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Artist Sundays - Family Easter activities at the Whitworth (every Sunday in the school holidays)

11:00 27 March - 16:00 17 April 2016
Join us for special Easter holiday Artist Sundays as we re-launch our Sunday sessions for families. Extraordinary artists invent offbeat and imaginative ways for you and your family…

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…

Easter Holiday Activities

11:00 5 - 16:00 15 April 2016
Explore, discover and create at Manchester Museum this Easter. Find your favourite animal in the Museum and create an animal hat of your own to take away. Manchester Museum has many…

Easter Holidays: Engineering the Square Kilometre Array

11:00 11 - 16:00 15 April 2016
Come and find out about a brand new telescope which is being designed by scientists and engineers at Jodrell Bank and around the world. You will have the chance to try experiments to…

Easter holidays: Meet the Expert

13:00 4 - 14:00 15 April 2016
A chance to meet one of our resident scientific and engineering experts, find out about their work and quiz them about what they do and their knowledge of Jodrell Bank. If you have…

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…

Introduction to Creating Immersive Environments in the Classroom in Unity 3D

10:00 - 12:00 15 April 2016
This two-hour workshop will take participants through an intensive introduction to making 3D environments for research and teaching. Participants will download the Unity game engine,…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 15 April 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

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…

Spring Studio - Family Easter activities at the Whitworth (Monday to Saturday during the Easter school holidays)

11:00 2 - 15:00 16 April 2016
Discover, play and make together with your family this Easter holiday. As winter comes to a close and greenery once again takes hold, take the lead from artist Nico Vascellari to create…

Student Chamber Ensembles

13:10 - 14:00 15 April 2016
Some of our most enthusiastic MUMS members have put together their own ensembles for their peers and present a concert demonstrating the wide breadth of talent and creativity they have.…

The Department of Philosophy invites you to their Philchat Conference - Friday the 15th of April 2016

12:00 - 17:00 15 April 2016
PhilChat Conference 2016 In association with Minorities and Philosophy UK A conference in philosophy looking at issues in disability, gender and race. Date: 15th April 2016 Talks:…

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…

Words, words, words! The power of print demonstration

11:30 - 12:00 15 April 2016
On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, join us as we demonstrate our historic printing press. Discover the impact the printing press had on our society and how printed text…

Words, words, words! The power of print demonstration

14:30 - 15:00 15 April 2016
On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, join us as we demonstrate our historic printing press. Discover the impact the printing press had on our society and how printed text…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 16 April 2016
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

MUMS Brass Band

19:30 - 21:30 16 April 2016
Returning from Uni Brass victorious, MUMS Brass Band present you with a full concert of interesting and exciting brass music spanning the decades. To book please visit http://tinyurl.com/otykmod…

Tour en Français - French language only

11:00 - 12:00 16 April 2016
La Bibliothèque John Rylands Deansgate ouvre ses portes pour vous emmèner à l'intérieur, et vous faire découvrir le site, dédié aux livres et à son architecture Victorienne. Cette…

Friends of the Whitworth: RNCM Sunday Concerts

15:00 - 16:00 17 April 2016
Friends of the Whitworth: RNCM Sunday Concerts Students from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester perform in the Grand Hall. Friends of the Whitworth present a series…

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