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Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 25 September - 13:55 20 November 2019
Back due to popular demand, this autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics again! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for Beginners’ in a relaxed and friendly environment.…

CEAS Department Seminar - Dr Ronny Pini

10:30 - 12:00 14 October 2019
As part of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science Department Seminar Series, we'll be welcoming Dr Ronny Pini, from Imperial College London, UK, on Monday 14…

Cézanne at the Whitworth

24 August 2019 - 1 March 2020
This exhibition celebrates an extraordinary collection of drawings and prints by Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) that has been gifted and placed on long-term loan to the Whitworth by gallerist,…

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…

DMDS Divisional Seminar

13:00 - 14:00 14 October 2019
DMDS Divisional Seminar Date: Monday 14 October 2019 Time: 1.00pm Venue: Stopford Building, Room 2.823/5 Catherine O'Neill – “From molecule to medicine: translation through commercialisation…

Elizabeth Price

25 September 2019 - 1 March 2020
Bringing together many new and acclaimed works - including drawings, sculpture and video - this exhibition engages with Price’s pre-occupations of technology, history, politics and…

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…

GDI and MUI Lecture with Prof Raquel Rolnik: Urban Warfare - housing under the empire of finance

17:00 - 18:30 14 October 2019
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Prof Raquel Rolnik: Urban warfare - housing under the empire of finance In cities across the world the story is…

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…

Li Yuan Chia: Unique Photographs

18 May - 15 December 2019
In his lifetime, Li Yuan Chia (1929-1994) travelled from China, to Taiwan, Bologna and London but found his home in a house that he bought in 1972 from Winifred Nicholson in Banks at…

Oldham Network - Autumn meeting

12:00 - 16:00 14 October 2019
Join us for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Oldham schools. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

One Giant Leap: Talk and Tour

12 October - 17 November 2019
One Giant Leap: Jodrell Bank and the Race to the Moon, 13:30-16:00 NEW DATES ANNOUNCED! 2019 marks 50 years since humans first set foot on another celestial body. And so, in this,…

Seminar: ML to Augment Scholarly Infrastructure

14:00 - 15:00 14 October 2019
Join us for the next Computer Science Seminar with speaker Paco Nathan ML to Augment Scholarly Infrastructure This talk is about Rich Context and the associated new features for data…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 14th October 2019 - Dr Catherine Allerton – London School of Economics

16:00 - 18:00 14 October 2019
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 14 October 2019 Dr Catherine Allerton – London School of Economics “Transnational Ambivalence: Belonging and Forgetting Among Children Of Migrants…

Tapestries

12 October 2019 - 1 March 2020
A tapestry is a coming together of people or things, usually thread, to make an intricate whole. This exhibition shows the breadth of the textiles at the Whitworth that are made with…

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,…

This Garden of Ours

10:00 4 October - 17:00 1 November 2019
This Garden of Ours Fri 4 Oct – Fri 1 Nov A collaborative art project researching global horticulture, This Garden of Ours explores stories and links between the migration of plants…

Thomas Jordan (Bristol) - Dimension of ergodic measures projected onto self-similar sets

15:00 - 16:00 14 October 2019
Thomas Jordan (Bristol) will be speaking at this research seminar, part of the Dynamical Systems and Analysis seminar series. Abstract: Joint work with Ariel Rapaport. Self-similar…

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…

Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity

17 August 2019 - 5 July 2020
Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity In the middle of the nineteenth century wallpaper design suddenly became diverse. English manufacturers began to excel at the quick production…

Young, Rich & Famous

10:00 1 October 2019 - 17:00 1 January 2020
In this digital age of collecting selfies and more on social media, what does immortality mean? Manchester Museum’s latest installation at Manchester’s Central Library, Young, Rich…

Digital Twins, new innovative models for urban planning and environmental management: how could local authorities adopt and manage their own digital twins

12:00 - 13:00 15 October 2019
Introduced by Dave Carter, Honorary Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Planning and Environmental Management and Co-Lead, Smart and Sustainable Cities, Manchester Urban Institute. https://digitalurban.place/…

Greater Manchester Open Network - Autumn meeting

09:00 - 12:00 15 October 2019
Join us for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Greater Manchester schools not affiliated with our other established networks. These include schools from: Bury Bolton (non…

Manchester Central Network - Autumn meeting

12:00 - 16:00 15 October 2019
Join us for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for central Manchester schools. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

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