Manchester Museum

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…

Manchester's annual commemoration of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic weapon attacks and civilian victims of war and terrorism

10:30 - 11:30 6 August 2019
Manchester Museum is delighted to be hosting Manchester's annual commemoration of the Hiroshima and Nagaski atomic weapon attacks and civilian vicitms of war and terrorism. Members…

Summer Family Activities - Lost Words

14:00 30 July - 16:00 29 August 2019
Summer Family Activities - Lost Words Discover, Share and Create with us this summer. Tuesdays – Thursdays 2-4pm From Tues 30 July to Thurs 29 Aug Join us for family friendly arts…

Summer Family Activities - Lost Words

14:00 6 - 16:00 8 August 2019
Summer Family Activities - Lost Words Discover, Share and Create with us this summer. Tuesdays – Thursdays 2-4pm From Tues 30 July to Thurs 29 Aug Join us for family friendly arts…

Mindful Muse

10:15 - 12:15 9 August 2019
Fri 9 Aug Mindful Muse 10.15am-12.15pm Join Jess Wilkinson from ‘The Sea Within’ as she takes you on mindful journey through the Museum’s collections. Great for families who would like…

Mindful Muse

13:15 - 15:15 9 August 2019
Fri 9 Aug Mindful Muse 1.15am-3.15pm Join Jess Wilkinson from ‘The Sea Within’ as she takes you on mindful journey through the Museum’s collections. Great for families who would like…

See, Make & Do at the Museum

09:15 - 10:30 10 August 2019
See, Make and Do at the Museum: 9.15-10.30am Join us for our early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their families and carers, and…

Space Chase - Summer Reading Challenge with Manchester Libraries

10:00 - 16:00 10 August 2019
Sat 10 Aug: 10am–12.30pm and 2-4pm - Space Chase Join Manchester Libraries to find out more about their Summer Reading Challenge and how you can get involved. Get crafty and explore…

Summer Family Activities - Lost Words

14:00 13 - 16:00 15 August 2019
Summer Family Activities - Lost Words Discover, Share and Create with us this summer. Tuesdays – Thursdays 2-4pm From Tues 30 July to Thurs 29 Aug Join us for family friendly arts…

Placard Making

16 August 2019
Placard Making Make a placard to commemorate the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919 and march it to St Peter’s Square to stand with the memorial of those who were killed at Peterloo…

Summer Friendly Fridays - See, Make & Do

09:15 - 11:30 16 August 2019
Summer Friendly Fridays: 9.15-11.30am Friendly Fridays - our summer daytime See, Make and Do autism friendly sessions will be running on Fri 16, Fri 23 and Fri 30 Aug. Join us for…

Commemorating the Partition of India.

11:00 - 16:30 17 August 2019
The 1947 partition of India has a legacy that has left scars in the memories of those who lived through it, as well as the later generations who learn about the brutal history of displacement.…

Summer Family Activities - Lost Words

14:00 20 - 16:00 22 August 2019
Summer Family Activities - Lost Words Discover, Share and Create with us this summer. Tuesdays – Thursdays 2-4pm From Tues 30 July to Thurs 29 Aug 2019 Join us for family friendly…

Valuing Humanity

18:30 - 20:00 21 August 2019
Join us for a conversation about community based humanity with our Chief Guest Consular General of Iraq Dr Ihsan Allawi and key speakers Zaid Bahr Al-Uloom, Director of Al-Balaghi Academy…

Community Curators: Inside the Pharmacy Collection

10:30 - 13:30 22 August 2019
Fully Booked Have you ever wanted to discover the hidden world behind the scenes of a museum? Or want to have a go at academic research? Become a researcher for a day and join us in…

Community Curators: Inside the Pharmacy Collection

14:00 - 16:30 22 August 2019
Fully Booked Have you ever wanted to discover the hidden world behind the scenes of a museum? Or want to have a go at academic research? Become a researcher for a day and join us in…

Family Gorgeous and Friends present the Museum Menagerie

12:00 - 16:00 22 August 2019
To celebrate Manchester Pride, we will be hosting an afternoon of drag cabaret, curated and produced by Manchester-based drag queens, Family Gorgeous (who starred in the recent Channel…

Unruly Subjects: Ireland and India

18:00 - 19:30 22 August 2019
As part of a series of events relating to our Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab Under Siege exhibition, we invite you to join us for an evening of music, chat and more, exploring what is…

Community Curators: Inside the Pharmacy Collection

10:30 - 13:00 23 August 2019
Fully Booked Have you ever wanted to discover the hidden world behind the scenes of a museum? Or want to have a go at academic research? Become a researcher for a day and join us in…

Community Curators: Inside the Pharmacy Collection

14:00 - 15:30 23 August 2019
Fully Booked Have you ever wanted to discover the hidden world behind the scenes of a museum? Or want to have a go at academic research? Become a researcher for a day and join us in…

Summer Friendly Fridays, See, Make & Do

09:15 - 11:30 23 August 2019
Summer Friendly Fridays: 9.15-11.30am Friendly Fridays - our summer daytime See, Make and Do autism friendly sessions will be running on Fri 16, Fri 23 and Fri 30 Aug. Join us for…

Summer Family Activities - Lost Words

14:00 27 - 16:00 29 August 2019
Summer Family Activities - Lost Words Discover, Share and Create with us this summer. Tuesdays – Thursdays 2-4pm From Tues 30 July to Thurs 29 Aug Join us for family friendly arts…

Invisible Women

19:00 - 20:30 29 August 2019
Join us for a screening of the film Invisible Women. Angela Cooper and Luchia Fitzgerald have spent the last half a century fighting for their rights as women and as lesbians. …

Summer Friendly Fridays - See, Make & Do

09:15 - 11:30 30 August 2019
Summer Friendly Fridays: 9.15-11.30am Friendly Fridays - our summer daytime See, Make and Do autism friendly sessions will be running on Fri 16, Fri 23 and Fri 30 Aug. Join us for…

Documenting history: Book Panel Event

18:00 - 20:00 5 September 2019
Documenting history: Book Panel Event (In partnership with Blackwell’s) Why should Jallianwala Bagh be remembered? How can we understand what really happened that day in 1919? Hear…

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