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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.…

Bike Registration Event

08:30 - 09:30 8 November 2019
Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their bikes on the University scheme. LOCKS MUST BE BOUGHT THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY'S…

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…

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…

Family Stargazing Night

19 October 2019 - 8 February 2020
6pm – 9pm Calling all budding young stargazers. You are invited to join us for an unmissable opportunity to get started in astronomy. During our fun-packed evening you will enjoy…

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…

Introduction to Astrophotography

23 October 2019 - 26 February 2020
Introduction to Astrophotography Wednesdays 23rd October, 20th November, 15th January and 26th February, 7.30pm – 10pm Jodrell Bank's popular Introduction to Astrophotography workshops…

James Gregory and Michael Connolly - Informal Applied Mathematics Seminar

15:00 - 16:00 8 November 2019
The Informal Applied Mathematics seminar will continue with a double bill from James Gregory and Michael Connolly. Talks will take place in Frank Adams 2 (next to the Alan Turing Building's…

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…

MUMS: Folk and World Music

13:10 - 13:55 8 November 2019
Following on from the successful Folk and World Music concerts in the previous academic year, students continue to perform a diverse range of folk music and different styles from around…

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,…

Robert Nicolaides - Abstract Regular Polytopes

15:00 - 16:00 8 November 2019
This week's pure postgrad seminar will be given by Robert Nicolaides at 3pm in Frank Adams 1. Abstract: Abstract Regular Polytopes (ARPs) are abstract shapes inspired by the celebrated…

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,…

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…

Zhaojun Bai - Rayleigh quotient optimizations and eigenvalue problems

14:00 - 15:00 8 November 2019
Zhaojun Bai from University of California will be speaking at this seminar. Abstract : Many computational science and data analysis techniques lead to optimizing Rayleigh quotient…

CI Cookery Class

14:00 - 17:00 9 November 2019
We are hosting three fun and hands-on cookery classes led by Sam Sin from Koi Kitchen. Each class will have a different focus, allowing you to create a variety of authentic dishes.…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 9 November 2019
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

See, Make and Do at the Museum: 9.15-10.30am

09:15 - 10:30 9 November 2019
Sat 9 Nov: 9.15am-10.30am 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…

University of Manchester Chamber Orchestra

19:00 - 20:30 9 November 2019
From an early symphony by Carl Stamitz and Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.5, featuring Katherine Stonham, to the music of the 20th Century in Pulcinella (Suite) by Stravinsky, this concert…

CEAS Department Seminar - Dr Antoni Forner-Cuenca

10:30 - 12:00 11 November 2019
As part of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science Department Seminar Series, we'll be welcoming Dr Antoni Forner-Cuenca from Eindhoven University Technology,…

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