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"Architecture and the Politics of Materiality” by Professor Antoine Picon

14:30 10 December 2018 - 16:00 10 January 2019
"Architecture and the Politics of Materiality” by Professor Antoine Picon (Graduate School of Design, Harvard)

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…

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…

Aperture

10:30 - 11:30 16 December 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. You’re welcome to bring…

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…

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…

Festive Arts & Crafts with Contact Theatre popping up at Manchester Museum

11:00 16 December 2018
Festive Arts & Crafts: Contact Theatre pops up at Manchester Museum Join Contact Theatre for an arts and crafts workshop, making your very own characters from their new festive family…

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…

Manchester Museum Tour in Mandarin

12:00 - 13:00 16 December 2018
In order to enhance the experience for our international visitors, from 2018 we are proud to offer free foreign language tours aimed at native speakers and students of any level of…

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…

Little Women Workshop

14:00 - 16:00 17 December 2018
Make your own iconic puppet in this creative family workshop. Once you have made your puppet take a picture of it in our mini theatre and share it with us on social media! Free. Family…

Scientific Seminar of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research - Monday 17 December 2018

12:00 - 13:00 17 December 2018
Scientific Seminar of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research PLEASE NOTE THE UNSUAL TIME OF THIS SEMINAR Date: Monday 17 December 2018 Time: 12.00 noon Venue: Stopford Building,…

The Polar Tombola

14:00 - 15:00 17 December 2018
The Polar Tombola Friday 14 December, Monday 17, Tuesday 18, Thursday 20 & Friday 21 November, 2-3pm Wednesday 19 December, 11am-12noon The Polar Tombola is an activity that explores…

CMI Afternoon Seminar: Resources and reserves in the development of vulnerability over the life course. A conceptual proposal - Dr Stephane Cullati

15:00 - 16:15 18 December 2018
Speaker: Dr Stephane Cullati, University of Geneva Abstract: An abstract will be available closer to the date of the seminar. Tea/coffee and cakes from 2.45. Join us for this event,…

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