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Bike Registration Event

08:30 - 09:30 10 January 2020
Due to operational reason this event is cancelled, sorry for any inconvenience. Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their…

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Creepy-Crawly Chronicles Children’s Story Competition

7 December 2019 - 9 March 2020
From ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and ‘Charlotte’s Web’ to 'Spiderman’, insects have inspired countless much-loved stories and comics. Enter your ideas into our story competition to…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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

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…

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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…

Manchester Rheumatology Afternoon meeting: January 2020 - Ms Jessy Choi 'Ophthalmological manifestations in rheumatological conditions

14:30 - 16:45 10 January 2020
The MRA meetings are monthly educational rheumatology meetings, which will be of interest for anyone working in clinical or research fields related to rheumatology or musculoskeletal…

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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,…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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See, Make and Do at the Museum - Autism-Friendly Mornings

09:15 - 11:15 11 January 2020
Sat 11 Jan: 9.15-11.15am See, Make and Do at the Museum - Autism-Friendly Mornings Join us for early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along…

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The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 11 January 2020
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

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A literary evening with Maryam Hessavi and Usma Malik (part of MACFEST 2020)

18:30 - 19:30 13 January 2020
Join us for an exciting literary evening of readings from new work by two Muslim writers, Maryam Hessavi and Usma Malik. Maryam Hessavi is a British, Manchester-based poet and critic,…

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Bike Registration Event

08:30 - 09:30 13 January 2020
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…

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Bike Registration Event

08:30 - 09:30 14 January 2020
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…

Clinch Power: Enhancing the student experience through a Pedagogy of Play (Humanities Teaching Academy Workshops 2019-20)

14:00 - 15:30 14 January 2020
This session explores the contribution of games and “play “like activities to enhancing teaching and learning in lectures, seminars and academic advisement. Drawing from theoretical…

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Highlights Tour

14:00 - 14:30 14 January 2020
2pm, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week Join one of our Visitor Team Assistants for an insightful view into our history and collections and learn more about some of the fascinating…

Stan TRex Dinosaur

Highlights Tour

14:00 - 14:30 14 January 2020
2pm, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week Join one of our Visitor Team Assistants for an insightful view into our history and collections and learn more about some of the fascinating…

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Print a Palimpsest: Printing demo

11:15 - 11:30 14 January 2020
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…

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Grubtime Natter

12:30 - 13:30 15 January 2020
Grubtime Natter Wednesday 15 January 12.30-1.30pm Sylvia’s Space Scarabs, Moths and Spiders – find out more about some of the stories of the beasts featured in Beauty and the Beasts…

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