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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…

Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 28 September - 13:55 23 November 2016
1.05pm, Wednesday 28 September – Wednesday 23 November 2016 (Apart from Wed 2 Nov) This autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for…

Capturing Science: Images Past and Present

22 September 2016 - 29 January 2017
A picture is worth a thousand words and captures a moment in time. Manchester is European City of Science throughout 2016 and to celebrate this, we are sharing a selection of our science…

Collections Encounter: Ye Olde Medical Hacks

14:00 - 15:00 28 October 2016
Join us as we delve into our 16th and 17th century medical collections and discover doctor’s advice on unicorn horns, poisonous cats and gunshot wounds. No need to book, just turn up.

Giacometti's Sculpture: Masterclass with Professor Alex Potts

11:00 - 13:00 28 October 2016
Professor Alex Potts, Visiting Pilkington Professor of Art History, will be teaching a masterclass on the sculptures of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). Alex Potts is the Max Loehr Collegiate…

Giacometti’s Sculpture: The Figure in Space and Time

17:30 - 19:00 28 October 2016
Professor Alex Potts, Visiting Pilkington Professor of Art History, will be speaking on the sculptures of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). Alex Potts is the Max Loehr Collegiate Professor…

Idris Khan

14 October 2016 - 13 March 2017
British contemporary artist Idris Khan's new solo exhibition. Idris Khan draws inspiration from the history of art, music, philosophy and theology, laying and manipulating images and…

Imagining Medicine

14 October - 22 December 2016
Hammers, vacuum cleaners and duck beaks: see how 16th and 17th century surgical procedures have been reimagined through the photography of Dr Sian Bonnell. Bonnell's photographs take…

Interdisciplinary workshop on water, technology and the nation-state

10:00 27 - 18:00 28 October 2016
This two-day workshop will bring together over 30 researchers from around the world who are contributing to advance the scholarly understanding of the complex and often hidden connection…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 28 October 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 11:30 28 October 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 28 October 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…

Marcantonio Raimondi and Raphael

30 September 2016 - 23 April 2017
This exhibition features the work of one of the radical originators and innovators of the European tradition of printmaking, Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-c. 1534). Marcantonio was…

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…

NEW SCULPTURE

22 October 2016 - 12 June 2017
This exhibition presents a dynamic selection of contemporary sculpture recently acquired by the Whitworth. Spanning the last 25 years, the exhibition offers an eclectic journey through…

Oct Half Term Activities: Animal Prints

11:00 24 - 16:00 28 October 2016
Be inspired by rare animals and plants and create an animal print of your own to take away. Visit our new exhibition ‘Extinction or Survival?’ on floor G. From the Dodo to the Giant…

Ocular Bionica: Hands-onica

11:00 - 14:00 28 October 2016
Create your own low-tech animations inspired by Ocular Bionica, artist Lucy Burscough’s stop-frame animated film about hybrid human-digital vision. You can also chat to Lucy about…

Off Beat: Jeff Nuttall and the International Underground

8 September 2016 - 5 March 2017
Painter, poet, actor and sculptor, a man once described as "the only all-round genius most of us are likely to meet," Jeff Nuttall was one of the few people in the early 1960s to publish…

Printing press demonstration: amputation and regeneration

11:30 - 11:50 28 October 2016
Watch our Columbian Printing Press in action; heralded as one of history’s greatest inventions discover the impact the printing press had on our society and how it revolutionised the…

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.…

Visit of Niko Besnier - Simon Visiting Professor

23 October - 13 November 2016
Social Anthropology Visit of Niko Besnier Simon Visiting Professor 23 Oct – 13 Nov. 2016 Niko Besnier is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He is…

Art History Careers Day

10:30 - 16:00 29 October 2016
This year’s AAH Careers Day will be hosted by the University of Manchester in the newly refurbished Whitworth Gallery. This event is aimed at recent graduates, undergraduates, sixth-form…

Big Saturday: Science Spectacular

10:00 - 16:00 29 October 2016
A fun-filled family day of science challenges, live experiments, and interactive demonstrations. Help us draw some sketchy science, crack our top secret computer codes, play with moon…

Ocular:Bionica

10:00 29 - 17:00 30 October 2016
This painted stop-frame animation film tells the story of Ray, a patient who has lost his central vision to age-related macular degeneration. He becomes the first person with condition…

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