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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 …

Apna: Ours Yours Everybody’s

3 February - 13 May 2018
Apna is a word used in many languages across South Asia meaning ‘ours, yours or everybody’s’. This reflects how the Whitworth shares the collection that is housed here. In the Collections…

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…

Baroness Hale gives the 2018 Christabel Pankhurst Lecture

17:30 - 19:30 8 February 2018
The 2018 Pankhurst Lecture will be delivered by The Right Honourable The Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE PC FBA and is entitled: 2018 – A Year of Anniversaries 2018 is the anniversary…

Behind the façade: the historic buildings of the University of Manchester

19:00 - 20:30 8 February 2018
This tour offers a rare opportunity to be guided through the interiors of some of the University of Manchester’s most architecturally important and historic spaces. Within the neo-gothic…

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…

CTIS Seminar: Jan Van Coillie, "Nibble, nibble like a mouse/ Who is nibbling at/ the source text’s house? Fairy tales in translation"

14:00 - 15:30 8 February 2018
The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies seminar series brings researchers from across the UK and Europe to the University of Manchester to present on their work. These…

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.…

EAC Research Seminar: 'George Eliot in the Biblioteca Magliabechiana', Dr. Ruth Abbott (Cambridge)

17:00 - 18:30 8 February 2018
EAC Research Seminar: Dr. Ruth Abbott (Cambridge) will present a lecture entitled 'George Eliot in the Biblioteca Magliabechiana.' Dr. Abbott will be introduced by PhD candidate in…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr. Peter Oakes and Dr. Todd Klutz (Manchester): CBS Project Committee Meeting: Discussion of Collaborative Projects for Funded Research Bids

14:00 - 16:00 8 February 2018
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

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

How can we better manage disasters? A discussion with HCRI and EWB

17:30 - 19:00 8 February 2018
Join Engineers Without Borders (EWB) for a panel discussion in collaboration with the Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute (HCRI). The event will consist of two-three 15-20 minute…

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,…

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…

Radical Print - Printing Press Demonstration

11:15 - 11:45 8 February 2018
Twitter spats and cheeky tweets! Watch and learn about how the printing press became an instrument of defiance and rebellion during the time of the Reformation. Free, no need to book, just drop in.

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…

Vonnegut Collective and Animikii Theatre

19:00 - 20:00 8 February 2018
Music and Drama Collaboration: Composition and Physical Theatre This concert is part of the Thursday Lates at The Whitworth For their third project at The University of Manchester,…

Introduction to Cluster Analysis (CPD accredited)

9 February 2018
The course covers cluster analysis concepts and methods in SPSS. It is aimed at those with an interest in developing practical skills to implement clustering techniques and those with…

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…

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