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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,…

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…

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: Families, money and death: inheritance disputes amongst trading families in Industrial Revolution Manchester

15:00 - 16:00 12 June 2016
Examining men and women ‘in trade’ in Manchester during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The death of the head of household, and the subsequent transfer of wealth…

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…

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.…

Tibor Reich

29 January - 29 August 2016
A celebration of post-war design alongside an exhibition of Wallpaper from the Whitworth's collection

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…

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…

Demographic Concepts and Methods short course

13 - 14 June 2016
This course is delivered over two consecutive days and is aimed at those with no demographic training. The focus will be on the basic components of demographic change through measures…

Human peripheral blood monocytes and intestinal macrophage populations activate TGF-? via expression of the integrin ?v?8 and Investigating the effect of integrin ?v?8 on effector memory T cells.

15:30 - 16:30 13 June 2016
Human peripheral blood monocytes and intestinal macrophage populations activate TGF-? via expression of the integrin ?v?8 Aoife Kelly Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF?) plays a…

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