Contact Theatre, Manchester Museum

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 12 September 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 12 September 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…

Celebrating Ganesha

2 September 2017 - 8 January 2018
Manchester Museum is delighted to host the beautiful stone sculpture of Ganesha. Celebrating Ganesha is touring across several venues around the UK as part of the British Museum’s Partnership…

Memories of Partition

15 August 2017 - 31 January 2018
Find out about the experiences and legacies of the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 through the memories of members of Manchester’s South Asian communities. The partition of…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 12 September 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.…

Big Saturday: China

11:00 - 16:00 16 September 2017
With art, origami and poetry, there will be lots to see and discover at the September’s Big Saturday. Join members of the Wai Yin Society’s Youth Project, showcasing their project ‘Writing…

Come Closer – Memories of Partition

11:30 - 12:30 23 September 2017
The Royal Exchange Theatre is bringing together some of Manchester’s most exciting British Asian writers and artists to create exciting new performance pieces which will reveal the…

Come Closer – Memories of Partition

13:30 - 14:30 23 September 2017
The Royal Exchange Theatre is bringing together some of Manchester’s most exciting British Asian writers and artists to create exciting new performance pieces which will reveal the…

Come Closer – Memories of Partition

15:00 - 16:00 23 September 2017
The Royal Exchange Theatre is bringing together some of Manchester’s most exciting British Asian writers and artists to create exciting new performance pieces which will reveal the…

Sitar Recital and Ragas

18:30 - 20:30 24 September 2017
To celebrate our cultural partnership with the Manchester Museum of the University of Manchester, we are inviting you to a sitar recital on Sunday 24 September from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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.…

Magic Carpet: The Girl and the Bird

10:30 - 11:30 29 September 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: The Girl and the Bird

11:30 - 12:30 29 September 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…

Science Uncovered

17:00 - 22:00 29 September 2017
Friday 29 September is European Researcher’s night and for the third time Manchester Museum will be hosting Science Uncovered Manchester - a spectacular night showcasing Manchester’s…

Reena Saini Kallat

10:00 30 September 2017 - 17:00 25 February 2018
Acclaimed artist Reena Saini Kallat has delved into Manchester Museum’s natural science and human culture collections for her solo exhibition. Her newly-commissioned sculpture Chorus…

Mapping our Connections

11:00 - 16:00 1 October 2017
Inspired by artist Reena Saini Kallat’s woven world maps, we will be mapping your journeys around the world. Free, families, no need to book, just drop in

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 3 October 2017
Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion. Drop in, free, adult

Drink, Draw, Dinosaur

14:30 - 16:30 4 October 2017
Each month a creative will be taking residence for a day in our Study. Taking inspiration from our collection they will be making, drawing and creating. Take a look at what they make…

Reena Saini Kallat: Artist talk

15:00 - 16:00 4 October 2017
Come and find out about Reena Saini Kallat’s new commission, Chorus and her series of hybridised animals that represent various nations in conflict. Reyna has delved into Manchester…

Journey’s Festival

11:00 - 16:00 7 October 2017
Journeys Festival International takes over the inspiring spaces at Manchester Museum for a day that celebrates the artistic talents of the local and international refugee and asylum…

Journey’s Festival Flying Carpets Performances

11:30 - 12:10 7 October 2017
Flying Carpets will immerse and lead audiences on a journey into the hidden stories behind some of the Museum’s unique collections. Prepare to be transported across centuries, civilisations…

Journey’s Festival Flying Carpets Performances

13:00 - 13:40 7 October 2017
Flying Carpets will immerse and lead audiences on a journey into the hidden stories behind some of the Museum’s unique collections. Prepare to be transported across centuries, civilisations…

Journey’s Festival Flying Carpets Performances

15:00 - 15:40 7 October 2017
Flying Carpets will immerse and lead audiences on a journey into the hidden stories behind some of the Museum’s unique collections. Prepare to be transported across centuries, civilisations…

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