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A Stone's Throw

18 April - 17 July 2016
In this photographic exhibition, Manchester photographer John Shinnick has captured the words and voices of people who interact with the centre of Manchester, a metaphorical stone’s…

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…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 29 April 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

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…

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…

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…

Wind and Brass Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 29 April 2016
MUMS’ finest wind and brass soloists come together and take to the stage to present a concert featuring a range of works which really show off what their instruments can do Come and…

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

13:00 - 14:00 30 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…

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…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 30 April 2016
In an ambitious and exciting concert, MUMS Symphony Orchestra and the University Chorus team up to present Pärt’s Adam’s Lament and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor. Programme to include:…

Friends of the Whitworth: RNCM Sunday Concerts

15:00 - 16:00 1 May 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…

Bank Holiday 'Artist Monday' (an Artist Sunday special)

11:00 - 16:00 2 May 2016
This bank holiday Monday join us to be inspired and get creative together with your family. Extraordinary artists invent offbeat and imaginative ways for you and your family to explore…

'Theatres of Knowledge': How the world became a stage: Giulio Camillo's theatre in the collection of Richard C. Christie

12:00 - 13:00 3 May 2016
The Italian polymath Giulio Camillo (1480-1544) devised an influential ‘Theatre of Knowledge’. This fascinated not only the contemporary French King Francis I, but also the local nineteenth-century…

Elicitation techniques and narrative analysis

09:30 - 13:30 3 May 2016
This half day workshop aims to show how elicitation techniques used in semi-structured/narrative interviews can be a powerful tool for capturing aspects of people’s everyday lives.…

Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop: Dr. A. M. Tanvir Hussain

13:00 - 14:00 3 May 2016
Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop Title: Willingness to pay for environmental goods under uncertainty Abstract: We develop a microeconomic approach for valuing the benefits…

Explorer Tour

14:00 - 15:00 3 May 2016
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you.

How the world became a stage: Giulio Camillo's theatre in the collection of Richard C. Christie

The Sound of Worship: Architectural acoustics in British ecclesiastical space 1800-1900 - Rachel Douglas (University of Manchester, CHSTM)

13:00 - 14:00 3 May 2016
This seminar is part of the lunchtime seminar series for the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Lunchtime seminars are typically no more than 30 minutes…

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