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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…

Children's Lives in Wartime Japan

1 February - 31 March 2017
This exhibition displays 50 entries from picture diaries made by Japanese primary school children in 1944-1945. It gives a vivid insight into the school lives of Japanese children…

Costume corner

18 - 26 February 2017
Pop in to our pop up photo booth! Strike a pose for a picture or a selfie using the props to create a cunning disguise to fool your friends and family. Ask staff to point you in the right direction.

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.…

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…

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

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…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 24 February 2017
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 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…

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…

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…

Revolutionary Textiles 1910-1939

2 January - 23 April 2017
In the early decades of the 20th century textile design took off in new directions throughout the Western world. Invigorated by experimental techniques, art styles such as Fauvism,…

Short Course: Structural Equation Modelling using Mplus (intermediate)

22 - 24 February 2017
Structural Equation Models (SEM) amalgamate regression analysis, path/mediation analysis and factor analysis, allowing for more richly detailed statistical models to be specified and…

Sitting pretty: create your own mini portrait

14:00 - 16:00 24 February 2017
Portraits are fascinating way of understanding how people see themselves and the Library is full of them. Join in our workshop and take home your own portable portrait. Ask someone…

SOLD OUT ‘The Burnley Buggers' Ball’ & ‘Burnley’s Lesbian Liberator’ (LGBT History events)

19:30 - 21:00 24 February 2017
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PERFORMANCE IS NOW SOLD OUT. The Burnley Buggers’ Ball written by Stephen M Hornby directed by Matt Hassall Burnley’s Lesbian Liberator written by Abi Hynes…

THE MODERNISM@MANCHESTER RESEARCH GROUP DAY SYMPOSIUM: Proletarian Modernism

13:00 - 17:00 24 February 2017
Modernism@Manchester is a Research Group based in the Division of English, American Studies and Creative Writing at the University of Manchester. We are interested in addressing power…

Warhol Winter Studio: Family Friendly half term 20-24 February

11:00 20 - 15:00 24 February 2017
Warhol Winter Studio Join us for this half term, 20-24 February, for a FREE hands-on workshop that explores your identity through portraiture. Just drop in, 11am to 3pm. Get inspired…

Whitworth Young Contemporaries: And Now We Are Plastic

27 January - 2 April 2017
As technology helps us to constantly evolve, the boundaries between our physical and digital spaces are blending, yet our ability to adapt and change remains visible in our art, marking…

MUMS Opera and more

19:30 - 21:00 25 February 2017
This year, MUMS have decided to programme Holst’s one-act opera Savitri, along with other favourites and a new work. This concert is not to be missed! Programme to include: Bach …

The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 25 February 2017
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

Exposing the Off-Beat: A Curator Tour

11:00 - 11:45 26 February 2017
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…

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…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 27th February 2017 - Dr Andre Cicalo – Kings College, London

16:00 - 18:00 27 February 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 27th February 2017 Dr Andre Cicalo – Kings College, London Goodbye Racial Democracy? Brazilian Identity, Official Discourse, and the Making…

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