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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

Enriqueta Rylands tour

11:00 - 11:45 8 March 2019
Explore the life of Enriqueta Rylands, the founder of The John Rylands Library, on a 45 minute tour. Find out how her drive and passion created one of Manchester’s most unique buildings…

Enriqueta Rylands tour

15:00 - 15:45 8 March 2019
Explore the life of Enriqueta Rylands, the founder of The John Rylands Library, on a 45 minute tour. Find out how her drive and passion created one of Manchester’s most unique buildings…

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…

Facing Out: Life after treatment for facial cancer

22 February - 2 June 2019
An exhibition of portraits of people who have experienced facial cancers together with their choice of artworks from The Whitworth collections. The portraits have been created in…

Flamenco Sin Fronteras

19:00 - 20:30 8 March 2019
This is a performance which has been created to highlight the fact that authentic, pure flamenco has a universal appeal and as such has won World Heritage status. The participating…

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…

Girls Night Out!

19:00 - 22:00 8 March 2019
Jodrell Bank's ever-popular Girls Night Out event returns in March 2019 with a special focus on Mars! You’ll get to meet Dr Natasha Stephen from the University of Plymouth, whose…

JMCE/BISA/ArtsMethods@Manchester International Workshop - Social movements and policy outcomes: How right-wing grassroots groups influence foreign policy

12:00 - 15:30 8 March 2019
This event aims to bring together scholars based in the UK, the EU and the US in order to produce ground-breaking research on the under-researched topic on the influence that right-wing…

MUMS Lunchtime Concerts: Musica Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 8 March 2019
Come and enjoy a lunchtime concert performed by the Manchester University Music Society. These concerts are free, no need to book just turn up. Musica Festival culminates their week…

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…

Statistics Careers Event

13:30 6 March - 16:00 6 May 2019
This year's annual Statistics Careers Event (kindly sponsored by the RSS Manchester Local Group) will take place on Wednesday, 6th March 2019, 1.30-4.00 pm in the Alan Turing Building,…

The (in)security of implantable medical devices

14:00 - 15:00 8 March 2019
Join us for this School research seminar, part of the Data science seminar series and hosted by Dr Mustafa Mustafa. Pacemakers vulnerable for hacking'. 'Fatal flaws found in medical…

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…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 9 March 2019
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, along with their families and…

British Science Week: Science Show: A Jodrell Journey

9 - 10 March 2019
Science Show: A Jodrell Journey Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th March 11AM, 12AM, 2:30PM, 3:30PM Join us as we journey through the history and achievements of scientists at Jodrell Bank.…

British Science Week: Telescope Walking Tour

9 - 15 March 2019
Telescope Walking Tour Saturday 9th March – Friday 15th March 11:45AM (weekend only) & 3:15PM (everyday) Join one of Jodrell Bank’s popular Telescope Walking Tour as our friendly…

British Science Week: Under 7s – Get Set, Blast Off!

9 - 10 March 2019
Under 7s – Get Set, Blast Off! Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th March, 1pm Join us on a fun-filled rocket trip into space, exploring the Solar System and playing lots of games along the…

Heritage Futures Studio Drop in Information Sessions

11:00 - 12:00 9 March 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:…

Jazz Harp Performance with the Septentrion Harp Duo

15:00 9 March 2019
Sat 9 March 3pm Jazz Harp Performance with the Septentrion Harp Duo Join Alice Roberts & Kathryn Mason as they perform jazz, Latin and contemporary music in the Living Worlds gallery.…

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

13:00 - 14:00 9 March 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…

The University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:00 9 March 2019
The symphonic repertoire of the early-twentieth century is characterized by explicit depictions of the individual within the world surrounding it, evident in both Nielsen’s Helios Overture…

CEAS 2019 School seminar - Prof Paolo Fornasiero

11:00 - 12:00 11 March 2019
As part of the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science School Seminar Series, we'll be welcoming Prof Paolo Fornasiero from Università degli studi di Trieste, with a talk…

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