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Astrophotograhy Night at Jodrell Bank

19:30 18 January 2016 - 21:00 18 January 2017
Come along to Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre for an informal and fun evening of Astrophotography. You'll enjoy an Introduction to Astrophotography workshop (co-presented by Dr. Ant Holloway…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 19 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…

Cluster analysis short course

19 January 2016
The course aims to cover cluster analysis concepts and methods that can be used to combine similar objects into groups or clusters. This course is aimed at those with an interest in…

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…

Humanities Teaching and Learning Showcase

19 January 2016
The next Humanities Teaching and Learning Showcase will take place on Tuesday 19 January 2016 from 9.45am to 3pm in the Seminar Room Suite, Ground Floor Crawford House. The event is…

Mechanical signalling in pluripotency

13:00 - 14:00 19 January 2016
Embryonic stem (ES) cells can indefinitely self-renew in a state of naïve pluripotency, in which they are competent to generate all somatic cells. It has been hypothesized that, before…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 19 January 2016
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 together…

Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes: A free online course to learn about Earth science.

18 January - 21 February 2016
This course focuses on a basic science understanding that demonstrates how the processes on Earth (including biological processes) lead to natural climate changes that have shaped the…

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…

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.…

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,…

Unusual Views: Library tours for photographers

14:00 - 15:00 19 January 2016
Take the opportunity to photograph the Library building from spectacular viewpoints not normally open to the public!

Workshop: Randomised trials of complex interventions in mental health

10:30 - 17:00 19 January 2016
'''Host:''' Institute of Population Health '''About the event:''' This one day workshop will introduce participants to the latest research in statistical methodology to evaluate markers…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 20 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.

Sequence Analysis short course

20 January 2016
Sequence analysis has recently experienced increasing interest in life course research and summarizes a variety of techniques to analyse "sequences", for example, employment or partnership…

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

13:00 - 14:00 20 January 2016
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…

A multidimensional proteomics approach for studying cell transformation and cancer biology

13:00 - 14:00 21 January 2016
'''Host:''' Institute of Cancer Sciences '''About the event:''' Speaker: Professor Angus Lamond FRS FRSE FMedSci is Professor of Biochemistry and a Wellcome Trust Principal Research…

Complex Infrastructure Systems: science and practice

16:00 - 17:30 21 January 2016
Infrastructure systems embrace not only the disciplinary fields of energy, water and waste, transport, and telecommunications, but also the inter-connections between these systems,…

Decoding immune responses to cancer and infection using intravital imaging

21 January 2016
MIG Seminar Series

Magic, Witches and Devils in the Early Modern World

21 January - 21 August 2016
Ghosts, witches, sorcerers and demons: our fascination with the supernatural stretches back centuries. Experience how supernatural forces shaped the lives of everyone from kings and…

Rock Drop: Geology Identification Sessions

14:00 - 15:00 21 January 2016
Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be available once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.

Webinar: Introduction to the UK Data Service

15:00 - 16:00 21 January 2016
The UK Data Service holds the UK’s largest collection of digital research data. This webinar is for anyone with an interest in social research who wants to know more about the vast…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 22 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.

New Music North West Festival

22 - 29 January 2016
The RNCM and University of Manchester join forces for the biennial New Music North West festival this January, featuring 8 days of music by 100 living composers from across the North…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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