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ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol

19 November 2016 - 16 April 2017
ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol shows the sharp critical opinions of an artist known to many primarily as art salesman, purveyor of product and celebrant of capitalism. Supported by Arts…

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…

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…

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…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 25 November 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2016

09:30 - 16:30 25 November 2016
The annual Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference, organised by the UK Data Service, will be held on Friday 25 November. The event is free to attend and lunch and…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 11:30 25 November 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 25 November 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 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…

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…

Quatuor Danel with Richard Whalley (piano)

19:30 - 21:30 25 November 2016
Philip Grange’s searing elegy for the victims of the Battle of the Somme (which ended on 18 November 1916) is framed by the sunniest of all string quartets and a lively yet autumnal…

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.…

The University of Manchester Baroque Orchestra

13:10 - 14:00 25 November 2016
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Oboe and Violin in B flat major, RV 548 Alessandro Scarlatti Concerto for Recorder in D Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9 A rare…

Big Saturday: People, Pandas and the Planet

11:00 - 16:00 26 November 2016
We share our home with thousands of other animals and plants. Join us at November’s People, Pandas and the Planet Big Saturday to explore how we can all make more space for nature in…

Exposing the Off-Beat: A Curator Tour

11:00 - 11:45 26 November 2016
The Beat Poets were influential in the establishment-shattering 1960s counter-culture and in exploding the boundaries of poetry. Our experts on the Beat Poets, Douglas Field and Jay…

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

13:00 26 November 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…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)

19:30 - 21:15 26 November 2016
Gold award winning MUWO (National Concert Band Festival 2015) return to the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall to perform a range of works from Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances to Arutiunian’s…

Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 26 November 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. How to…

Stockport Youth Orchestra

15:00 - 17:00 27 November 2016
Join Stockport Youth Orchestra for the first concert in their new season, conducted by Tim Crooks and Christopher Orton. To book please visit http://ow.ly/AvXQ302QAxT or telephone…

An exploration of religious voices and identities in higher education

09:00 - 17:00 28 November 2016
This one-day conference brings together researchers, lecturers and students who share an interest, be it personal, teaching or research-based, in the topic of religion in higher education.…

Social Anthropology Seminar - John Gledhill - The University of Manchester

16:00 - 18:00 28 November 2016
John Gledhill – The University of Manchester The enduring contradictions of policing in Brazil: ethnographic and structural perspectives Brazil offers a spectacular example of a…

The WTO Law in international (dis)order

17:00 - 19:00 28 November 2016
The Manchester International Law Centre is happy to welcome Mr. Victor do Prado, who is currently the Director of the Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division in the WTO to…

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