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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…

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…

Big Garden Bird Watch with the RSPB

11:00 - 16:00 3 January 2019
Big Garden Bird Watch with the RSPB Thursday 3 - Sunday 6 January 11am-4pm Big Garden Bird Watch with the RSPB We need your help with the worlds’ largest wildlife survey. The RSPB’s…

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…

GPE Cluster Seminar with Jacqueline Best: Liberal Exceptionalism as a Political Economic Practice

3 January 2019
Jacqueline Best of the University of Ottowa speaks on liberal exceptionalism as a political economic practice. Best's work focuses on international financial governance and the ethics…

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…

Toddler Tales

11:00 - 11:45 3 January 2019
Find a cosy corner, pull up a cushion and listen to fun stories. Join in playtime, creating a story world of your own. Free, no need to book, just drop in. Family friendly, children 5 yrs and under.

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…

Big Garden Bird Watch with the RSPB

11:00 - 16:00 4 January 2019
Big Garden Bird Watch with the RSPB Thursday 3 - Sunday 6 January 11am-4pm Big Garden Bird Watch with the RSPB We need your help with the worlds’ largest wildlife survey. The RSPB’s…

Big Garden Bird Watch with the RSPB

11:00 - 16:00 5 January 2019
Big Garden Bird Watch with the RSPB Thursday 3 - Sunday 6 January 11am-4pm We need your help with the worlds’ largest wildlife survey. The RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch is happening…

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

13:00 - 14:00 5 January 2019
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…

Big Garden Bird Watch with the RSPB

11:00 - 16:00 6 January 2019
Big Garden Bird Watch with the RSPB Thursday 3 - Sunday 6 January 11am-1pm & 2-4pm We need your help with the worlds’ largest wildlife survey. The RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch is…

Cells in complex environments forum: the tumour environment (CDS research domain): Tuesday 8 January 2019

12:00 - 17:00 8 January 2019
Cells are continuously multiplexing information during cell migration, cell division, protein and membrane trafficking, RNA trafficking, signalling, matrix sensing, and genome surveillance.…

Explorer Tour

14:00 - 15:00 8 January 2019
This event is now SOLD OUT. 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…

Bike Registration Event

09:00 - 10:00 9 January 2019
Unfortunately due to operational reasons this event is cancelled, sorry for any inconvenience. Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must…

UK Catalysis Conference 2019

12:00 9 - 12:00 11 January 2019
It is our pleasure to welcome you to participate in the fifth UK Catalysis Conference (UKCC) which will take place at Holywell Park, Loughborough over Wednesday 9 – Friday 11 January…

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