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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…

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…

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…

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…

Proud and Loud Arts: Cells - A Body of Work

11:00 23 - 15:30 25 November 2018
Proud and Loud Arts: Cells - A Body of Work Main performances: Friday 23 November. Select interventions: Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 November. Daily: 11am-3.30pm. Free, drop-in, no…

SHORT COURSES: Social Media for Data Analysis

23 November 2018
This course describes how to use free Windows software Mozdeh to gather tweets and to download comments on YouTube videos. The course will also describe simple methods to gain insights…

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…

Celebrating Islamic Civilisation and South Asia

11:00 - 13:00 24 November 2018
Celebrating Islamic Civilisation and South Asia Join Stephen Welsh and the team from Manchester Museum as they explore collections of artefacts from Islamic Collections and the forthcoming…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 24 November 2018
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)

19:30 - 21:00 24 November 2018
Programme to Include: Kevin Malone Godzilla Manchester University Wind Orchestra returns with an action-packed night of fantastic music, featuring Rohan Iyer on solo Tuba! Experience…

Outdoor Art Club

10:30 - 14:00 24 November 2018
Outdoor Art Club under 6s. Every Saturday (term time only), 10:30am-12noon. Free, no booking Play based sessions designed especially for little explorers set in our beautiful park.…

Art Sundays

11:00 - 15:00 25 November 2018
Explore our exhibitions then join us in the Learning Studio and make your own art piece in response to your favourite works. Use a range of playful materials as well as our Art Challenge…

Festive Arts & Crafts - Contact Theatre pops up at Manchester Museum

11:00 - 16:00 25 November 2018
Join Contact Theatre for an arts and crafts workshop, making your very own characters from their new festive family show – The Forest of Forgotten Discos. Followed by an exciting bear…

MACFEST 2018 Finale: Musical Extravaganza

14:00 - 16:30 25 November 2018
As MACFEST 2018 comes to a close, join us for a musical extravaganza and performance with artists from different Muslim countries. Artists: Gulcin Bulut, Masoud Ghasemi & Farshid Mahyari,…

Art Baby

10:00 - 15:00 26 November 2018
Free, no booking. Mondays 10am - 3pm. (term-time only) Creative journeys start here. Sensory play in the beautiful setting of the gallery designed especially for babies and their…

CPD Course: Appraising the evidence from Qualitative Studies - RCP Accrediated

13:00 - 16:00 26 November 2018
RCP Accredited Course The students will be required to read a published peer-reviewed paper and asked what they think the common biases associated with qualitative work may be. They…

Early Years Atelier

10:00 - 15:00 26 November 2018
Weekly multi-sensory, messy play sessions for children under 5 in our new Clore Learning Studio This free, drop-in space is based on the early years philosophy of Reggio Emilia, where…

Lawfare: the law against democracy

17:00 - 18:00 26 November 2018
Dr. Rafael Valim is a visiting Professor from the Catholic University of Sao Paulo. His lecture will consider the negative impact of “Lawfare” in Latin-American countries, and particularly…

Literature Live: Joe Dunthorne and Luke Kennard

19:30 - 20:30 26 November 2018
Joe Dunthorne’s first novel, Submarine, was translated into sixteen languages and adapted for film by Richard Ayoade. His second, Wild Abandon, won the 2012 Encore Award. The Adulterants,…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Rina Arya - Art and Communication, University of Huddersfield

16:00 - 18:00 26 November 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 26th November 2018 Professor Rina Arya - The University Of Huddersfield The significance Of Purity Rites In The Cultural Appropriation Of Hindu…

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