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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…

Bee Creative Workshop

14:00 - 16:00 18 February 2019
Craft your own bumble bee using simple cross stitch and embroidery technique. Free. Family friendly. No need to book, just turn up.

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…

Families this February Half-Term

11:00 16 - 15:00 24 February 2019
Families this February Half Term Saturday 16 – Sunday 24 February A week of activities and playful interventions for the whole family. All events are free and drop in. Weaving Studio…

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…

Half Term: Meet the Expert

18 - 22 February 2019
Meet the Expert Monday 18th – Friday 22nd February , 1pm Here’s your chance to meet one of our resident science and astronomy experts. You’ll learn all about their work, plus have…

Half Term: Science Show: Out of this World

16 - 22 February 2019
Science Show: Out of this World Saturday 16th – Friday 22nd February 11am, 12pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm Free with general admission Do you think you’re smarter than a 10 year old?…

Half Term: Telescope Walking Tours

16 - 22 February 2019
Telescope Walking Tours Saturday 16th – Friday 22nd February 11:45am and 3:15pm Join one of Jodrell Bank’s popular Telescope Walking Tours as a friendly Explainer takes you for a…

Half Term: Under 7s Get Set, Blast Off!

16 - 22 February 2019
Under 7s – Get Set, Blast Off! Saturday 16th – Friday 22nd February 1pm (weekend) 11am and 1pm (weekdays) Join us on a fun-filled rocket trip into space, exploring the solar system…

Heritage Futures Studio Drop in Information Sessions

11:00 - 12:00 18 February 2019
Heritage Futures Studio Drop in Information Sessions Heritage Futures is the new exhibition at Manchester Museum that asks how we can shape the future and explores four key themes:…

LITERATURE LIVE: Cathleen Miller and Horatio Clare

19:30 - 21:00 18 February 2019
Cathleen Miller is a visiting Fulbright Scholar and Distinguished Chair of the Humanities at the University of Manchester. She is a bestselling author whose biography of UN leader Nafis…

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…

Scientific Seminar of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research - Monday 18 February 2019

13:00 - 14:00 18 February 2019
Scientific Seminar of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research Date: Monday 18 February 2019 Time: 1.00pm Venue: Stopford Building, Room 2.823/5 Vasanthi Priyadarshini Gaddi – “Chromatin…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Leslie Fesenmyer – University of Birmingham

16:00 - 18:00 18 February 2019
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 18th February 2019 Dr Leslie Fesenmyer – University of Birmingham “ Ambivalent belonging: Born-again Christians between Africa and Europe” Questions…

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…

Alex Longworth-Dunbar (CHSTM) ‘Increasing a Hundred-Fold the Distresses of Humanity’: A History of Negative Representations of the Telegraph, 1837-1914'

13:00 - 14:00 19 February 2019
‘Increasing a Hundred-Fold the Distresses of Humanity’: A History of Negative Representations of the Telegraph, 1837-1914 In light of a widely identified turn towards a negative discourse…

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