

Hungry brain and clever guts

15:30 - 17:00 12 January 2016
TBC

Introduction to Bayesian Analysis

09:00 12 - 16:30 13 January 2016
Use of Bayesian methods is becoming increasingly widespread within quantitative social and health sciences, particularly for analysing data with complex structure, such as hierarchical…

Prison Research

12:30 - 14:00 12 January 2016
This workshop is for University Research Ethics Committee members, school/institute signatories, Principal Investigators, supervisors and other interested parties. Arranged by the Research…

Swap Shop

12:00 - 14:30 12 January 2016
University staff and students are invited to bring unwanted Christmas presents or other items to swap, buy cake and raise money for charity.

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Mary Poovey: Some Lessons of History: Why Economists Failed to Anticipate the Great Recession

17:00 - 19:00 13 January 2016
Professor Mary Poovey will lecture as part of CIDRAL's Semester 1 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Finance and the Market. This lecture explores the relationship…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 13 January 2016
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.

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

13:00 - 14:00 13 January 2016
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…

Tinder Foundation: Longitudinal Analysis

13:00 - 14:30 13 January 2016
Tinder Foundation are one of the UK's leading digital and social inclusion practitioners, supporting and distributing funding to a national network of organisations working with disadvantaged…

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