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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,…

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…

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…

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

Exchanges

24 March - 8 April 2018
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. Works by Gillian Wearing, William Hogarth and Louise Bourgious…

Exchanges

24 March 2018 - 2 February 2020
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. In this evolving exhibition, art that has recently been…

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,…

Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves

30 March - 28 August 2018
Ten Thousand Waves is the most recent in a series of major moving image acquisitions by the Whitworth and was supported through Art Fund’s Moving Image Fund. Rooted in the Morecambe…

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…

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.…

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.

Families this Easter Holiday: Wild Whitworth

11:00 3 - 15:00 15 April 2018
This Easter holidays, outdoors is the new indoors, with a line up of activities for all the family celebrating and embracing the great outdoors. Muck about outdoors at a gallery where…

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.…

Adults Returning to Education Session

09:00 - 14:00 4 April 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…

British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference

4 - 6 April 2018
The 2018 British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference will take place at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM) at The University…

Digital security and trust community workshop

12:30 - 14:30 4 April 2018
An important part of the University's research strategy is for us to achieve recognition by EPSRC and NCSC (the National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ) as an Academic Centre of…

Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Easter Conference 2018

4 April 2018
Programme: 10:00 Registration 10:30-10:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks 10:45-11:30 ECR Keynote • ‘Gerontophobia in Early Medieval England: Anglo-Saxon Reflections on Old Age’…

Undergraduate Guided Visit

13:30 - 15:30 4 April 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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