Manchester Museum

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…

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…

Manchester Museum pops up at Diwali Mela

14:00 - 18:30 14 October 2017
At Manchester Town Hall and Central Library Create Diwali lanterns inspired by the Museum’s collections Free, all ages, no need to book, just drop in

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…

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…

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…

Video Jam Takeover (as part of Manchester Science Festival)

18:30 - 22:00 20 October 2017
Video Jam are taking over Manchester Museum, commissioning original soundtracks to some specially-selected science films. Set against the cinematic backdrop of the fossils gallery,…

Big Saturday: Science Spectacular

11:00 - 16:00 21 October 2017
Bubble science, dancing robots, bugs and moon rock: it's all happening at the Science Spectacular. Join us for a fun-filled day of challenges, experiments, and interactive demonstrations,…

Oct Half Term Activities: Art & Me

11:00 23 - 16:00 27 October 2017
See Reena Saini Kallat’s exhibition which interacts with the Museum’s rich and varied natural sciences and human cultures collection animating it with new meanings; exploring art and…

October Half Term Activities: Art & Me

11:00 23 - 16:00 27 October 2017
Hands on art activities inspired by Reena Saini Kallat’s exhibition. Free, all ages, no need to book, just drop in Part of Family Arts Festival

Baby Explorers Drop in sensory play session

11:00 - 14:30 24 October 2017
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,…

Space is the Place: Sun Ra

15:00 - 16:00 24 October 2017
Space Is the Place is an Afrofuturist science fiction film made in 1972. It was directed by John Coney, written by Sun Ra and Joshua Smith, and features Sun Ra and his Arkestra. Sun…

A Masterclass in Movement

11:30 - 12:15 25 October 2017
Science’s sprightly toes are tapping with this dance and science masterclass, inspired by the Manchester Museum’s collections. This family event will show how science helps us understand…

A Masterclass in Movement

13:00 - 13:45 25 October 2017
Science’s sprightly toes are tapping with this dance and science masterclass, inspired by the Manchester Museum’s collections. This family event will show how science helps us understand…

Artist residency with Gary Fisher and Naomi Kashiwagi

10:00 - 17:00 25 October 2017
Did you know that pulsars can sing? Sound artist Gary Fisher invites you to join him as he creates soundscapes made from deep space recordings captured by the listening devices of Jodrell…

Magic Carpet: Dinosaurs

10:30 - 11:30 27 October 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…

Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 15:30 28 October 2017
Friendly, practical, skill building workshops ran by leading naturalists. From wild food-foraging for natural cocktails to learning how to recognise the sounds of the animals that visit…

Break the news

12:00 - 14:00 31 October 2017
Ever wanted to re-write the news? Sick of fake news, bad news or dull news – well join Manchester Museum to ‘Break the News’. Make your own newspaper page and report the news you’d…

Music in the Museum

10:00 - 16:00 3 November 2017
Experience the museum accompanied by a South Asian sound track. Live performance will animate our spaces. Free, all ages, no need to book, just drop in

Cocoa Sustainability Challenge

10:00 - 12:00 4 November 2017
The interactive 'Cocoa Sustainability Challenge' run by Judith Krauss from the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, is a fun way to learn about the challenges related…

Cocoa Sustainability Challenge

14:00 - 16:00 4 November 2017
The interactive 'Cocoa Sustainability Challenge' run by Judith Krauss from the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, is a fun way to learn about the challenges related…

Where do you call ‘home’?

14:30 - 16:30 5 November 2017
An afternoon of conversation and documentary film screening with first British Chinese parliamentarian Anna Lo 2017 marks twenty years since the British handover of Hong Kong to the…

Collection Bites

13:30 - 14:00 6 November 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 7 November 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…

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