Manchester Museum

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.

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…

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…

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 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.…

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…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 11:30 29 July 2016
Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially devised to enable our youngest…

Magic Carpet

11:30 - 12:30 29 July 2016
Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially devised to enable our youngest…

Big Saturday Climate Control

11:00 - 16:00 30 July 2016
Big Saturday Climate Control

Big Saturday: Climate Control

11:00 - 16:00 30 July 2016
Meet experts, experiment and create. See the Museum’s Climate Control exhibition and explore the idea that we can’t change the past but we can change the future, and how we can each…

Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 31 July 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. riendly,…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 2 August 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 2 August 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 2 August 2016
Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion.

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 2 August 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…

Bug Spotting and Bug Hotels

13:30 3 August 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…

Bug Spotting on the Allotment

11:00 - 13:00 3 August 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 bug spotting training and see how many different minibeasts you can spot.

Magic Carpet: Minibeasts

10:30 - 11:30 3 August 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

Magic Carpet: Minibeasts

11:30 - 12:30 3 August 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

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