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,…

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.…

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…

The Urban Naturalist

Climate Change Synaesthesia: the exhibition unleashed

08:00 - 09:30 30 June 2016
Climate scientists and artists take hold of the exhibition, inviting the public to take another look….an immersive installation unfolds and we hear, touch, smell and taste the effects…

Living (and writing) the weather

11:00 - 13:00 30 June 2016
Join University of Manchester sociologist Professor Jennifer Mason to learn about her research on ‘Living the Weather’, which explores how our everyday lives are full of weather and…

Migratory Birds: Poetry and Perceptions of Climate Change

18:00 - 19:30 30 June 2016
A panel bringing together a poet, a literary scholar, a climate change scientist and an ornithologist will address the following questions: How does poetry represent birds and our relationship…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 5 July 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 5 July 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…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 5 July 2016
Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion.

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 5 July 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…

Extreme Weather Memories

17:30 - 19:00 8 July 2016
Extreme Weather Memories Friday 8 July 5.30 - 7pm Drop-in, Free, Adult What are your extreme weather memories? Snow in summer or flooded gardens. Join us at Manchester Museum…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 9 July 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…

Finds Liaison

10:00 - 16:00 15 July 2016
Finds Liaison

Take Me Back to Manchester Workshop

14:00 - 16:00 16 July 2016
In 1872, Maharajah, an Asian Elephant, walked from Edinburgh to his new home in Belle Vue Zoo with his keeper Lorenzo Lawrence. Oliver East, a Manchester-based artist, walked the same…

Magic Carpet: A Tadpole’s Tale

10:30 - 11:30 17 July 2016
Free, for active toddlers, parents, grandparents and carers. (Younger siblings welcome too) Book one week in advance on mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com or 0161 275 2648 after 2pm Story making and activity session

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 19 July 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 19 July 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 19 July 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…

Manchester Museum Tours

14:00 23 July 2016
2:15pm Take a tour around Manchester Museum with our team of experts to guide you. Meet our resident Tyrannosaurus Rex, ‘Stan’, marvel at the diverse galleries including our ancient…

Adventures in the Anthropocene – In conversation with Gaia Vince

19:00 - 20:00 25 July 2016
Adult Event, Free, Book on mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com or 0161 275 2648 Join Gaia Vince for an adventure into the planet we made, as she talks about her award-winning book Adventures…

Summer Holiday Activities: Let’s Build Our City

11:00 - 16:00 25 July 2016
Come and let your imagination run wild and build a new Green Manchester. What could it look like? How could we live? Come along and collect your building bricks and help us to create…

Cleaning the Grime

10:30 - 12:30 26 July 2016
Meet our Conservation team and find out more about their work. See some stones from Manchester Museum’s collection and discover how to safely clean stones you might have at home. Part of Festival of Archaeology

Object handling

13:30 - 15:30 26 July 2016
Get to grips with our handling collection, and see if you can separate real Stone Age tools from real Stone Age rock. Part of Festival of Archaeology

Cleaning the Grime

10:30 - 12:30 27 July 2016
Meet our Conservation team and find out more about their work. See some stones from Manchester Museum’s collection and discover how to safely clean stones you might have at home. Part of Festival of Archaeology

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