Events for prospective students

Daily Telescope Walking Tours

2 December 2019 - 2 December 2020
(Weekdays) 2.30pm (Weekends) 11.45am and 2.30pm We’ll be hosting our popular Telescope Walking Tours daily for 2019 where you can join one of our friendly Explainers as they take you…

Easter Holidays: Meet the Expert

6 - 17 April 2020
1pm Here’s your chance to meet one of our resident science and astronomy experts. You’ll learn all about their work, plus have the chance to ask the space questions you’ve always wanted to ask!

Easter Holidays: Science Show: Seeing Jupiter Differently

4 - 19 April 2020
Show Times: Weekdays and bank holidays: 11am, 12pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm Weekends: 12pm, 3:30pm People have been viewing Jupiter for many centuries and over time, as we have developed different…

Easter Holidays: Seeing your little world differently

4 - 19 April 2020
11am – 4pm (drop-in any time) A drop in session for children under 5 to explore the world of how we see things including mirrors, lenses and colours. There will also be a story time…

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.…

Manchester Rheumatology Afternoon meeting: April 2020 - Professor Nelson-Piercy - 'Pregnancy and rheumatological conditions'

14:30 - 16:45 17 April 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…

Aperture CANCELLED

10:30 - 11:30 19 April 2020
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Calling all photographers! This is a fantastic opportunity to capture the beauty of our Historic Reading Room, before the Library opens to the general…

LITERATURE LIVE: An Evening with Hilary Mantel hosted by Kamila Shamsie

19:00 - 20:20 19 April 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION This event has now been cancelled. Please see further information here: https://tinyurl.com/s4yyrfz

Jodrell Bank: 75 Years of science

20 April - 13 November 2020
2020 marks the 75th anniversary of Jodrell Bank Observatory. Since 1945, this globally significant site has been at the heart of ground-breaking and world-leading scientific research.…

Literature Live: Jessica Moor and Juliet Bates

18:30 - 19:45 20 April 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been cancelled. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--1-april-2020/

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Christina Lupton (Copenhagen): 'Queer Times for the Straight Book: Michel Serres and Maggie Nelson'

17:00 - 19:00 21 April 2020
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism programme. Christina Lupton (University of Copenhagen) will deliver a public lecture entitled 'Queer Times…

History lunchtime seminar: Misha Ewen - Women and the economy in the early modern English Empire

13:00 - 13:50 22 April 2020
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History research seminar: Anne Murphy (Hertfordshire) 'Embracing change: 'economical reform' at the 18th-century Bank of England'

16:15 - 17:30 23 April 2020

WCLC: Michelle Assay (piano) and David Fanning (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 23 April 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been cancelled. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--1-april-2020/

The University of Manchester Brass Band (UMBB)

19:00 - 21:00 24 April 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been cancelled. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--1-april-2020/

History lunchtime seminar: Henry Miller - The material culture and practice of petitioning in the UK, 1780-1918

13:00 - 13:50 29 April 2020
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WCLC: Gamelan from West Java

13:10 - 14:00 30 April 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been cancelled. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--1-april-2020/

Stars and Stones

2 May - 7 October 2020
2nd May, 13th May, 24th June, 11th July, 9th September and 7th October Stars and Stones offers a rare opportunity to explore The Blackden Trust and Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre on…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall

16:00 - 18:00 3 May 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been cancelled. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--1-april-2020/

Free showing of the film Magic Medicine, followed by Q&A

17:30 - 21:00 7 May 2020
Over 2 years, filmmaker Monty Wates was given exclusive access to the first ever medical trial to give psilocybin (the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms) to a group of volunteers…

History Research Seminar: Ceyda Karamursel (SOAS) 'Ottoman responses to the Congress of Vienna stipulations on the issues of slavery and Barbary corsairs' (provisional title)

16:15 - 17:30 7 May 2020
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The Whitworth

Manchester Museum

Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

Martin Harris Centre

The John Rylands Library

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