Manchester Museum

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 12:15 26 April 2016
Interactive story and sensory play sessions Sessions: 10.30 -11.15 and 11.30-12.15 Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, songs, props and real…

Crafty Climate

11:00 - 13:00 26 April 2016
Drop by to Make section in The Study for a crafty morning with climate inspired crafts. Bring your own make or have a go at our climate crafts. Drop in, free, adults.

Lightning Talks in The Study

12:00 - 16:00 26 April 2016
Find out more about a range of fascinating topics with our lightning talks Tuesday 25 April 12noon Harpy eagle Archaeopteryx Phantasmal frog Reindeer moss Garden tiger + wall brown…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 26 April 2016
Join us for live music and songs inspired by our collections, supported by a range of playful sensory resources for babies to explore. A space to play, share and discover together.…

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 26 April 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. Identification…

Lightning Talks in The Study

12:00 - 20:00 27 April 2016
Find out more about a range of fascinating topics with our lightning talks Wednesday 27 April 12noon Another bird? dodo Mammoth Starfish trilobites 3pm Willow bark seed banks woolly…

Lightning Talks in The Study

12:00 - 16:00 28 April 2016
Find out more about a range of fascinating topics with our lightning talks Thursday 28 April 12noon Neanderthals Strawberry poison dart frog Green turtle Hawaiian goose Poison dart…

The JMCE Annual Lecture 2016: Where Will Brexit Leave Britain?

15:30 - 17:00 28 April 2016
This year the JMCE Annual Lecture will be delivered by the Executive Director of the 'Britain Stronger in Europe' campaign, Will Straw. The event is free and open to both university…

Lightning Talks in The Study

12:00 - 16:00 29 April 2016
Find out more about a range of fascinating topics with our lightning talks Friday 29 April 12noon Grey wolf Scarab beetle Horseshoe crab Pangolin red panda 3pm lichen carcharodon…

Magic Carpet – Nature Discovery

10:30 - 12:30 29 April 2016
Sessions run 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…

Neanderthals Big Saturday

11:00 - 16:00 30 April 2016
Discover more about Neanderthals, who they were and how they lived, and how research at the University of Manchester is adding to what we know. See objects from the Manchester museum…

After Hours: SEE-SAW presents an interactive, live drawing event at Manchester Museum

18:30 - 22:00 8 May 2016
Sound and image come together in these artist-led drawing sessions within the stunning setting of the Living Worlds gallery. Join in and see your work projected in the space alongside…

ZooSoc Postgraduate Research Seminar series - Policy & Peacocks!

11:00 - 12:00 11 May 2016
ZooSoc's Postgraduate Seminar Series enables University of Manchester postgraduates studying animal behaviour, physiology, ecology, and evolution to easily communicate their research…

After Hours: Climate Control

18:00 - 21:00 12 May 2016
Sound and image come together in these artist-led drawing sessions within the stunning setting of the living worlds gallery. join in and see your work projected in the space alongside…

Get A Head and Get Ahead: 'Self-help' Science of Phrenology

17:30 - 19:00 12 May 2016
The Museum and Medicine and Health, in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Manchester invite students and staff as well as members of the public to the latest events…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 14 May 2016
See, Make and Do at the Museum Join us for our early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their families and carers, and siblings. Activities…

When Tomorrow Comes

19:00 - 21:00 19 May 2016
Join us at this one-off free event to listen to a group of leading songwriters – Jo Mango, Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow), and Craig B (A Mote of Dust) – who will premiere a series of…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 24 May 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. Sessions…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

11:30 - 12:15 24 May 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. Sessions…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 24 May 2016
Join us for live music and songs inspired by our collections, supported by a range of playful sensory resources for babies to explore. A space to play, share and discover together Please…

Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story - Chris Stringer FRS, Natural History Museum,

16:00 25 May 2016
Research in the last 15 years has seen tremendous advances in our understanding of early humans in Europe and in Britain, and this talk will review the major developments. These include…

Crafty Climate

11:00 - 13:00 25 May 2016
Drop by to Make section in The Study for a crafty morning with climate inspired crafts. Bring your own make or have a go at our climate crafts. Drop in, free, adults.

Magic Carpet: A Tadpole's Tale

10:30 - 11:30 27 May 2016
Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially devised to enable our youngest…

Magic Carpet: A Tadpole's Tale

11:30 - 12:30 27 May 2016
Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially devised to enable our youngest…

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