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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…

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,…

Curator's corner: A closer look at Shakespeare's First Folio and first edition of Sonnets.

11:30 - 11:50 31 August 2016
This is a great opportunity to hear the curator present a bitesize introduction about the Library’s rare and precious Shakespeare collection. Discover the history behind Shakespeare’s…

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…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 31 August 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 31 August 2016
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

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:…

NCRM and ICLS Autumn School 2016 for Post-doctoral Researchers

31 August - 2 September 2016
The National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) will be holding its eleventh residential training event for post-doctoral researchers in Manchester. This year the School will be run…

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 at the Whitworth: Work in Progress

4 - 31 August 2016
Work in Progress This summer holiday come to see Work in Progress, a series of artist residencies all August at the Whitworth. Meet artists from both the UK and India as they explore…

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.…

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…

Toddler tales

10:30 - 11:15 1 September 2016
Find a cosy corner, pull up a cushion and listen to fun stories. Join in playtime, creating a storyworld of your own. Suitable for families with children 5 and under.

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 2 September 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Climate Flicks at Manchester Museum COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret

14:00 - 16:00 3 September 2016
Adult event, Free, Book on mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com or 0161 275 2648 after 2pm Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find…

Climate Flicks at Manchester Museum Frozen

11:00 - 13:00 3 September 2016
When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister, Anna, teams up with a mountain man, his playful…

Climate Flicks at Manchester Museum: COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret

14:00 - 16:00 3 September 2016
Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to…

Climate Flicks at Manchester Museum: Frozen

11:00 - 13:00 3 September 2016
Family event, free, book on mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com or 0161 275 2648 after 2pm. When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 3 September 2016
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Climate Flicks at Manchester Museum: The Day After tomorrow

14:00 - 16:00 4 September 2016
Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to…

Test event

09:00 - 14:30 4 September 2016
Test event

Catch-up cycles and changes in industrial leadership in six industries

12:00 - 13:00 6 September 2016
This paper proposes an explanation of successive changes in industry leadership (which we call catch-up cycles) in which new firms and countries emerge in international leadership of…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 6 September 2016
Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion. Drop in, free, adult

Webinar: The Fly in the Ointment? Investigating Demographic Representation on Twitter

15:00 - 16:00 6 September 2016
The fly in the ointment for any social scientific research using Twitter data is that we do not know who tweets. Twitter does not require users to publish demographic information…

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