All events

'Professional, Regimented and Aggressive: Social class, masculinity and the experiences of Parachute Regiment soldiers during and after the 1982 Falklands War'

16:00 - 17:30 28 November 2019
Helen Parr (Keele University) 'Professional, Regimented and Aggressive: Social class, masculinity and the experiences of Parachute Regiment soldiers during and after the 1982 Falklands War'

CANCELLED: CTIS Seminar: Game Localisation: Translating Gaming Experience across Cultures

14:00 - 15:30 28 November 2019

CIDRAL Event: Richard Seymour in conversation with Ellah Wakatama Allfrey

14:00 - 16:00 28 November 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism theme, presented in collaboration with Creative Manchester. Richard Seymour, who runs the blog Lenin's…

CoDE Seminar: Black Muslim women at work: negotiating visibility from under the hatches

12:00 - 13:00 28 November 2019
Dr Azeezat Johnson, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Queen Mary University of London presents a CoDE seminar on Black Muslim women at work: negotiating visibility from under the hatches…

Community Curators; inside the pharmacy collection

10:00 - 16:00 28 November 2019
Community Curators; inside the pharmacy collection Have you ever wanted to discover the hidden world behind the scenes of a museum? Or want to have a go at conducting academic research?…

Creative Writing for Carers

19:00 - 20:30 28 November 2019
Creative Writing Be kind to yourself. Take a break. Caring for someone can be rewarding, but it may also be a challenge. The needs of the person you care for may often come before…

Curator Tour: Seeing the Invisible

11:00 - 11:30 28 November 2019
Mysterious text, invisible to the naked eye, locked within manuscripts for over 1000 years. Using modern imaging we can now reveal these secrets, transforming our ideas about long…

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…

Ebonit Saxophone Quartet

13:10 - 14:00 28 November 2019
Renowned for the exquisite sensitivity and boldness of their contemporary music performances, the Ebonit Saxophone Quartet visit from Amsterdam to play music exploring themes of landscape…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Josh Bloor (Nazarene Theological College) “Jesus' Earthly and Heavenly Offerings in the Epistle to the Hebrews: An Engagement with Recent Scholarship.”

14:00 - 16:00 28 November 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…

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…

Getting to Know Your Camera: Photography Workshop

24 November 2019 - 12 January 2020
10am – 1pm Ever wanted to take your camera off the auto setting and see how you can be in more control of the images you make and be able to explore more creative options? In our introduction…

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…

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…

Manchester: Take Drugs Seriously - Panel discussion

19:00 - 21:00 28 November 2019
Anyone's Child: Families for Safer Drug Control will host a series of events across Manchester. Come along and learn about the impact of drugs on the city and how we can better protect…

Print a Palimpsest: Printing demo

11:15 - 11:30 28 November 2019
Drop in and peek into the world of palimpsests with our unique printing press demonstration. Using our Columbian printing press we’ll explore how old manuscripts were reused, giving…

Stargazing Night

15 November 2019 - 20 March 2020
7pm – 10pm Join us at Jodrell Bank for an unmissable opportunity to get started in astronomy. You’ll learn how to navigate the skies and locate the stars in our inflatable Planetarium,…

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 Complete Works: Kamila Shamsie

18:45 28 November 2019
Part of: The Complete Works: Year 1 – Hope & Resistance Editor, critic & broadcaster Ellah Wakatama Allfrey OBE curates and presents a brand-new series of in-depth interviews at HOME,…

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…

University Security Pop In Sessions

14:00 - 16:00 28 November 2019
Got a question about safety and security on campus? Do you want to report a crime/something suspicious? Are you a cyclist and would like some information about the various bike security…

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…

Wood Street Mission 2019 appeal

25 November - 4 December 2019
This year marks 150 years of the Wood Street Mission, a charity that since its beginnings in 1869 has collected together and distributed Christmas gifts to local children of Manchester.…

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…

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