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A temperate deciduous forest Free-Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) facility – results from seasons 0, 1, 2 (& 3) of 10

13:00 - 14:00 26 February 2020
Prof Rob Mackenzie, University of Birmingham, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. The land carbon sink is calculated to be the most…

Creative Manchester presents Music on Campus

12:15 11 February - 13:30 24 March 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: In light of the developing situation around COVID-19 and the Government’s latest advice for people to avoid non-essential contact, we have taken the decision…

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…

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…

Exhibition: The Soul of the Black Earth - 60 years of Contemporary Chinese Printmaking

19 February - 13 March 2020
The Confucius Institute is delighted to bring this fascinating exhibition to Manchester, telling the story of four generations of printmakers from Heilongjiang Province in the north-east…

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…

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

13:00 - 14:00 26 February 2020
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…

Manchester International Roots Orchestra creative workshops at Manchester Museum

14:30 - 16:30 26 February 2020
Manchester International Roots Orchestra is an ensemble of musicians, poets and rappers from around the world, including refugees. They will be performing in Manchester Museum on Thursday…

NCHS: Tai-Chi for Wellbeing

08:30 - 09:30 26 February 2020
Tai Chi is a form of gentle exercise based on Tai Chi Chuan, a martial art with roots in ancient China. The underlying principles of Tai Chi facilitate improved coordination of body,…

Shreyas Mandre - Physical Applied Mathematics Seminar

14:00 - 14:50 26 February 2020
Shreyas Mandre (Warwick) joins us for the Physical Applied Mathematics Series.

Social Data Science Week: Introduction to QGIS

26 February 2020
Part of Social Data Science Week, a collaboration between the Cathie Marsh Institute and methods@manchester. These courses have been designed for postgraduate researchers, giving you…

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…

TBA

14:00 - 15:00 26 February 2020
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TBA

15:00 - 16:00 26 February 2020
To be added

The Annual Arthur Lewis Lecture 2020 POSTPONED

18:00 - 20:00 26 February 2020
POSTPONED POSTPONED POSTPONED Unfortunately, the Arthur Lewis lecture has been postponed and will no longer be held on the 26 February. We will be in touch with further details…

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,…

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…

Utopias

31 January - 4 October 2020
Utopia is, at its essence, about creating a perfect world, yet in this way, it is always in opposition with the present. In his seminal book Utopia (1516), Thomas More gave name and…

CoDE Seminar: Diane Abbott, misogynoir and the politics of Black British feminism

12:00 - 13:00 27 February 2020
This seminar presents Dr Lisa Palmer's paper that argues that we cannot understand the acute intensification of white supremacist politics in contemporary Britain without paying close…

NCHS: Yoga

08:30 - 09:30 27 February 2020
No emails, texts, updates or alerts –yoga that takes full advantage of the Whitworth’s peaceful setting. No need to book. When the weather is fine, this session will take place in…

Social Data Science Week: Machine Learning with Python

27 February 2020
Part of Social Data Science Week, a collaboration between the Cathie Marsh Institute and methods@manchester. These courses have been designed for postgraduate researchers, giving you…

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