Manchester Museum

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…

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 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…

Collection Bites

13:30 - 14:00 9 October 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…

Baby Explorers

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

Baby Explorers

11:30 - 12:15 10 October 2017
Baby Explorers is an interactive story and sensory play session. Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, song, props and real objects, supported by…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 10 October 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.…

After Hours with Jason Singh

18:00 - 21:00 11 October 2017
Join us for a late opening of the museum based on themes from our temporary exhibitions. Musician Jason Singh will be performing sound pieces inspired to Reena Kallat’s exhibition on…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 14 October 2017
Join us for our early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their families and carers, and siblings. Activities take place before the…

Bee Manchester

11:00 - 16:00 14 October 2017
Stanley Grove Primary Academy's Creative Crew invites you to join their Big Draw 2017 project. Help them to create frames for stop-go animations inspired by Manchester's bee emblem…

The Junk Child: Autism Friendly Performance

10:30 - 11:30 14 October 2017
n a world where no trees grow, with a sky full of smoke, and mountains made of trash, only the Junk Child can help to put things right and make the sun shine again. Join us as we enter…

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