Manchester Museum

Artist in Residence – Beauty and the Beasts

10:30 - 16:00 4 April 2020
Meet Kate Eggleston- Wirtz, our artist in residence who is creating a curious and fantastic insect hotel over the next few weeks in the Beauty and the Beasts exhibition. Insects are…

Cancelled: Easter Holiday Activities - Bees & Butterflies

14:00 7 - 16:00 9 April 2020
Caring for the health & wellbeing of our visitors, staff & volunteers is our priority. To reduce the risk of Covid-19 from Tues 17 March our events programme is cancelled. We will communicate…

Cancelled: Manchester International Roots Orchestra creative workshops at Manchester Museum

14:30 - 16:30 7 April 2020
Caring for the health & wellbeing of our visitors, staff & volunteers is our priority. To reduce the risk of Covid-19 from Tues 17 March our events & schools programme is cancelled.…

Cancelled: Easter Holiday Activities - Insect Hotels

10:30 - 12:30 8 April 2020
Caring for the health & wellbeing of our visitors, staff & volunteers is our priority. To reduce the risk of Covid-19 from Tues 17 March our events & schools programme is cancelled.…

Cancelled: The Manchester International Roots Orchestra perform at Manchester Museum

19:00 - 20:00 9 April 2020
Caring for the health & wellbeing of our visitors, staff & volunteers is our priority. To reduce the risk of Covid-19 from Tues 17 March our events & schools programme is cancelled.…

Cancelled: See, Make and Do at the Museum - Autism-Friendly

09:15 - 11:15 11 April 2020
Caring for the health & wellbeing of our visitors, staff & volunteers is our priority. To reduce the risk of Covid-19 from Tues 17 March our events programme is cancelled. We will communicate…

Cancelled. Easter Holiday Activities - Bees & Butterflies

14:00 14 - 16:00 16 April 2020
Caring for the health & wellbeing of our visitors, staff & volunteers is our priority. To reduce the risk of Covid-19 from Tues 17 March our events programme is cancelled. We will communicate…

Cancelled: Easter Holiday Activities - Insect Hotels

10:30 - 12:30 15 April 2020
Caring for the health & wellbeing of our visitors, staff & volunteers is our priority. To reduce the risk of Covid-19 from Tues 17 March our events & schools programme is cancelled.…

Cancelled: Beauty and the Beasts Bug Ball

18:00 - 20:30 16 April 2020
Caring for the health & wellbeing of our visitors, staff & volunteers is our priority. To reduce the risk of Covid-19 from Tues 17 March our events programme is cancelled. We will communicate…

Cancelled: Finds Liaison

10:00 - 16:00 17 April 2020
Caring for the health & wellbeing of our visitors, staff & volunteers is our priority. To reduce the risk of Covid-19 from Tues 17 March our events & schools programme is cancelled.…

Now Online - DNA Day film screening, Jurassic Park

18:30 - 21:00 23 April 2020
Originally this screening of Jurassic Park was due to be held in the appropriately atmospheric surrounds of Manchester Museum’s fossil gallery, with film fans set to get closer than…

Rob Greenfield Presents: Be The Change

18:00 - 21:00 7 May 2020
You’re just 1 in 7 billion people in a very confusing time on Earth. Is it possible for you to make a difference? Is it worth trying? Rob Greenfield’s answer to these questions is a…

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

09:15 - 11:15 9 May 2020
Event Cancelled Sat 9 May: 9.15-11.15am See, Make and Do at the Museum - Autism-Friendly Join us for early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs,…

Finds Liaison

10:00 - 16:00 15 May 2020
Finds Liaison 10am-1pm and 1.30-4pm Heather Beeton , the Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme will be in Manchester Museum. Come and see her if you have you need…

Grubtime Natter - The Miniature Muse. Insects in Art and Culture

12:30 - 13:30 20 May 2020
Wednesday 20 May 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 – have your lunch…

The Children of Extinction: An Evening of Dinosaur Philosophy with Dr. Leonard Finkelman

18:00 - 21:00 21 May 2020
What do philosophy and dinosaurs have in common? Join us for an evening with Dr. Leonard Finkelman to find out how philosophy can help improve our understanding of the earth’s past…

Event Cancelled - See, Make and Do at the Museum - Autism-Friendly

09:15 - 11:15 13 June 2020
Event Cancelled Sat 13 June: 9.15-11.15am See, Make and Do at the Museum - Autism-Friendly Join us for early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs,…

Finds Liaison

10:00 - 16:00 19 June 2020
Finds Liaison 10am-1pm and 1.30-4pm Heather Beeton , the Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme will be in Manchester Museum. Come and see her if you have you need…

Our Shared Cultural Heritage Radical Reading Group in collaboration with DecoloniseUoM

14:00 26 June 2020
Our Shared Cultural Heritage Radical Reading Group in collaboration with DecoloniseUoM The Radical Reading Group embraces the opportunity for young people to reflect on how they might…

Event Cancelled - See, Make and Do at the Museum - Autism-Friendly

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

Finds Liaison

10:00 17 July 2020
Finds Liaison 10am-1pm and 1.30-4pm Heather Beeton , the Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme will be in Manchester Museum. Come and see her if you have you need…

Film Premiere - 'The God of Small Things: Visions of Kerala’

17:00 - 18:30 2 August 2020
Delve into images and literature of Kerala, India, featuring a reading of fragments of Indian author Arundhati Roy’s marvellous novel, The God of Small Things (Chapter 1). Brought to…

Challenging Colourism and Western Beauty Standards Workshop 1

03:00 - 04:30 4 August 2020
A workshop about colourism and beauty standards within the South Asian community with Samihah Mudabbir. Session 1 will start with a presentation introducing colourism, colonialism and…

75th Anniversary Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Manchester Musuem and Manchester City Council

6 August 2020
75th Anniversary Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Manchester Museum and Manchester City Council Manchester remembers the events of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years on To commemorate the dropping…

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

09:15 - 11:15 8 August 2020
Sat 8 Aug: 9.15-11.15am See, Make and Do at the Museum - Autism-Friendly Join us for early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their…

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