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2016 Fred Jevons Science Policy Lecture: Science, technology and industrial strategy - What government can and cannot do

14:15 - 15:30 25 July 2016
The 2016 Fred Jevons Science Policy Lecture will be delivered by the Rt. Hon the Lord Willetts, the Executive Director of the Resolution Foundation, and Former Minister for Universities…

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…

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,…

Family holidays at the Whitworth: Summer Studio

11:00 22 July - 14:00 2 September 2016
Explore, play and create together with your family this summer holiday at our Summer Studio. Have a go at hands-on creative activities with local artists inspired by three artists from…

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…

Magical Creatures: The Power of Paws, Claws, Feathers and Fur

12:00 - 16:00 25 July 2016
Within many societies witchcraft and spells have long been associated with all varieties of animals. From frogs, snakes, beetles and owls these creatures have been said to have a range…

Mondays: Toddler Art Club – Family events at the Whitworth

10:30 18 July - 12:30 19 December 2016
Toddler Art Club – Family events at the Whitworth. Try these workshops – led by artists, dancers and musicians – and let your toddler discover, explore, create and play. Each Monday:…

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…

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…

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…

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

Robin Ward, Harp and Handcrafted Instrument Concert

19:00 26 July 2016
Robin Ward is a unique musician in that he performs on his own hand-crafted instruments and is one of only a handful of people in the world who play the triple harp professionally.…

Transparent Publishing & Open Science: how to share reproducible data

11:00 - 12:00 26 July 2016
The biosciences are witnessing a rapid growth and diversification of both research data and publications. Research progress depends on reliable and efficient mechanisms to select, quality…

Unfolding Stories: Sketching the Everyday

10:00 26 July - 14:00 1 August 2016
See the everyday world a little differently, with this free exhibition from urban sketcher and award-winning illustrator, Lynne Chapman. The exhibition features over fifty metres of…

Unfolding Stories: sketching workshops

10:15 - 12:45 26 July 2016
As part of our exhibition Unfolding Stories: Sketching the Everyday, Lynne Chapman is leading two sketching workshops for adults and children aged 9 and up. Lynne is a book illustrator…

Bird Spotting on the Allotment

11:00 - 13:00 27 July 2016
Drop in, free, all ages Join the RSPB on the Museum Allotment and find out more about their work and how you can help. Have some bird spotting training and see how many different birds you can spot.

Cancer Treatment: From Bench to Bedside EcoS Tour

11:00 - 15:00 27 July 2016
As part of the European City of Science celebrations, Manchester Pharmacy School is pleased to be hosting a ‘Behind the Scenes of Science’ tour around a selection of their pharmacy-specific…

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

I Spy Nature – Birds

10:30 - 11:30 27 July 2016
Magic Carpet - The Girl and the Bird Free, for active toddlers, parents, grandparents and carers (younger siblings welcome too). Book one week in advance on mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com…

I Spy Nature – Birds

11:30 - 12:30 27 July 2016
Magic Carpet - The Girl and the Bird Free, for active toddlers, parents, grandparents and carers (younger siblings welcome too). Book one week in advance on mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com…

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