Manchester Museum

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…

Baby Explorers

11:30 - 12:15 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…

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 23 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.…

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…

Nefertiti’s Face: The Creation of an Icon

18:00 - 19:30 25 January 2018
More than three thousand years ago a sculptor working in the royal city of Amarna carved a limestone bust of an Egyptian queen. That queen was Nefertiti, consort of the ‘heretic pharaoh’…

Festec ’77 in Retrospect

10:00 26 - 16:00 27 January 2018
Creative Hands Foundation celebrates the 40th anniversary of the 2nd World Black and African Festival of arts and culture. Activities on the day include: Film documentary on Festec…

Magic Carpet Ancient Egypt

10:30 - 11:30 26 January 2018
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…

Collection Bites

13:30 - 14:00 29 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…

Close Knit

14:00 - 16:00 3 February 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…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 6 February 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 6 February 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…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 6 February 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.…

Asian Artefacts

14:30 - 16:30 7 February 2018
Draw and doodle alongside an artist in residence using South Asian artefacts as inspiration. Free, no need to book, just drop in

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 10 February 2018
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…

Children in Ancient Egypt

09:15 - 17:00 10 February 2018
Children were at the centre of the ancient Egyptian worldview, but they are often over-looked as a group in Pharaonic society. This study day brings together experts to discuss different…

Collection Bites - Love Symbols at Manchester Museum

13:30 - 14:00 12 February 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

10:00 - 16:00 17 February 2018
Join us and take part in creative activities for all of the family inspired by our collections.

Manchester Museum tour in Mandarin

11:00 - 12:00 17 February 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…

Feb Half Term Activities

11:00 19 - 16:00 23 February 2018
Join us this half term and be inspired by the museum's collections through a variety of creative hands on activities.

Baby Explorers Drop in sensory play session

11:00 - 14:30 20 February 2018
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,…

Magic Carpet The Porridge Pot

10:30 - 11:30 23 February 2018
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…

Collection Bites - Meteorites

13:30 - 14:00 26 February 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…

NHS@70: Stories of Our Lives

2 - 3 March 2018
To celebrate the launch of the NHS@70: Stories of Our Lives project on Friday 2 March Manchester Museum volunteers will invite visitors to enjoy a close encounter with objects linked…

Opera North Whistle Stop Opera

12:30 - 13:00 5 March 2018
If you haven’t ever been to a live opera and want to try a bite-sized version first, or you just fancy experiencing it right under your nose, then Whistle Stop Opera is for you. This…

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