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Barbara Brown

17 March 2017 - 15 March 2018
Barbara Brown was the golden girl of Heal Fabrics in the 1960s and early 1970s. Talent-spotted as a student, her designs for furnishing fabrics are some of the most striking and unusual…

Daily: Art Hampers – resources for families at the Whitworth

10:00 22 April - 17:00 31 December 2017
Are you hungry to get creative with your family? Pick up an Art Hamper, free and available any time during gallery opening hours. Our Art Hampers are filled with materials for you…

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.…

Family Ties – The Adamah Papers exhibition

7 April - 25 May 2017
A new exhibition from the Black Cultural Archives exploring a collection of papers belonging to the Adamah Family - a Ghanaian family of Kings - which reflect on the family's daily…

John Akomfrah

24 March - 23 July 2017
John Akomfrah's acclaimed video installation Vertigo Sea. Vertigo Sea, a three-screen film, first seen at the 56th Venice Biennale as part of Okwui Enwezor's All the World's Futures…

Lucienne Day

14 April - 16 July 2017
We are delighted to be celebrating the centenary year of one of Britain’s most influential 20th century designers. Best-known for her textiles, Lucienne Day (1917 – 2010) is recognised…

Manchester Environmental Economics Workshop, 2017 on 'Social preferences and environmental and resource economics'

4 - 5 May 2017
Manchester Environmental Economics Workshop, 2017 “Social references and environmental and natural resource policy formation” The workshop will bring together expertise and insights…

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…

Sooni Taraporevala: Home in the City, Bombay 1976-Mumbai 2016

4 March 2017 - 1 January 2018
The first UK solo exhibition of photographer Sooni Taraporevala. Photographer, screenwriter, filmmaker Sooni Taraporevala will present a series of black and white photographs depicting…

The Tabley House Collection

13:00 1 April - 13:00 29 October 2017
As a university of Manchester country house collection, The Tabley House Collection showcases a permanent exhibition of early British modern masters alongside interchanging displays…

William Blake: The Man from the Future

12:30 - 16:30 5 May 2017
William Blake, the most protean figure in British culture, is always in the process of being re-born, re-worked and re conceived. It is simply a fact of historical life that he is an…

Saturday Supplement: Material / Rearranged / To / Be

11:00 - 16:00 6 May 2017
Saturday Supplement: Material / Rearranged / To / Be. 6 May, 11am-4pm. All events are free, no need to book. An extraordinary day of performance, workshops and conversations alongside…

Siobhan Davies Dance: material / rearranged / to / be

6 - 14 May 2017
Siobhan Davies Dance: material / rearranged / to / be. Performance times: Saturday 6 May: 10am-4pm (including Saturday Supplement, 11am-4pm - see event details below) Sunday 7 to Wednesday…

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

13:00 - 14:00 6 May 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…

The University of Manchester’s Dragon Boat Race

10:30 - 16:30 6 May 2017
On 6th May 2017 the Confucius Institute at The University of Manchester will host the annual Dragon Boat race amongst North West Universities at Helly Hansen Watersport Centre, Salford…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Manchester University String Society

15:00 - 15:45 7 May 2017
Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts that are open to all. At 3pm on selected Sunday afternoons, students from around Manchester perform in the New Arrivals…

Bike Registration Event

09:00 - 10:00 8 May 2017
Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their bikes on the University scheme. LOCKS MUST BE BOUGHT THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY'S…

Blurring Genres Network: Recovering the Humanities for Political Science and Area Studies

10:00 - 16:30 8 May 2017
Programme: 10.00am Welcome and Opening Remarks Professor Rod Rhodes, University of Southampton. 10.15am Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice Chancellor, Buckingham University. “What history do…

Collection Bites

13:30 - 14:00 8 May 2017
Collection Bites are half an hour talks hosted by our Visitor Team every other Monday. Our Visitor Team members are with our collections every day and so are the perfect people to…

Emerging economies and the end of hyperglobalisation

10:00 - 11:30 8 May 2017
Richard Kozul-Wright, Director of the Globalisation and Development Strategies Division at UN Conference on Trade and Development will discuss 'Emerging economies and the end of hyperglobalisation'…

SEED PGR FunDay 2017

11:00 - 13:00 8 May 2017
SEED PGR FunDay 2017 is an interactive, informal and fun social event aimed to tackle the loneliness that can be faced by PGRs along their doctoral journey. Working together with the…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 9 May 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 9 May 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…

Development Economics Seminar: Sai Ding (University of Glasgow)

13:00 - 14:00 9 May 2017
Title: Fiscal policy volatility and capital misallocation: Evidence from China. Abstract: Can a demand-side macroeconomic shock be a driver of capital misallocation in China? Using…

Workshop: Collecting and storing data from Internet based sources

10:00 - 13:00 9 May 2017
Many websites allow researchers and developers to download data from them using their Application Programming Interface (API). This data is often in formats that social scientists are…

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