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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 …

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…

Albatrosses and Ocean Pollution – Beat Plastic Pollution

12:00 - 13:00 5 June 2018
#BeatPlasticPollution is the call for action for World Environment Day 2018. Join us at Manchester Museum to share your ideas and suggestions for beating plastic pollution. On show…

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,…

Bee Backpack Trail

28 May - 31 August 2018
Can you do the waggle dance? How does a bee see? Explore the life of a honey bee as you make your way around the Jodrell Bank gardens carrying out bee-themed activities along the way.…

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…

CMI Afternoon Seminar: Understanding human behaviour and wellbeing with online photographs

15:00 - 16:15 5 June 2018
Dr Suzy Moat, University of Warwick Abstract: Our global society is now uploading increasing volumes of photographs to the Internet, creating vast quantities of data on where we are…

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

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 5 June 2018
English Corner 13.00-14.30 Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion. Drop in, free, adult

ESTIVAL 2018

4 - 8 June 2018
Join Manchester University Music Society in their unique equivalent to the 'Proms'! MUMS celebrate the end of the academic year by packing nine concerts into five days in an unmissable…

Estival Mashup

19:30 - 21:00 5 June 2018
This concert will feature Carnival of the Animals and a dance showcase, before a group of outgoing music students, the ‘8 guys’, give their original take on life in the Martin Harris…

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 5 June 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…

Jazz Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 5 June 2018
Manchester University Music Society Jazz showcase returns, following its success back in October. Come and enjoy a concert which is sure to take you right across the endless soundscape…

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…

Northern Phenomenology Network I

5 June 2018
A workshop presenting recent work in phenomenology. 10.30 - 14.40: Coffee 10.40 - 12.00: Keith Allen (York), ‘Space and Idealism in Merleau-Ponty’ 12.00 - 13.10: Lunch 13.10 - 14.30:…

NVivo Training Workshop

09:30 4 - 15:30 5 June 2018
The two-day workshop provides the opportunity to gain a thorough introduction to the software and practice tasks using one’s own data. The focus is on gaining confidence in the early…

Still Spirits

18 May - 30 June 2018
Drawings by artist EJ Lance of the cephalopod (octopus and squid) spirit collection in the Study.

The Art of Volunteering

25 May - 23 September 2018
Our volunteers take over the Collections Centre with The Art of Volunteering, a project which explores the breadth of the Whitworth's collections, of over 60,000 works. The exhibition…

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…

Walking for Wellbeing

12:00 - 13:00 5 June 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…

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