Manchester Museum

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…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 6 March 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 March 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 March 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.…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 10 March 2018
See, Make and Do at the Museum 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…

Manchester Museum Tour in Italian

10:00 - 11:00 10 March 2018
In order to enhance the experience for our international visitors, from 2018 we are proud to offer free foreign language tours aimed at native speakers and students of any level of…

Manchester Museum Tour in Italian

11:00 - 12:00 10 March 2018
Al fine di migliorare l'esperienza dei nostri visitatori internazionali, dal 2018 siamo orgogliosi di offrire tour gratuiti in lingua straniera rivolti a madrelingua e studenti di qualsiasi…

Marie Stopes Re-assessed

14:00 - 16:00 10 March 2018
Marie Stopes re-assessed: reluctant Mancunian, sexual revolutionary, birth control pioneer. Marie was controversial in her lifetime, but since the Second World she has been maligned…

Wonder Women: From Petticoats to Microscopes

13:30 - 14:00 12 March 2018
From archaeologists to academics, from the curious to the curators, there is a long history of pioneering women who have shaped Manchester Museum and the University of Manchester. This…

Big Saturday: Places and People

11:00 - 16:00 17 March 2018
Join us for a day of family activities inspired by the museum's collection and the BBC Civilisations Festival. See objects, meet curators, experts and join us for hands on family friendly…

Hands on Science

11:00 - 16:00 17 March 2018
Explore science through interactive activities created and facilitated by University of Manchester students for their final year project. Their activities have been designed with the…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 20 March 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 20 March 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 20 March 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.…

Magic Carpet: The Tadpole’s Tale

10:30 - 11:30 30 March 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…

Magic Carpet: The Tadpole’s Tale

11:30 - 12:30 30 March 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…

The Urban Naturalist: A history of Manchester in Ten Plants.

14:00 - 16:00 31 March 2018
The Urban Naturalist are friendly, practical workshops run by leading naturalists. From wild food-foraging and composting to bird song and insect identification, explore biodiversity…

Easter Holiday Activities: Animal Hats

11:00 2 - 16:00 13 April 2018
Explore, discover and create at Manchester Museum this Easter as we celebrate nature and spring. Create your very own animal hat inspired by the Museum’s collections. Families, free, drop in

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 3 April 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 3 April 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…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 3 April 2018
Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion.

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 3 April 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.…

Nature Through Roman Eyes

10:00 6 April - 17:00 30 October 2018
Nature Through Roman Eyes is inspired by the work of Roman writer Pliny the Elder. His Natural History – a 37 book encyclopaedia of the ancient world - covers every subject from astronomy…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 11:00 14 April 2018
See, Make and Do at the Museum 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…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 17 April 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…

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