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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…

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,…

CMI Afternoon Seminar Series - seminar postponed

15:00 - 16:30 13 February 2018
This seminar will take place on 6 March 2018 (strike action allowing) Dr Anne McMunn, University College, London Abstract: Tea/coffee and cakes from 2.45. All welcome. No registration…

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

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…

methods@manchester seminar: Machine Learning and its Applications

13:00 - 14:00 13 February 2018
This seminar will introduce the essentials of machine learning and its applications to intelligent system development for machine learning dummies. It covers basic concepts and principles…

Pancake Racing

11:00 - 14:00 13 February 2018
Could you be our pancake racing champion? Come down to University Place Quad and show off your pancake flipping finesse. Maybe you’re a pancake flippin’ pro (or know someone who…

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…

Zheng He -When the Dragon Ships Came

10:00 - 11:00 13 February 2018
Manchester Confucius Institute is very delighted to bring an award winning show from Karin Schäfer of Figuren Theatre to Manchester that blends puppetry, video and animation. Zheng…

Accomodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 14 February 2018
Want to have a look at your potential future home? We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on Wednesday mornings between November and March, from 10.30am until…

Adults Returning to Education Session

09:00 - 14:00 14 February 2018
Adult learners who are considering returning to education to pursue a degree, or who have already applied to Manchester, can sign up for an Adults Returning to Education Session. This…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 14 February 2018
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Microbial life and the death of glaciers

13:00 - 14:00 14 February 2018
Hear Arwyn Edwards of the University of Aberystwyth discussing microbial life and the death of glaciers. Glacial ice covers 11% of the Earth's surface and is a critical zone in terms…

Morgan Centre seminar: Singlehood and the violence of temporal normativity - Kinneret Lahad

14:00 - 16:00 14 February 2018
All welcome to our Morgan Centre seminar, given by Kinneret Lahad (Tel Aviv University). Coffee from 2pm for 2.15pm start. Singlehood and the violence of temporal normativity Abstract:…

School of Maths Postgraduate Open Day

13:30 - 16:30 14 February 2018
The next School of Mathematics Postgraduate Open Day for both taught and research programmes will be held on Wednesday 14th February 2018 Meeting potential MSc/PhD students The afternoon…

Undergraduate Guided Visit

13:30 - 15:30 14 February 2018
Can’t come to one of our open days? Join us for one of our regular guided visits of our campus instead, and get a feel for the facilities, amenities and atmosphere you’ll enjoy as a…

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