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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…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 9 February 2019
Autism Friendly Early Opening Sat 9 Feb: 9.15-10.30am 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,…

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…

Chinese New Year 2019

5 - 10 February 2019
Celebrate the Year of the Pig with the Confucius Institute! Chinese New Year is undoubtedly Manchester’s most bright and colourful annual celebration as the streets of Manchester will…

Chinese New Year Cookery Class

13:30 - 16:30 9 February 2019
The Confucius Institute is hosting a fun and hands-on cookery class led by Cracking Good Food, open to anyone that would love the chance to make their own authentic Chinese dish! During…

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…

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

13:00 - 14:00 9 February 2019
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…

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…

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…

CEAS 2019 School Seminar - Dr Andy York

11:00 - 12:00 11 February 2019
As part of the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science School Seminar Series, we'll be welcoming Dr Andy York from Johnson Matthey on Monday 11 Feb, delivering a seminar…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Ben Campbell - University of Durham

16:00 - 18:00 11 February 2019
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 11th February 2019 Dr Ben Campbell – University of Durham 'Energy On The Move: Social Worlds Of Informal Settlers’ Energy Practices In The Global…

Statistical inference in soft-tissue mechanics and fluid dynamics with an application to prognostication of myocardial infarction and pulmonary hypertension

14:00 - 15:00 11 February 2019
Join us for this seminar, which is part of the Mathematics in Life Science seminar series. A central problem in biomechanical studies of personalized human left ventricular (LV) modelling…

Coffee, Cake and Culture

14:00 - 16:00 12 February 2019
Coffee, Cake and Culture Making culture accessible for anyone living with a physical or mental health need, and their families. Making art enables people to express themselves, be…

Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series 2019

15:30 - 17:00 12 February 2019
Dr Herve Boutin, Lecturer at University of Manchester, will give a talk entitled Imaging neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases: A review of the EU FP7 INMiND consortium findings

Translation Manchester

12 February 2019
Translation Manchester, a new initiative to facilitate translational research, is launching on 12 February with an event at the Science and Industry Museum. Translation Manchester…

CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar: 'Karl Polanyi' led by Pat Devine

13:00 - 15:00 13 February 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Pat Devine (University of Manchester) will lead a key ideas seminar on the work of Karl Polanyi. The…

Flipping the classroom: using video for better prepared, more actively engaged students (Teaching Online Workshop Series)

11:00 - 12:00 13 February 2019
Flipping the classroom: using video for better prepared, more actively engaged students

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