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Addressing Honour-based Abuse: Opportunities and Challenges

17:00 - 19:00 9 May 2019
The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre warmly invites you to attend a panel discussion on Thursday 9th May, which will be discussing the opportunities and challenges…

Ancient Textiles from the Andes

29 March - 15 September 2019
This is a rare opportunity to see ancient Andean textiles of this quality and size exhibited in the UK. Through a major loan from the collector Paul Hughes, alongside pieces from the…

Culture Shots on Campus

10:00 - 16:00 9 May 2019
Two days of art, culture and wellbeing on campus, hosted by Manchester Museum and the Whitworth. Take some time out from revision and pop down to Academy 2 for Culture Shots on Campus…

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…

Designing for mobile learning (Teaching Online Workshop Series)

11:00 - 12:00 9 May 2019
Designing for mobile learning

Digital Health Seminar: Professor John Wright

11:00 - 12:00 9 May 2019
Born in Bradford: Can a research study change a city? Where: The Congregation, Vaughan House, HeRC When: Thursday 9th May 2019, 11am Born in Bradford is one of the UK's leading health…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Justin Daneshmand (University of Manchester) - ‘Visitation and Verdict: Reading the Lukan Nazareth Pericope as a Theoxenic Episode of Theophanic Judgement’

14:00 - 16:00 9 May 2019
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

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…

Exploring Caves through Art

18:00 - 20:30 9 May 2019
Exploring Caves through Art Thurs 9 May 6-8.30pm Caves are an integral part of the British landscape; however they don’t necessarily spring to mind when thinking about natural heritage.…

Facing Out: Creative writing workshop

15:00 - 19:00 9 May 2019
Creative writing workshop Thursday 9 May, 3 -5pm Join writer Clare Stuart for this creative writing workshop for people who have experienced cancer, and/or their families. Meet in…

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…

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…

Inspirational Women Lecture Series: Prof Jane Cummings CBE

12:30 - 13:30 9 May 2019
The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health is delighted to welcome Professor Jane Cummings CBE, previously Chief Nursing Officer for England, as key note speaker as part of the 'Inspirational…

Instruments of Change

19 March 2019 - 31 December 2020
Instruments of Change is an exhibition that showcases objects from the Beswick Collection at the Museum of Medicine and Health, telling the stories of the people of Manchester whose…

Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab Under Siege

11 April - 2 October 2019
Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab Under Siege exhibition, developed in collaboration with The Partition Museum in India. This commemorative exhibit gives voice to the untold stories of…

John Rylands Poetry Reading with Leontia Flynn and Zaffar Kunial: SOLD OUT

17:00 - 19:30 9 May 2019
Please join us from 5 pm at the John Rylands Library for a reception and a collection encounter showcasing some of the most interesting letters held in the Special Collections at the…

Joy for Ever: How to use art to change the world and its price in the market

29 March - 9 June 2019
In 1857 John Ruskin (1819-1900) delivered one of his most important public lectures in response to the Great Art Treasures exhibition in Manchester, the largest art exhibition ever…

MANCEPT Research Cluster with Julie Rose: Work, Free Time, and Just Growth

16:00 - 17:30 9 May 2019
Please join the MANCEPT Research Cluster for Julie Rose's "Work, Free Time, and Just Growth". Julie Rose is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College.…

One Giant Leap: Talk and Tour

9 May - 5 September 2019
One Giant Leap:Jodrell Bank and the Race to the Moon July 2019 will mark 50 years since humans first set foot on another celestial body. In this, the 50th anniversary year of the moon…

Peter who? Collection encounter

15:00 - 16:00 9 May 2019
We’ll be delving into the world of 1810s Manchester to discover more about the background and lead up to the bloody event at St Peter’s Fields. Join us to find out more about the Peterloo…

Pre-16 Guided Campus Visit

11:00 - 13:00 9 May 2019
Secondary School students are welcomed to The University of Manchester campus to get a taste of university life, find out more about higher education and gain an insight into student…

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…

SHORT COURSES: Introduction to ArcGIS

9 May 2019
The course will explore the fundamentals of GIS through the analysis of real, recent crime data, straight from the Greater Manchester Police. Attendees will gain a good overview of…

Stars and Stones

3 April - 4 September 2019
Stars and Stones offers a rare opportunity to explore The Blackden Trust and Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre on the same day. You’ll have the chance to discover the science and the stories…

The Personal in History’ - PGR Workshop organised by Frank Mort and Penny Summerfield.

9 May 2019
Thursday 9 May - 10.00-16.00, Ellen Wilkinson, Graduate School, C1.18. The Personal in History’ - PGR Workshop organised by Frank Mort and Penny Summerfield.

The print is mightier than the sword: print demo

11:15 - 11:30 9 May 2019
Watch our beautiful printing press in action, recreating the words penned by superstar poet Shelley in response to the tragic events of Peterloo. No need to book, just turn up.

The Reno at the Whitworth

15 March 2019 - 1 March 2020
For a period of one year Linda Brogan and a group of local residents, who went to the Reno nightclub in the 1970s and 80s, will occupy the Whitworth. The Reno, located in Moss Side,…

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…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Gamelan

13:10 - 14:00 9 May 2019
Second-year Music students on the Ensemble Performance module demonstrate their newly acquired expertise in Sundanese Gamelan Degung from West Java, Indonesia in an exciting concert…

Webinar: Finding and accessing data in the UK Data Service

15:00 - 16:00 9 May 2019
This introductory webinar is intended for anyone who wants to hear about finding data from the UK Data Service. Participants will be given a practical overview of the tools that the…

Who Cares? - 'A growing collection of stories about people caring for nature across Greater Manchester.'

2 May - 31 July 2019
A growing collection of stories about people caring for nature across Greater Manchester. A Heritage Futures Studio Residency at Manchester Museum 29th April - 31st July 2019 In…

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