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A Rubbish Night at the Museum

10:00 19 April - 17:00 5 May 2018
If you care about the rubbish in the streets of Greater Manchester, come along and see an exhibition of nearly 100 displays by artists, photographers, researchers, companies, community…

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.…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Judith Walkowitz, 'Feminism and the Politics of Prostitution in the 1980s: A Tale of North and South'

17:00 - 19:00 24 April 2018
This event is co-hosted by History at the University of Manchester and CIDRAL. Judith Walkowitz (Professor Emeritus in History, Johns Hopkins University), will deliver a public lecture…

CoDE Seminar- Brett St Louis

13:00 - 14:00 24 April 2018
Join us for this event, which is part of the CoDE Seminar Series. Brett St Louis is Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Title: Post-millennial local whiteness:…

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 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…

Explorer Tour

14:00 - 15:00 24 April 2018
The John Rylands Library: Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you. Join us as we take a look behind the scenes at The John…

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…

methods@manchester seminar: Object Interviews and Elicitations: getting people to talk about things.

13:00 - 14:00 24 April 2018
This talk explores the possibilities of object interviews as a method for carrying out research into material culture, as well as a method adopted more widely as part of the repertoire…

MIOIR Seminar: Machine learning, social learning and responsible innovation for self-driving cars

12:00 - 13:30 24 April 2018
Self-driving cars, a quintessentially ‘smart’ technology, are not born smart. The algorithms that control their movements are learning as the technology emerges. Self-driving cars represent…

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…

NHS Confederation public lecture - NHS at 70: The Story of Our Lives

18:00 - 20:00 24 April 2018
To mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS, Dr Stephanie Snow, Project Director ‘NHS at 70: The Story of Our Lives’, will be giving a special lecture exploring the social history of the…

Rachel Ngai (LSE)

16:15 - 17:45 24 April 2018
Title: TBA

Tours at Two

14:00 20 April 2018 - 14:45 31 December 2019
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. Daily tours are designed for…

UCAS Exhibition Tees Valley

24 April 2018
UCAS exhibitions are an opportunity for students to explore a variety of options in one setting. They're a chance to get talking with university admissions staff, find out what life's…

Walking for Wellbeing

12:00 - 13:00 24 April 2018
Escape the everyday and discover the art in Whitworth Park. Walking for Wellbeing is an excellent way to get active, explore what’s on your doorstep and make new friends. Join us every…

Why Charts Matter

15:00 - 16:30 24 April 2018
Alan Smith OBE, Data Visualisation Editor at the Financial Times Abstract: The worlds of academia and journalism arguably share one historical publishing trait: the primacy of text…

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Sarah Roddy on Max Weber: ‘Money and Religion: Revisiting the Protestant Ethic’

10:00 - 12:00 25 April 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. Sarah Roddy (University of Manchester) will lead a theory intensive for postgraduate…

UCAS Exhibition Tyneside

25 April 2018
UCAS exhibitions are an opportunity for students to explore a variety of options in one setting. They're a chance to get talking with university admissions staff, find out what life's…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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