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Alice Kettle: Thread Bearing Witness

1 September 2018 - 24 February 2019
From the Barberini Tapestries to the Bayeux Tapestry, monumental textiles in the form of large-scale narrative embroideries, weaving and tapestries have been used to illustrate contemporary…

Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 26 September - 13:55 21 November 2018
Due to popular demand, this Autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics again! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for Beginners’ in a relaxed and friendly environment. …

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…

CI Cookery Classes - Chinese Stir Fry

14:30 - 17:30 19 October 2018
The first of 3 fun and hands-on cookery classes hosted by the Confucius Institute and led by Cracking Good Food open to anyone that would love the chance to make their own authentic…

Climate Links

11:00 - 15:00 19 October 2018
Climate Links Explore Manchester Museum and share your ideas about how the Museum's objects link to Climate Change stories. Free, Drop-in Part of Green Great Britain Week #GreenGB

Daily: Art Hampers – resources for families at the Whitworth

10:00 31 August 2018 - 10:00 31 May 2020
Are you and your family hungry to get creative? Pick up a picnic hamper with a difference. Come to our Oxford Road or Parkside entrance and pick up one of our special hampers - free…

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…

Four Corners of One Cloth: Textiles from the Islamic World

23 June 2018 - 3 November 2019
A section of a Kiswa will form the heart of the exhibition. The Kiswa cloth covers the Ka’bah and is replaced each year during Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). Positioned in the direction…

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,…

Manchester University Music Society: Ensemble Sounds in the Twentieth Century

13:10 - 14:00 19 October 2018
Three works composed between 1922-34 reveal the varied nature of early twentieth-century chamber music, using imaginative forces to evoke new timbres and characters. Contrastingly,…

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…

Prints of Darkness: Goya and Hogarth in a Time of European Turmoil

7 July 2018 - 4 August 2019
Francesco José de Goya Lucientes (1746-1828) and William Hogarth (1647-1764) were the most remarkable artists of their times. Both were famous painters, but their most compelling works…

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…

We are 11: Stanley Grove Primary Academy

6 October 2018 - 5 January 2019
This exhibition has been boldly curated by the children of Stanley Grove Primary Academy. Over the past year, 11 lead curators have selected works from the Whitworth’s collection that…

William Kentridge: Thick Time

21 September 2018 - 3 March 2019
South African artist William Kentridge weaves together global histories of revolution, exile and utopian aspirations, exploring how they are shaped by the creative forces of memory…

Families this October Half-Term: Shadow Baby

11:00 20 - 15:00 28 October 2018
11am-3pm. Free, no booking. Explore light and dark in a sensory play area especially designed for non walking babies and their grown ups. Image: William Kentridge, in collaboration…

Families this October Half-Term: Shadow Studio

11:00 20 - 15:00 28 October 2018
Inspired by our (the Whitworth's) William Kentridge exhibition, Thick Time, explore the magic of shadows, play with light and use your imagination to create stories in the dark. Image:…

Half Term: Telescope Walking Tours

20 October - 2 November 2018
12:15 (weekends), 14:45 and 15:45 (weekdays) Join one of Jodrell Bank’s popular Telescope Walking Tours as a friendly Explainer takes you for a stroll around the base of the impressive…

Half Term: The Sky is Not your Limit! Live Science Show

20 October - 2 November 2018
10:30, 11:30 and 14:30 Find out about the new European Mars Rover mission, see how scientists and engineers are creating and launching the new James Webb Space Telescope to look deep…

Manchester Museum pops up at Diwali Mela 2018

14:00 - 18:30 20 October 2018
Manchester Museum pops up at Diwali Mela 2018 - 2pm -6.30pm At Albert Square and Manchester Central Library, M2 5DB Create Diwali lanterns inspired by the Museum’s collections Free, families, drop in

Manchester University Music Society: Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:00 20 October 2018
Böcklin’s 1884 painting ‘The Isle of the Dead’ inspired Rachmaninoff’s extraordinary work, featuring one of the most sinister openings in any orchestral repertoire. Postgraduate composer,…

Science Spectacular

11:00 - 16:00 20 October 2018
Phagecraft, colourful chemistry and supersymmetry all in one place? It can mean only one thing: The Science Spectacular is back! Come down and discover the bugs so viral that they…

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

13:00 - 14:00 20 October 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…

Aperture

10:30 - 11:30 21 October 2018
Calling all photographers! This is a fantastic opportunity to capture the beauty of our Historic Reading Room, before the Library opens to the general public. Free, booking required. Suitable for 15 yrs and above.

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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