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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…

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…

Li Yuan-Chia Collection encounter

11:00 - 12:00 30 January 2016
Take a closer look at the artist Li Yuan-Chia: The Man behind the Archive. We’ll be looking at items from the LYC Collection and providing an insight into this archive, the material…

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…

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…

Space Hack: Capture the Moon

30 - 31 January 2016
On 4th February 1966 Jodrell Bank produced the first ever pictures of the surface of the moon, intercepting a signal from the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft and printing the image on a borrowed…

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

13:00 - 14:00 30 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…

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.…

The Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 30 January 2016
Book via mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com or ring 0161 275 2648 free, adults Friendly, practical workshops run by leading naturalists. From wild food-foraging and composting to bird song and…

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,…

Tibor Reich

29 January - 29 August 2016
A celebration of post-war design alongside an exhibition of Wallpaper from the Whitworth's collection

Wallpaper

29 January - 4 September 2016
Continuing the celebration of post-war design this show features highlights from the Whitworth’s collection of 1950s and 60s wallpapers. At the heart of the exhibition are papers from…

RNCM, Gina Miller concert: Sophie Rocks, Stephanie Halsey

15:00 - 16:00 31 January 2016
RNCM, Gina Miller concert Sophie Rocks - harp Stephanie Halsey - harp Sunday 31 January 2016 3pm-4pm JOHN WEINZWEIG 15 Pieces for Harp ii. Quick March iii. Reverie iv. Quarks …

GUARDIAN LIVE: Jeanette Winterson "In Conversation" with John Irving - SOLD OUT

18:30 - 20:00 1 February 2016
PLEASE NOTE - THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT John Irving is one of America’s greatest living novelists. He won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel The World According to Garp…

IBBMH Research Seminar Series | Professor Daniela Montaldi

12:45 - 14:00 1 February 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:'''…

Launch of the Digitised Melland Schill Lectures

18:00 - 20:00 1 February 2016
MILC is proud to announce that in partnership with the School of Law and Manchester University Press, the University of Manchester Library has now digitised the historic Melland Schill…

Meet the Authors - Jonathan Geldart: 'The Thoughts of Chairmen Now'

13:00 - 14:00 1 February 2016
An interactive presentation and discussion on the paradox that China remains to be. Jonathan Geldart, author of The Thoughts of Chairmen Now and Notes from a Beijing coffee shop (a…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Marc Brightman (UCL)

16:00 - 18:00 1 February 2016
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 01 February 2016 Dr Marc Brightman, (University College London) & co-author Professor Vanessa Grotti (European University Institute in Florence)…

The rise of Agribusiness in Europe. An innovative organisational response to the threat of price volatility in the Western European broiler chicken industry, 1945 to 1973

13:00 - 14:00 1 February 2016
Agribusiness has come to mean different things to different audiences: a vehicle for technological modernization, the erosion of traditional values, or a mechanism for avoiding transparency.…

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