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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.…

Bodies of Colour: Breaking With Stereotypes in the Wallpaper Collection

4 May 2018 - 28 April 2019
This latest exhibition uses the Whitworth’s extensive and significant wallpaper collection to focus on how Imperial attitudes to people are reflected in wallpaper. The wallpapers in…

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…

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…

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…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with David Fanning (piano)

19:30 - 21:00 4 May 2018
Two iconic chamber works by Shostakovich frame Gubaidulina’s heartwrenching homage to Bach’s Art of Fugue and the ephemeral fantasy of Britten’s last major work. Shostakovich Quartet…

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…

The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 5 May 2018
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

Toddler Outdoor Art Club

10:00 - 12:00 5 May 2018
Workshops that bring art, nature and creativity together that take place come rain or shine. or children under 5 and their grown ups. Free, drop-in, every Saturday (during term time…

Artist Sundays

11:00 - 15:00 6 May 2018
Artists have created quirky activities and creative challenges to do together with your family. Call into the learning studio and collect a specially made family bag and head off to…

May Bank Holiday: Telescope Walking Tours

11:00 - 16:00 7 May 2018
Join one of Jodrell Bank’s popular Telescope Walking Tours, as our friendly Explainers take you for a stroll around the base of the impressive Lovell Telescope. You’ll find out more…

Age Friendly: Processions Project

10:00 8 May - 14:00 10 June 2018
The Whitworth has been chosen as a partner in this national project to celebrate 100 years of SOME women getting the vote. As part of this national project we are running a series…

CIDRAL Masterclass: Michael North, 'Cultural Exchanges'

10:00 - 12:00 8 May 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, The Constraints of Creativity. Hallsworth Visiting Fellow, Michael North (Professor of Modern History, University of Greifswald),…

CIDRAL Masterclass: Michael North: Cultural Exchanges

10:00 - 12:00 8 May 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, Constraints of Creativity. Michael North (Professor in Early Modern History, University of Greifswald and Beijing Normal University)…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Pierpaolo Antonello: 'Bruno Munari’s Political Aesthetics'

17:00 - 19:00 8 May 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, The Constraints of Creativity. Pierpaolo Anontello (Reader in Italian Literature and Culture, University of Cambridge) will deliver…

Explorer Tour

14:00 - 15:00 8 May 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…

John Rylands Research Institute Annual Lecture with Jeanette Winterson

18:00 - 19:00 8 May 2018
Please note that the date of this event has changed. “Reading the Future: Books, power, people, robots, and Dante” The John Rylands Library was founded by Enriqueta Rylands in memory…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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