Manchester Museum

Marvellous Winter Mobiles

11:00 2 - 16:00 6 January 2017
Look, discover and explore the Museum galleries and see what wonders you can find. Create a marvellous mobile of your favourite winter wildlife. Drop in, families, free, all ages

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 3 January 2017
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 3 January 2017
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…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 3 January 2017
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…

Collection Bites: ‘If a crocodile has sex with her…’: Animals between magic, religion, and divination in Graeco-Roman Egypt

14:00 - 15:00 13 January 2017
Animals played a huge role not only in the practical daily life of the ancient Egyptians, but also in their intellectual and spiritual life, especially in the Graeco-Roman Period. Sacred…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

14 January 2017
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…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 17 January 2017
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 17 January 2017
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…

Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Surgery

10:00 - 16:00 20 January 2017
Bring your finds to be recorded and identified at Manchester Museum, all objects from Pre-history to 1700s are welcome.

Big Saturday: Our Wonderful World

11:00 - 16:00 21 January 2017
We’ll be kicking off 2017 by celebrating the big and the small things that make our world wonderful! Come along and bring the whole family for a day of activities all around kindness,…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 11:30 27 January 2017
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 27 January 2017
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…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 31 January 2017
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 31 January 2017
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…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 31 January 2017
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…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 11 February 2017
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…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 14 February 2017
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 14 February 2017
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…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 14 February 2017
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…

Big Saturday: Amazing Animals

11:00 - 16:00 18 February 2017
Come along to the Museum's Amazing Animals Big Saturday and discover some amazing facts about animals. Find out more about how animals survive winter and see our 'Extinction/Survival?'…

Half term activities Paper Puppets

10:00 20 - 16:00 24 February 2017
Make paper puppets inspired by the animals you see in the Museum's 'Extinction/Survival?' exhibition. Free, drop in, families

From Malacca to Manchester: Curating Islamic Collections Worldwide

23 - 24 February 2017
This conference will explore and appraise current and developing practices in the curating of museum collections of Islamic art and material culture around the world, in Europe and…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 11:30 24 February 2017
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 24 February 2017
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…

Collection Bites Ancestor selfies: face to face with the ancient dead

13:30 - 14:00 27 February 2017
Inspired by her blog earlier this year (link below) Michelle Scott will be speaking about archaeological facial reconstructions with examples of our collection. https://storiesfromthemuseumfloor.word…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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