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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 …

Alison Wilding

16 February - 12 August 2018
Turner Prize nominee and Royal Academician Alison Wilding presents works spanning the past 20 years of her career. This new show at the Whitworth will comprise of three major sculptures,…

Aperture: open photography session

10:30 - 11:30 18 February 2018
Calling all photographers! This is a fantastic opportunity to capture the beauty of our Historic Reading Room, before the Library opens to the general public. You’re welcome to bring…

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,…

Chinese New Year Art & Craft Workshops

17 - 18 February 2018
Chinese New Year is undoubtedly Manchester’s most bright and colourful annual celebration as the streets of Manchester will be awash in a sea of red lanterns, with lots of things to…

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…

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…

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…

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.

Half Term: Live Science Shows

19 - 23 February 2018
Have you ever wondered what dark matter is? Is dark energy a real thing? Discover how the visible can appear invisible and why galaxies should fly apart, in our brand new live science…

Half Term: Meet the Expert

19 - 23 February 2018
Here’s your chance to meet one of Jodrell Bank's resident science and astronomy experts. You’ll get to find out about their work and have the chance to ask the questions you’ve always…

Half Term: Telescope Walking Tours

19 - 23 February 2018
Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre's popular Telescope Walking Tours will be running on weekdays during half term and you can join one of our friendly explainers for a walk around the base…

Half Term: Under 5s Journey through the Solar System

19 - 23 February 2018
Do you want to explore space? Then head over the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre and meet us at our Clockwork Orrery for a journey through the Solar System! On the way we will be stopping…

HCRI Research Seminar Series - “Charitable Donations to Disaster Victims: Case Studies from Nineteenth-Century Scandinavia”

16:30 - 18:00 19 February 2018
The HCRI Research Seminar Series is open to HCRI staff and students, and other University of Manchester colleagues and students for whom the topic of the seminar is relevant. Andrew…

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