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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…

Ben Rivers

25 February - 22 May 2016
Ben Rivers presents his most ambitious work to date. The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers is Ben Rivers’ most ambitious work to date. Migrating between documentary, fantasy and fable, and…

BSA Ageing, Body and Society Study Group 7th Annual Conference: Ageing and Culture

09:30 - 16:30 26 February 2016
This year the Ageing, Body and Society study group is holding its annual day conference in Manchester, in collaboration with MICRA, University of Manchester. The theme of the day is…

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…

Immersed in Lithics

25 - 26 February 2016
A conference on chipped and ground stone artefacts, 25th -26th February 2016, hosted at The University of Manchester and The Manchester Museum. This conference has been organised by…

Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling short course

09:00 24 - 16:30 26 February 2016
Structural Equation Models (SEM) amalgamate regression analysis, path analysis and factor analysis, allowing for more richly detailed statistical models to be specified and compared…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 26 February 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.

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…

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…

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…

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.

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,…

Tibor Reich

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

Vocal Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 26 February 2016
Come and enjoy a lunchtime concert performed by The Manchester University Music Society. These concerts are free, no need to book just turn up A selection of MUMS’ premium vocalists…

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…

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.…

Early Opening for Early Birds

09:00 27 February 2016
9-10am Are you and your young children up with the Larks and excited to get out and about and exploring? Come along to our early opening for early birds. Enjoy self-led tours, object…

MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 27 February 2016
After a sell-out performance in autumn, MUMS Symphony Orchestra returns for another exciting concert featuring Ryan Hum playing Scriabin’s Piano Concerto and Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphoses…

Owl Project Perform Rock Music at Manchester Museum

16:30 - 18:00 27 February 2016
Following an artist residency at Manchester Museum, as part of the University of Manchester, Owl Project have become fascinated by the Museum’s prehistoric stone tool in Rock Music,…

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

13:00 - 14:00 27 February 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…

RNCM Gina Miller Concert: Castello Duo - at the Whitworth

15:00 - 16:00 28 February 2016
Sunday 28 February 2016 3pm Castello Duo James Woodrow - Baroque violin Mattia Corda - Theorbo The Castello Duo was formed at the Royal Northern College of Music to explore 17th…

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…

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