Manchester Museum, The John Rylands Library

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…

The Carcanet Cat: Printing demo CANCELLED

11:15 - 11:30 1 July 2020
See our Columbian Printing Press in action as we print the purrrfect cat! Paws for a print to learn about Manchester-based Carcanet Press. To celebrate 50 years of poetry publishing,…

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,…

The Carcanet Cat: Printing demo CANCELLED

11:15 - 11:30 15 July 2020
See our Columbian Printing Press in action as we print the purrrfect cat! Paws for a print to learn about Manchester-based Carcanet Press. To celebrate 50 years of poetry publishing,…

Curator Tour: Carcanet CANCELLED

11:00 - 11:30 17 July 2020
Explore the story of Manchester’s Carcanet Press, as we delve into our newest exhibition. Celebrate the enduring power of poetry, discover how the Press continues to promote new poets…

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…

The Carcanet Cat: Printing demo CANCELLED

11:15 - 11:30 29 July 2020
See our Columbian Printing Press in action as we print the purrrfect cat! Paws for a print to learn about Manchester-based Carcanet Press. To celebrate 50 years of poetry publishing,…

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…

Wordwear! CANCELLED

10:30 - 12:00 4 August 2020
Make your own piece of mood jewellery, inspired by poems to express how you feel. Taking different coloured beads to express different emotions, you’ll create your very own mood jewellery.…

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…

Wordwear! CANCELLED

10:30 - 12:00 11 August 2020
Make your own piece of mood jewellery, inspired by poems to express how you feel. Taking different coloured beads to express different emotions, you’ll create your very own mood jewellery.…

Challenging Colourism and Western Beauty Standards Workshop 2

03:00 - 04:30 12 August 2020
A workshop about colourism and beauty standards within the South Asian community. Session 2 will allow participants to read out poems, creative pieces and conclude with engaging conversation,…

The Carcanet Cat: Printing demo CANCELLED

11:15 - 11:30 12 August 2020
See our Columbian Printing Press in action as we print the purrrfect cat! Paws for a print to learn about Manchester-based Carcanet Press. To celebrate 50 years of poetry publishing,…

Wordwear! CANCELLED

10:30 - 12:00 18 August 2020
Make your own piece of mood jewellery, inspired by poems to express how you feel. Taking different coloured beads to express different emotions, you’ll create your very own mood jewellery.…

Curator Tour: Carcanet CANCELLED

11:00 - 11:30 21 August 2020
Explore the story of Manchester’s Carcanet Press, as we delve into our newest exhibition. Celebrate the enduring power of poetry, discover how the Press continues to promote new poets…

Wordwear! CANCELLED

10:30 - 12:00 25 August 2020
Make your own piece of mood jewellery, inspired by poems to express how you feel. Taking different coloured beads to express different emotions, you’ll create your very own mood jewellery.…

The Carcanet Cat: Printing demo CANCELLED

11:15 - 11:30 26 August 2020
See our Columbian Printing Press in action as we print the purrrfect cat! Paws for a print to learn about Manchester-based Carcanet Press. To celebrate 50 years of poetry publishing,…

A Museum at Night and Hierlooms DigiFest2020 Exhibition

13:00 - 13:30 5 September 2020
We're delighted at Manchester Museum that our friends at Pure Arts Studio are sharing their work with Manchester Museum in short films on Saturday 5 September as part of Manchester…

The Carcanet Cat: Printing demo CANCELLED

11:15 - 11:30 9 September 2020
See our Columbian Printing Press in action as we print the purrrfect cat! Paws for a print to learn about Manchester-based Carcanet Press. To celebrate 50 years of poetry publishing,…

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

09:15 - 11:15 12 September 2020
Sat 12 Sept: 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…

Finds Liaison

10:00 - 16:00 18 September 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…

Artist in Residence Beauty and the Beasts: falling in love with insects

11:00 - 16:00 9 October 2020
Artist in Residence Beauty and the Beasts: falling in love with insects Artist Kate Eggleston-Wirtz was commissioned by Manchester Museum to create an ‘Insect Hotel’ within the Beauty…

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

09:15 - 11:15 10 October 2020
Sat 10 Oct: 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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