Manchester Museum

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…

Finds Liaison

11:00 - 16:00 15 December 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…

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…

Collection Bites

13:30 - 14:00 18 December 2017
This week's Collections Bites will be postponed till the new year due to illness - We do hope to see you then Collection Bites are half an hour talks hosted by our Visitor Team every…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 19 December 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 19 December 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 19 December 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.…

Baby Explorers Drop in sensory play session

11:00 - 14:30 20 December 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,…

Collage Calendars

11:00 27 - 16:00 31 December 2017
Create festive collage calendars for 2018 inspired by the Museum’s collections. Drop in, free, families

Magic Carpet: Under the Sea

10:30 - 11:30 29 December 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: Under the Sea

11:30 - 12:30 29 December 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…

Collage Calendars

11:00 - 16:00 2 January 2018
Create festive collage calendars for 2018 inspired by the Museum’s collections. Drop in, free, families

Collage Calendars

11:00 - 16:00 2 January 2018
Create festive collage calendars for 2018 inspired by the Museum’s collections. Drop in, free, families

Close Knit

14:00 - 16:00 6 January 2018
Close Knit is a knitting group that will be meeting in The Study, at Manchester Museum on the first Saturday of the month until March 2018. Close Knit is a great opportunity to knit…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 9 January 2018
See, Make and Do at the Museum 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…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 9 January 2018
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 9 January 2018
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…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 9 January 2018
Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion. Drop in, free, adult

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 9 January 2018
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.…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 13 January 2018
See, Make and Do at the Museum 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…

Manchester Museum Tour in Spanish

11:00 - 12:00 13 January 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…

Collection Bites

13:30 - 14:00 15 January 2018
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…

Big Saturday: Art & Me

11:00 - 16:00 20 January 2018
Join us for a day of family activities inspired by Reena Saini Kallat’s stunning new solo exhibition, that explores ideas of identity, memory, history and the natural world. Drop in, free, families

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 23 January 2018
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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