Manchester Museum

Musical Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 6 June 2017
Our Story teller is on holiday so we will be having musical Baby explorers all day! Join us for live music and songs inspired by our collections, supported by a range of playful sensory…

Musical Baby Explorers

11:30 - 12:15 6 June 2017
Our Story teller is on holiday so we will be having musical Baby explorers all day! Join us for live music and songs inspired by our collections, supported by a range of playful sensory…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 6 June 2017
Our Story teller is on holiday so we will be having musical Baby explorers all day! Join us for live music and songs inspired by our collections, supported by a range of playful sensory…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 20 June 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 20 June 2017
Baby Explorers is an interactive story and sensory play session. Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, songs, props and real objects, supported…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 20 June 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.…

Monday Lunchtime Talk: How is Social Media changing China?

13:00 - 14:00 26 June 2017
In this talk, Prof Lifen Zhang, journalist, author and broadcaster will explain why, in his view, social media, the national obsession and blessing, presents a dilemma to the government…

Collection Bites

13:30 - 14:00 11 September 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 give…

Postgraduate Festival: Mid Night at Manchester Museum

19:00 - 21:00 19 September 2017
During Night at Manchester Museum we introduce our new postgraduate students to their university museum and the range and breadth of Delia Derbyshire’s archive. Dr David Butler, Lecturer…

Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration

12:00 - 16:00 4 October 2017
Come and celebrate China’s second biggest annual festival with the Confucius Institute! Fun and informal drop-in activities like paper folding, costumes, dance performances and moon…

CANCELLED: Monday Lunchtime Talks: Are Happy Students better Performers?

13:00 - 14:00 16 October 2017
Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances this Lunchtime talk had to be cancelled. We hope to reschedule in due course!

Social sciences and the 'omics revolution

6 November 2017
13:00 Lunch 13:45-14:30 Interdisciplinary research and omics data: what can social scientists contribute? Professor James Nazroo, University of Manchester The use of biological data…

Documentary Screening: The White Helmets

18:00 - 19:30 7 November 2017
Oscar winning documentary, The White Helmets, follows the Syrian Civil Defence forces rescuing those caught in the crossfire of the country’s civil war. In the five years since the…

Monday Lunchtime Talk: Craftsmanship, Inheritance and Innovation in China – A filmmakers' experience documenting traditional Chinese culture

13:00 - 14:00 20 November 2017
In July 2017, two students had the opportunity to spend two weeks in China as part of the Looking China Youth Film Project 2017, aiming to capture enchanting aspects of Chinese culture.…

Linnean Society: Irene Manton Lecture 2017

16:00 - 18:00 7 December 2017
The University of Manchester in collaboration with The Linnean Society and Manchester Museum will host the 2017 Irene Manton lecture to celebrate the significant contribution made by…

Manchester Museum and Henry Dresser, Victorian ornithologist

11:00 - 12:30 9 December 2017
Join Manchester Museum’s Henry McGhie as he explores the fascinating world of Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithologists. Henry will share the story from his new book a short talk…

The Visual Field

12:00 22 - 14:00 23 January 2018
All workshop attendees will be invited to co-author/produce of outputs, which is why we are inviting applications to attend this event. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 15th NOVEMBER 2017…

Manchester Museum tour in Mandarin

11:00 - 12:00 17 February 2018
From 2018 we are proud to offer free foreign language tours aimed at native speakers and students of any level of Spanish and Mandarin Chinese . The tours will encompass all of our…

Monday Lunchtime talk: China's One-Child Policy from a wider East Asian perspective

13:00 - 14:00 19 February 2018
The so-called one-child policy, introduced in 1979 and gradually phased out since 2015, is known as one of China’s most radical population policies in recent history. It is also well…

Baby Explorers Drop in sensory play session

11:00 - 14:30 20 February 2018
Join us for a drop in Baby Explorer sensory play session over half term. Discover real objects, supported by a range of playful sensory resources for babies to explore. A space to play,…

NHS@70: Stories of Our Lives

2 - 3 March 2018
To celebrate the launch of the NHS@70: Stories of Our Lives project on Friday 2 March Manchester Museum volunteers will invite visitors to enjoy a close encounter with objects linked…

Manchester Museum Tour in Italian

11:00 - 12:00 10 March 2018
Al fine di migliorare l'esperienza dei nostri visitatori internazionali, dal 2018 siamo orgogliosi di offrire tour gratuiti in lingua straniera rivolti a madrelingua e studenti di qualsiasi…

Hands on Science

11:00 - 16:00 17 March 2018
Explore science through interactive activities created and facilitated by University of Manchester students for their final year project. Their activities have been designed with the…

‘Mutations in Citizenship’: Activist and translational perspectives on migration and mobility in the age of globalisation

09:00 - 17:00 23 March 2018
An interdisciplinary research symposium on the themes of migration, translation and citizenship, produced with the generous support of the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies…

‘Mutations in Citizenship’: Activist and translational perspectives on migration and mobility in the age of globalisation

23 March 2018
Migration has always played an important role in the history and development of human societies, but the past fifty years have seen marked rises in the movement and mobility of diverse…

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