Events for prospective students

After Hours: Gift for the Gods

18:00 - 21:00 25 February 2016
Drop-in, free, adults A vibrant and eclectic evening where you can meet the curators, mummify some oranges, enjoy a glass of wine, and much, much more.

After the Bees: What makes a story?

19:15 - 20:30 25 February 2016
Book mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com or ring 0161 275 2648 free, adults A presentation of 'After the Bees' project including video, poetry and arts writing. Extra text 'After the bees' is…

CIDRAL Public Event at the Whitworth Art Gallery: Screening and Discussion of Isaac Julien's 'Kapital'

19:00 - 21:00 25 February 2016
This public event is part of CIDRAL's Semester 1 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Finance and the Market. Presented by CIDRAL and The Whitworth Art Gallery, the…

Greater Manchester Higher- University of Manchester Campus visit. Year 10

25 February 2016
These university visits provide learners with the opportunity to visit a university campus and gain an insight into student life and the range of courses available. The visit will consist…

Movement

12:00 - 14:00 25 February 2016
FREE Forget what you think you know about dance and imagine feeling free enough to respond to ideas and artworks using movement. These workshops are about being relaxed, playful,…

Nico Vascellari

25 February - 18 September 2016
Nico Vascellari’s major work, Bus de la Lum draws on the ancient powers of the forest. Light, video and sound explore the legend of a natural cavity located within the woodland of the…

Taster Tours

14:15 - 15:00 25 February 2016
Drop-in (no need to book), free, meet at the Information Desk (Floor G) Come and join one of our Visitor Services Assistants for a tour and learn more about some of the fascinating…

The carbon and development spaces

16:00 - 17:30 25 February 2016
In the latest UN climate change conference held in Paris, governments all around the world agreed to strengthen efforts to limit the rise in the global average temperature to 1.5°C…

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…

Magic Carpet: Under the Sea

10:30 - 12:30 26 February 2016
10.30-11.30 and 11.30-12.30 Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially…

Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Surgery

10:00 - 16:00 26 February 2016
Finds surgery for recording and identification of objects found by members of the public from prehistory to 1700s, including metalwork, flint and pottery.

Big Saturday – Stone Age

11:00 - 16:00 27 February 2016
11am – 4pm Discover more about life in the Stone Age, how people lived and worked and the tools they used. Enjoy flint knapping demonstrations. Find out how archaeologists investigate.…

The Urban Naturalist

14:00 28 February 2016
Friendly, practical workshops run by leading naturalists. From wild food-foraging and composting to bird song and insect identification, explore biodiversity on our doorstep. This…

[61] Harmonica Alley, Yokohama

29 February - 10 March 2016
This exhibition explores Miyakobashi Yokocho in drawings, photographs and text. It reveals previously concealed glimpses into Japan’s changing urban culture. Miyakobashi Yokocho (Yokohama,…

English Corner

13:00 1 March 2016
Drop-in, free, adults Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion. The Study Adults Current University students General public Post 16 University staff

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 1 March 2016
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

Collection Bites

14:00 - 15:00 3 March 2016
Collection Bites is on the first Thursday of the month, joined by a series of guest speakers for conversations discussing key objects from the collection.

Lovell lecture: The formation of stars and planets – new insight from the Herschel Space Observatory

19:30 - 21:00 3 March 2016
Prof Derek Ward-Thompson University of Central Lancashire The Herschel Space Observatory was an ESA space telescope which flew from 2009 until 2013 and collected a huge archive of…

Star Lecture: Amy Hughes, Health care in Humanitarian Emergencies

19:00 - 20:30 3 March 2016
How do we provide healthcare for populations affected by humanitarian emergencies? What infrastructure is needed to strengthen local health capacity and assist foreign medical teams…

Wonder Women: Lightning talk in The Study

12:00 - 14:00 4 March 2016
Join us for a lunchtime slot of lightning talks by incredible women from University of Manchester to celebrate International Women’s’ Day and Wonder Women.

Wonder Women: Gifts for the Gods: Secrets of animal mummification in ancient Egypt

13:30 - 15:30 5 March 2016
Manchester is home to some incredible scientists, both now and in the past. Take part in a hands-on practical science workshop based around Manchester Museum’s current exhibition,…

Campus Visit (Year 10)

8 March 2016
An exciting opportunity for pre-16 learners to visit the University Campus, experience a welcome talk from a member of staff at the University and a campus tour from current Student…

Learning from North African women’s experiences of FGM

12:00 - 13:00 8 March 2016
FGM/C is child abuse and contravenes the UN Convention on the rights of the child; it is also a global problem affecting 100 - 140 million women worldwide. Due to migration many women…

Supporting Women with postnatal depression in Pakistan: Collaboration across continents

12:00 - 13:00 9 March 2016
This presentation will explain how collaborations between researchers based in UoM and those based in Pakistan are able to work together to explore the experience of maternal depression…

Music Research Seminar

16:15 - 18:00 10 March 2016
In this Thursday Research Seminar, Caroline Bithell, Rebecca Herissone and Susan Rutherford will lead a discussion on the challenges posed by musicological and ethnomusicological research…

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