Exhibitions, Lecture

LIVESTREAM TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: In conversation with ESA astronaut John McFall

19:30 - 21:00 15 July 2025
Join us for a new Lovell Lecture with ESA astronaut John McFall in conversation with Teresa Anderson, Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement. They will discuss the future of…

Royal Society Summer Science Exhibits on Tour

30 - 31 August 2025
After 2024’s success, Jodrell Bank welcomes back the Royal Society Summer Exhibition for even more science and hands-on activities. From clean energy innovations to projects that track…

Gemini and Mercury remastered

6 September 2025 - 4 January 2026
Embark on a breath-taking visual journey through the dawn of human space exploration in our new exhibition where we welcome back Andy Saunders for the release of the ‘prequel’ – Gemini…

MY MUM IS WHITE: exorcising 'half-caste' ghosts (panel discussion)

14:00 - 16:00 15 September 2025
Join us at HOME for a view of "MY MUM IS WHITE: exorcising 'half-caste' ghosts" and a panel discussion, exploring the experience of the participants whose personal stories contributed…

Joan Brossa. The mental feeling of complete happiness

16:15 - 18:00 17 September 2025
Join us for the launch of the Joan Brossa exhibition, and a panel discussion, exploring the Catalan poet, playwright and visual artist. In partnership with the Manchester and Barcelona…

SOLD OUT - Gemini and Mercury Remastered Heritage Lecture

19:30 - 21:00 25 September 2025
SOLD OUT -To coincide with his latest exhibition, NASA digital restoration expert Andy Saunders delivers a special Heritage Lecture sharing the untold story of humanity’s first ventures…

2025 Annual International Peace Lecture: The Continuous Struggle: Women’s Rights in the Last Four Decades and the Backlash Against Progress.

15:00 - 17:30 8 October 2025
Join us for the 40th Anniversary International Peace Lecture, hosted by the University of Manchester's Department of Politics. For forty years, this renowned series has brought together…

Guest lecture: Place-making and the role of culture in Manchester

17:30 - 20:00 8 October 2025
Creative Manchester and the Manchester Urban Institute are delighted to welcome Luthfur Rahman OBE, former Executive Leader for Culture and Leisure and Manchester City Council Deputy…

Politics - 2025 Annual Peace Lecture - The Continuous Struggle: Women’s Rights in the Last Four Decades and the Backlash Against Progress

A History of Black Theatre in Manchester 1827-2020: Celebrating presence

17:30 - 19:00 9 October 2025
Join us for the launch of the exhibition: ‘A History of Black Theatre in Manchester 1827-2020: Celebrating presence’. Creative Manchester is delighted to host this exhibition exploring…

GDI Lecture: Globalisation, Populism, and Trump - Jan Nederveen Pieterse

16:00 - 17:30 15 October 2025
Speaker: Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California Santa Barbara What is the problem, Trump or the United States? American media talk about Trump nonstop, but what about frailties…

Seminar by Prof Stefanie Wöhl - Civil Society Challenges to Global Supply Chains: The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

15:00 - 16:30 15 October 2025
On October 15th, Stephanie Wöhl will be delivering a talk on "Civil Society Challenges to Global Supply Chains: The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive". It is from…

What’s happening to women’s mental health - and what must we do?

13:00 - 14:00 20 October 2025
Emerita Professor, Linda Gask, joins us to discuss has been happening to women, how are we failing them and what must we do? Over the last decade, we've been rightly concerned about…

DKO 2025 Lecture: Seeing Shapes in Data: How Topology Helps Us Understand Biology and Medicine by Professor Heather Harrington

17:00 - 20:00 22 October 2025
Please see the link below to register for this year’s Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw lecture on Wednesday 22nd October 2025, 5-8pm - https://forms.office.com/e/9HAmVa619g The event will…

Start or end of life? Advancing the Sociology of Life, Death & Bereavement

16:00 - 18:00 28 October 2025
Join us for the inaugural lecture of Professor Kate Reed, hosted by the University of Manchester's School of Social Science and Department of Sociology. ‘Life’ and ‘death’ affects…

The Double Tax and Unsung Stories - Black Women’s Voices in Activism and Economics

15:00 - 17:00 30 October 2025
Join us for a compelling afternoon of insight and inspiration as we mark Black History Month with two powerful voices in Black women’s activism and economic justice. We’re thrilled…

Modern Architecture in Models: from the B.15 Workshop Archive

11:00 31 October - 17:00 24 December 2025
An exhibition of student models from the modernist canon of the twentieth century were created by groups of students from the University of Manchester School of Architecture between…

GDI Lecture: The Political Lives of Information - Janaki Srinivasan

16:30 - 18:00 5 November 2025
Speaker: Janaki Srinivasan, University of Oxford My talk will be based on my 2022 book, The Political Lives of Information: Information and the Production of Development in India,…

Hulme Nannas' exhibition of (in)visibility, community and urban change

18:00 - 20:00 5 November 2025
This event is the launch of an exhibition of artwork and poetry co-curated by older women living on the Aquarius Estate in Hulme. The event will include a talk by community members…

Architecture for the People Manchester City Architect’s Department, 1902-2003

7 November 2025 - 28 February 2026
Public Exhibition: Architecture for the People -------------------------------------------------- For 101 years, the City Architect’s Department in the Town Hall served the citizens…

Architecture for the People: Manchester City Architect’s Department, 1902-2003

7 November 2025 - 28 February 2026
Public Exhibition: Architecture for the People For 101 years, the City Architect’s Department in the Town Hall served the citizens and met diverse civic needs by designing hundreds…

Reimagining New Towns: Delivering Growth and Place-Making for 21st Century England

17:00 - 18:30 10 November 2025
Join us for an exploration of the New Towns Taskforce Report to Government, a major contribution to the national conversation on housing and place-making. The event will explore how…

New Heritage Lecture – Jodrell Bank: The Unexpected Observatory

19:30 13 November 2025
Join Tim O'Brien, Associate Director of Jodrell Bank Centre of Astrophysics, as he travels back in time to tell the story of how Jodrell Bank came to be – a world-leading observatory…

The Rylands Lecture with Alberto Manguel

18:00 - 19:45 13 November 2025
SOLD OUT Join us for the first annual The Rylands Lecture delivered by Alberto Manguel director of the Espaço Atlântida, in Lisbon, Portugal. Home to over 40,000 titles selected by…

GDI Lecture: Fettered Development and Political Turmoil: 15 Years Since the Arab Spring, Gilbert Achcar

16:30 - 18:00 19 November 2025
Speaker: Gilbert Achcar, SOAS The political landscape in the MENA region looks bleaker today than ever before. This is in sharp contrast with the euphoria aroused fifteen years ago…

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