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2019 Alan Turing Cryptography Competition - registration open

3 December 2018 - 28 January 2019
Do you know anyone in secondary school who likes cracking codes or solving puzzles? Or maybe you just know pupils who want to win some prizes? Registration for the 2019 Alan Turing…

2019 MathsBombe Competition - registration open

3 December 2018 - 30 January 2019
Do you know anyone in sixth form and secondary school who likes cracking codes or solving puzzles? Or maybe you just know pupils who want to win some prizes? Registration for the 2019…

Academic Presentation Skills

7 December 2018
This workshop aims to provide tools to improve presentation skills in academic settings. The combination of lecture and group activities will enables the participants on the one hand…

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…

APM Northern Research Symposium and Doctoral Workshop Project Management and the Productivity Challenge

4 December 2018 - 4 January 2019
APM Northern Research Symposium and Doctoral Workshop Project Management and the Productivity Challenge The Hacienda Suite, Holiday Inn Manchester Piccadilly, Tuesday 4 December 2018…

Baroque Orchestra The Majesty of Versailles: Court and Theatre Music from Baroque France

13:10 - 14:00 7 December 2018
The University’s period-instrument Baroque ensemble undertakes an exploration of the rich and varied repertory of late seventeenth-century France including special music for Christmas…

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 - British and Thai Fish Cake

14:30 - 17:30 7 December 2018
The last 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…

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

Enhanced Humans?

11:00 - 16:00 7 December 2018
‘Enhanced Humans?’ is a collaborative pop-up exhibition created by University of Manchester MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies students exploring medical innovation, health and human…

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…

Free Entry for National Lottery Players - #ThanksToYou

3 - 9 December 2018
From 3 – 9 December, Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre will be taking part in the Heritage Lottery Fund's #ThanksToYou celebrations by offering FREE Entry to everyone who plays the National…

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…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:00 7 December 2018
Schubert’s profound masterpiece, with its variations on his song ‘Death and the Maiden’ at its core, is preceded by the Variations on a Russian Folk Song, co-authored by ten composers…

Stargazing Night

19:00 - 22:00 7 December 2018
Join us at Jodrell Bank for an unmissable opportunity to get started in astronomy. You’ll learn how to navigate the skies and locate the stars in our inflatable Planetarium, as well…

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…

World War One Centenary Performance: 'Between the Lines'

17:00 - 18:30 7 December 2018
This outdoor, site-responsive performance in the University’s Old Quadrangle explores the impact of World War I on the University community. The performance is one of a number of…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 8 December 2018
See, Make and Do at the Museum Join us for our early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their families and carers, and siblings. Activities…

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

13:00 - 14:00 8 December 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 Museum Tour in Spanish

11:00 - 12:00 8 December 2018
Continuando con nuestro programa de extensión hacia nuestros visitantes internacionales y estudiantes de español, italiano y chino mandarín, tenemos el gusto de ofrecer una serie de…

Saturday Supplement: Artist Film International

10:00 - 17:00 8 December 2018
A free screening of contemporary artist films from around the world Saturday 8 December, 10am-5pm Free, no need to book Location: the Grand Hall Morning programme: 10am-12.30pm…

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