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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…

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,…

ESTIVAL 2016

7 - 10 June 2016
Join Manchester University Music Society in their unique equivalent to the 'Proms'! MUMS finishes off their concert season with a four day extravaganza featuring eight concerts in…

Estival 2016: Brass Band

19:30 - 21:00 9 June 2016
Returning victorious from their second consecutive win at UniBrass, MUMS Brass Band return with a selection of new repertoire spanning the ages. Join Manchester University Music Society…

Estival 2016: Grade1athon Orchestra

13:10 - 14:00 9 June 2016
Fresh from their Grade 1 exams, MUMS Grade1athon orchestra return to grace your ears with some classic tunes in an attempt to prove their mastery of a new instrument. Join Manchester…

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.

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…

Manchester Histories Festival: Manchester Central Library and Civic Pride

14:00 - 15:00 9 June 2016
Manchester Central Library was opened amid great pomp and ceremony by George V on 17 July 1934. Costing almost £600,000, the library accommodated one million volumes and seated over…

Manchester Histories Festival: Manchester Soldier, Manchester Historian

15:00 - 17:00 9 June 2016
Mark Hovell died in the trenches in 1916 aged only 28. He was a historian who left behind a manuscript that, when published, transformed our understanding of key moments in Britain’s…

Manchester Histories Festival: Snapshot

3 - 12 June 2016
Join Manchester Histories’ digital treasure hunt to discover and share images and stories of Greater Manchester’s hidden histories through Twitter and Instagram. Simply play for fun…

Manchester Histories Festival: What the Dickens? Perspectives on poverty in Manchester Since Victorian Times

18:00 - 20:00 9 June 2016
Wood Street Mission has been giving out food, clothes and toys to struggling families since the 1870s. Located in Spinningfield's business district, on a narrow side street once notorious…

Manchester Soldier, Manchester Historian: Exploring the Life and Legacy of Mark Hovell

15:00 - 17:00 9 June 2016
2016 marks the centenary of the death of the historian, Mark Hovell. Hovell was born in Manchester in 1888, and had been a student and later a lecturer at the University of Manchester…

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…

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.

Slavery and social exclusion: Christian advice to late Roman landowners

16:55 - 18:30 9 June 2016
Classics & Ancient History Work-in-Progress Seminar

The Investigation of H3K4 methylation landscape attributed to RBBP-5 and WDR-5/Exploring the epigenetics of ageing

13:30 - 14:30 9 June 2016
This is part of the CCB Spring Seminar Series 2016. Nurulhafizah Binti Samsudin/Adriana Vintilla, University of Manchester The Investigation of H3K4 methylation landscape attributed…

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.…

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…

Estival 2016: Ad Solem and The Cosmo Singers

13:10 - 14:00 10 June 2016
With a stunning display of vocal talent, this concert welcomes elite university chamber choirs Ad Solem and The Cosmo Singers in a programme of Wilbye to Vaughan Williams and Jackson…

Estival 2016: MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:00 10 June 2016
Estival is concluded with a dramatic concert featuring a dedication to the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Patron of MUMS; new works from postgraduates and academic staff; and Holst’s…

Great Women of Manchester: Collection Encounter

14:00 - 15:00 10 June 2016
Manchester has produced some remarkable women and these pioneering women have made a significant contribution to how we live our lives today. To celebrate this, we’ll be delving into…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 10 June 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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