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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…

Bird Spotting and Bird Feeders

13:30 - 14:15 27 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 Activity…

Bird Spotting and Bird Feeders

14:30 - 15:15 27 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 Activity…

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.

Bird Spotting on the Allotment

14:00 - 16:00 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

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,…

Climate Control and Open Labs After Hours

18:00 - 21:00 27 July 2016
Join scientists and artists for an evening of interactive games where you can take control and make decisions exploring a zero carbon future. Act as an advisor responding to a fictional…

Dentistry Responding In Domestic Violence and Abuse

12:15 - 16:00 27 July 2016
Do you support victims and survivors of domestic violence and abuse? Are you a local charity? School Administrator? Refugee agency? Service provider? BME support group? Healthcare professional?…

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…

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…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 27 July 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

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…

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…

Object handling

13:30 - 15:30 27 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

The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 27 July 2016
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

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

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…

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…

Collection Bites: a Magical Incantation Bowl at Manchester Museum

13:00 - 14:00 28 July 2016
In the archaeology collection at Manchester Museum there is a small ceramic bowl with faded writing on its surface. It has been identified as a Mesopotamian magic or incantation bowl…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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