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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…

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Climate Control

11 May - 18 September 2016
We hear about climate change on the news and in the newspapers. Climate change is happening all around us, but this isn’t the time to ignore it, it’s the time to get really, really,…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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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Big Saturday: Rainforest

11:00 - 16:00 28 May 2016
A day bursting with hands-on craft and art activities for all the family. Find out what life is like in the Rainforest. Discover the incredible diversity of life as you see some of…

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The Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 29 May 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…

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The Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 29 May 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…

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Marvellous Moths

11:00 30 May - 16:00 3 June 2016
Be inspired by the story of Manchester’s peppered moth in the Museum’s newly opened Climate Control exhibition, and explore the idea that we can’t change the past but we can change…

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Collection Bites

14:00 - 15:00 2 June 2016
Manchester Museum has a small number of casts of Neanderthal skulls which have been in our collections since the end of the 19th century. The conservation of five of them reveals contemporary…

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Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 7 June 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…

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Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

11:30 - 12:15 7 June 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…

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Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 7 June 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…

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Humans in Ancient Britain: Rediscovering Neanderthals Tour

13:00 - 13:30 9 June 2016
Join Bryan Sitch, Curator of Archaeology for a tour of the exhibition, Humans in Ancient Britain: Rediscovering Neanderthals.

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Rock Drop: Geology Identification Sessions

14:00 - 16:00 9 June 2016
Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be available once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.

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Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 11 June 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. …

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Views of an Antique Land: Imaging Egypt and Palestine in the First World War

10:00 - 16:00 11 June 2016
To commemorate the WW1 Centenary, researchers from Cardiff University will hold a ‘roadshow’ at the Museum exploring these local links and collecting memories. Items from the Manchester…

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Views of an Antique Land: Imaging Egypt and Palestine in the First World War

11:00 - 12:00 11 June 2016
Manchester has a close connection to Egypt thanks to the lively trade in cotton and antiquities in the 19th century. Join Paul Nicholson for this talk exploring local links and collective memories.

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