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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…

Family Friendly Screening: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981, PG

14:00 13 March 2016
Ages 7 + and accompanying adults Free, Book www.gmoff.eventbrite.com Part of the Greater Manchester On Film Festival (GMOFF)

Family Friendly Screening: Shaun the Sheep the Movie, 2015, U

13 March 2016
Sun 13 March: 11am Ages 5 + and accompanying adults Free, Book www.gmoff.eventbrite.com Part of the Greater Manchester On Film Festival (GMOFF)

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…

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…

New Arrivals

12 March - 20 November 2016
This exhibition brings together a selection of works that have recently been brought into the Whitworth’s collection. Highlighting a contemporary and diverse approach to drawing, they…

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…

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

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…

MCCIR AZ/GSK Update

15:30 - 16:30 14 March 2016
The next MCCIR AZ/GSK Update Seminar is taking place on Monday the 14th of March 2016 3.30pm – 4.30pm Michael Smith Lecture Theatre. Tissue-specific control of immune responses in…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Theodoros Kyriakides (University of Manchester)

16:00 - 18:00 14 March 2016
Title : A question of form: Gene therapy and thalassaemia in Cyprus. Abstract: Thalassaemia is a recessive blood disorder prevalent in countries situated around the Mediterranean…

The success enjoyed, mistakes made: 25 years of Finnish innovation policy

13:00 - 14:00 14 March 2016
The main aim of this paper is to reveal how an entire national innovation system may become trapped by its own success. The paper argues that success may shadow systemic failures of…

UK: China’s Best Partner in the West?

13:00 - 14:00 14 March 2016
The UK presents itself to China as "best partner", in a way that recalls, somewhat unfortunately, the 'most favoured nation' terminology of the nineteenth century. Whilst some voices…

A Risk Assessment Approach to Organised Crime and Human Trafficking

15:00 - 16:30 15 March 2016
Abstract: The risk posed by organized crime is a central concern of governments and markets around the world. Various manifestations of organised crime, including…

Baby Explorers

10:30 15 March 2016
Baby Explorers interactive story and sensory play session Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, songs, props and real objects, supported by a range…

Baby Explorers

11:30 - 12:15 15 March 2016
Baby Explorers interactive story and sensory play session Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, songs, props and real objects, supported by a range…

Desmoglein 2 and heart disease

12:00 - 13:00 15 March 2016
CMD Seminar Series - Joy Wang and Donald Ward. Host: David Garrod

Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop by Elizabeth Baldwin

13:00 - 14:00 15 March 2016
Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop by Elizabeth Baldwin Title: Choosing in the Dark: Incomplete Preferences, and Climate Policy Abstract: How should we frame collective…

How the United States became the Most Punitive Democracy in the World”, by Peter Enns (Cornell University)

14:30 - 16:00 15 March 2016
Hear “How the United States became the Most Punitive Democracy in the World”, by Peter Enns (Cornell University) We are delighted that Peter Enns will be speaking to the Democracy…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 15 March 2016
Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, songs, props and real objects, supported by a range of playful sensory resources for babies to explore. Join…

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