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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…

Deanna Petherbridge

2 December 2016 - 4 June 2017
A solo show of pen and ink drawings from across a 45-year career. Since the 1960s, Deanna Petherbridge has pioneered critical thinking on drawing and its place in art and architecture.…

Discover Engineering

09:30 - 15:30 9 December 2016
Discover Days at Manchester offer potential applicants the chance to gain real insight into degree programmes they might study at this University. They provide a great opportunity for…

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 9 December 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

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…

Prof. Olivier Richon - The Indifferent

13:00 - 15:00 9 December 2016
Professor Olivier Richon, Head of the Photography programme at the Royal College of Art, will be giving a seminar that considers Antoine Watteau's painting 'The Indifferent' (1718)…

Quatuor Danel

19:30 - 21:30 9 December 2016
Two imposing quartets in E flat: Weinberg’s breakthrough to full maturity with a work of classical symphonic proportions, and Beethoven’s return to quartet writing after a 14-year break,…

Quatuor Danel Open House

12:00 9 - 16:00 11 December 2016
The University of Manchester and its internationally-renowned resident string quartet, Quatuor Danel, invite you to join in another fantastic music-making opportunity. Everyone is…

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.…

Ad Solem: The University of Manchester Chamber Choir

19:30 - 21:15 10 December 2016
MUMS elite chamber choir returns to St Ann’s Church to present an evening of spirituality and poetry. This concert features religious settings, such as MacMillan’s Miserere, alongside…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:00 - 10:30 10 December 2016
See, Make and Do at the Museum Join us for our early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their families and carers, and siblings. Activities…

Stone Flowers performance

12:00 - 13:00 10 December 2016
Stone Flowers are a refugee music collective of torture survivors based in Manchester and will be showcasing their unique repertoire live on International Human Rights Day. Stone Flowers…

Stone Flowers performance

14:00 - 15:00 10 December 2016
Stone Flowers are a refugee music collective of torture survivors based in Manchester and will be showcasing their unique repertoire live on International Human Rights Day. Stone Flowers…

Fossil

15:00 - 16:30 11 December 2016
Join Manchester-based poet and interactive artist Maya Chowdhry as she launches her latest collection, Fossil. Fossil explores the impact of human activity on climate change though…

Computational Science using Big Data in R

12 December 2016
This course will introduce a workflow for working efficiently with large amounts of data in R, using data from the Human Mortality Database (HMD) and Human Fertility Database (HFD).…

Healing Histories: An Exhibition of Medical Marvels and Curative Curiosities

10:00 - 15:00 12 December 2016
Healing Histories is a pop-up exhibition by MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies students exploring the curious past of health and medicine, celebrating discoveries, exploring the unappreciated,…

School of Materials Metals and Corrosion Group Christmas Lecture

14:00 - 15:00 12 December 2016
Title - Deformation of Ultra-Fine Grained Polycrystals The density of geometrically necessary dislocations (GND) obtained from the lattice curvature was studied in commercially pure…

Webinar: Key data: Business data

15:00 - 16:00 12 December 2016
This webinar is intended for anyone who wants to know more about the Office for National Statistics (ONS) business data available from the UK Data Service such as the Annual Survey…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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