Manchester Museum

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,…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

The Urban Naturalist

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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. …

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…

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.

Exploring Representations of Neanderthals in Popular Culture

14:00 - 15:00 12 June 2016
Early popular culture representations played a significant role in shaping the stereotypical perception of Neanderthals as dim witted and brutish cavemen. This talk will explore how…

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

10:00 - 16:00 12 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…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 21 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…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

11:30 - 12:15 21 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…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 21 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…

Climate Control - Manchester Museum Movies

24 June 2016
ICE AGE : The Meltdown This is one of a series of weekend of climate themed screenings for families and adults at Manchester Museum, with films to suit everyone. Join us to watch…

Big Saturday – Minibeasts and Us

11:00 - 16:00 25 June 2016
Celebrate National Insect Week and discover more about the wonderful variety of minibeasts both local and global. Find out more about how insects help us, from helping to create the…

The Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 26 June 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. The Meteorology…

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