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Age Friendly: Handmade

14:00 12 January - 16:00 13 July 2018
Sociable craft workshops, produced by and for older people in partnership with Age Friendly Manchester Fridays (Except during school holidays), 2pm - 4pm. Booking essential. Free …

Barbara Brown

17 March 2017 - 15 March 2018
Barbara Brown was the golden girl of Heal Fabrics in the 1960s and early 1970s. Talent-spotted as a student, her designs for furnishing fabrics are some of the most striking and unusual…

Beyond Borders

20 May 2017 - 3 June 2018
Beyond Borders, explores South Asian textiles bringing together four artists working on issues around post-colonial identity, ruptured spaces, authenticity, displacement and belonging.…

Cecily Brown: Shipwreck drawings

17 November 2017 - 15 April 2018
This is an exhibition of a extraordinary series of drawings by Cecily Brown, of wrecked ships and their passengers. Brown’s practice of painterly interrogation of an existing image,…

Cozens and Cozens

16 June 2017 - 24 June 2018
Father and son, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, were influential watercolour painters of the 18th century. Alexander was a drawing master who dedicated his career to teaching young…

Daily Tours at the Whitworth

14:00 20 October 2017 - 15:00 14 February 2018
Daily tours at 2pm, free Each day our public tours are led by our Visitor Team and are an insightful view into our history, collections, exhibition spaces, architecture and park.…

English Corner

10:30 6 October 2017 - 12:00 31 May 2019
Fourth Friday of each month 10.30am–12pm Monthly conversation classes for people who are learning to speak English. Free, no need to book

John Stezaker

1 December 2017 - 24 June 2018
Using vintage photographs, old film stills, postcards and book illustrations, John Stezaker makes collages that subvert their original imagery, creating unique and compelling works…

Maeve Brennan: The Drift

30 September 2017 - 1 February 2018
Maeve Brennan: The Drift 30 September 2017 – February 2018 The Drift, is a major new film commission by contemporary artist Maeve Brennan in her first institutional solo exhibition.…

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…

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’…

Postgraduate Nursing and Midwifery Open Evening

17:30 - 19:30 25 January 2018
Are you a qualified nurse or midwife thinking about developing your career or enhancing your re-validation? Would you like to move into a more specialist or leadership role? Come and…

Postgraduate Social Work Open Evening

17:30 - 19:30 25 January 2018
Are you a graduate considering a career in social work or a qualified social worker thinking about developing your career and moving into a different role? You can study with us as…

Raqs Media Collective: Twilight Language

30 September 2017 - 25 February 2018
Raqs Media Collective: Twilight Language 30 September 2017 – 25 February 2018 The first major UK exhibition by Raqs Media Collective at the Whitworth and throughout Whitworth Park…

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…

South Asian Modernists 1953-63

30 September 2017 - 15 April 2018
South Asian Modernists 1953-63 30 September – 15 April 2018 South Asian Modernists will explore the works of Pakistani and Indian artists who worked with Victor Musgrave between 1953-63.…

Steve McQueen: Ashes

22 September 2017 - 12 March 2018
Steve McQueen: Ashes 22 September 2017 – March 2019 Ashes (2002-2015), a double video projection, tells the story of a young Caribbean man known by this name. On one screen we see…

Uncovering the Reformation - curator tour

11:15 - 11:45 25 January 2018
Take a trip with a curator round our fascinating exhibition, which includes a letter hand written by Martin Luther among other fascinating items. Discover how Martin Luther, Henry…

Art, Freedom and Protection Symposium

26 January 2018
A symposium and performance event, with Artist Protection Fund Fellows Silvanos Mudzvova, Farzane Zamen and Roua Alazzawi. Hosted by the Artist Protection Fund (US) and the Drama Department,…

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…

Unexpected link between integrin-mediated adhesion and cellular senescence

13:00 - 14:00 26 January 2018
Cellular senescence plays a central role in organismal aging as demonstrated by the extension of healthy lifespan after selective removal of senescent cells. Indeed, agents that kill…

In the Land

27 January - 4 November 2018
Rethinking the form, texture and space of the natural landscape. This exhibition looks back at a period of intense experimentation in British painting and sculpture where artists,…

Stargazing Night

19:00 - 22:00 27 January 2018
You are invited to join us for an unmissable opportunity to get started in astronomy. You’ll learn how to navigate the skies, locate the stars using a variety of tools from planispheres…

The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 27 January 2018
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

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