All events

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 18 July 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…

Baby Explorers

11:30 - 12:15 18 July 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…

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…

Beyond Borders

20 May 2017 - 3 June 2018
Beyond Borders, explores South Asian textiles bringing together four artists working on issues around post-colonial identity, ruptured spaces, authenticity, displacement and belonging.…

Cornelia Parker: Verso

16 June - 5 November 2017
Cornelia Parker: Verso 16 June - 5 November 2017 Cornelia Parker has always been attracted to the backs and undersides of things. While the front presents a conscious and recognisable…

Cozens and Cozens

16 June 2017 - 24 June 2018
Father and son, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, were influential watercolour painters of the 18th century. Alexander was a drawing master who dedicated his career to teaching young…

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…

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…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 18 July 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.…

No End to Enderby

30 June - 17 September 2017
No End to Enderby Graham Eatough and Stephen Sutcliffe To mark the 100th birthday of Manchester-born Anthony Burgess this year, artist Stephen Sutcliffe and theatre director Graham…

Raqib Shaw

24 June - 1 November 2017
Contemporary artist Raqib Shaw will have a solo exhibition at the Whitworth that will examine real and imagined spaces between the East and West. Co-curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt,…

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…

FSE Dean's BBQ

14:30 - 16:30 19 July 2017
Professor Martin Schröder will be hosting a BBQ for Faculty of Science and Engineering Staff, taking place on Pariser Lawn on July 19 at 2:30pm-4:30pm. Any colleagues within the faculty…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 19 July 2017
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Tabley House Presents: The Biber Ensemble

19:00 19 July 2017
The Biber Ensemble comprises Louise Latham (violin), Mary Danton (cello and recorder) and Ann Bond (harpsichord). They will provide with a lovely evening of delightful Baroque music…

Undergraduate Guided Visit

13:30 - 15:30 19 July 2017
Can’t come to one of our open days? Join us for one of our regular guided visits of our campus instead, and get a feel for the facilities, amenities and atmosphere you’ll enjoy as a…

Meditative making

17:00 - 19:00 20 July 2017
Contemplate, muse and reflect: visit the Library and be inspired to make and take home an object inspired by our exhibition The Life of Objects. No need to book, just turn up.

Thursday Lates: Sooni Taraporevala

18:00 - 21:00 20 July 2017
Start the weekend early with our Thursday Lates – a series of sociable, after work and late night openings that are the perfect place to meet up with friends, explore the gallery and…

Finds Liaison

10:00 - 16:00 21 July 2017
Vanessa Oakden, the Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme will be in The Study. Come and see her if you have you need to record your find. This includes all archaeological…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 22 July 2017
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Summer Studio: Family Events at the Whitworth

11:00 22 July - 16:00 3 September 2017
Monday to Saturday, 11am-4pm throughout the Summer Term (22 July - 3 September) Summer Studio: Family events at the Whitworth A creative, drop-in laboratory for trying out ideas and…

Weekdays: Summer Baby

11:00 22 July - 16:00 3 September 2017
Monday to Friday 11am-4pm throughout the Summer Term (22 July - 3 September Come rain or shine join us for baby play-time in our mini garden in the gallery. With a view over Whitworth…

Art Picnic: Family Events at the Whitworth

12:00 - 14:00 24 July 2017
Eat… Chat… Make…Together. Enjoy picnics with a difference…. Bring your food, meet artists and new friends as we explore creating art in the park. Come dressed and prepared for all…

Story Explorers - Summer Holiday Activities

11:00 24 July - 16:00 1 September 2017
With over 4 million objects from all over the world, there are stories all around us at Manchester Museum. Delve into the tantalizing tales tent filled with books, perform stories…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

Search