Manchester Jewish Museum has appointed Citizens Design Bureau (CDB) as the architects for its major development project. The lead architect will be CDB founder, Katy Marks, who was a Project Architect for the Stirling Prize winning ‘Liverpool Everyman Theatre’ and was recently nominated as emerging Woman Architect of the Year 2015. Working alongside Katy will…
The latest research presented at Manchester Museum’s new exhibition shows that our closest relatives the Neanderthals were far from being the grunting savages in animal skins that are so often represented in cartoons and films. Using material from Manchester Museum’s archaeology collection an object in focus display from the Natural History Museum, Humans in Ancient…
Manchester Museum is set to receive support from the Heritage Lottery Fund is its ambitious plans for renovating the University of Manchester owned museum. The project, known as its Courtyard Project, will transform the museum with a major two-storey extension, a new main entrance and a much improved visitor facilities inspired by a new ethos…
1830 Express Hop on the 1830 Express and step back to a time to when cotton was king and railways were about to change the world forever. Buy a ticket to ride the world’s first ever passenger railway ride and you’ll experience a train ride like no other. MOSI’s team take you on an action-packed,…
It’s all aboard for visitors at the Museum of Science and Industry this Easter, as a new 1830s steam train experience leaves the station for the first time this Friday. Experts in period costumes will be guiding guests through the story behind the world’s oldest surviving passenger train station, as visitors enjoy a trip back…
From 24 June 2016 the Whitworth will unveil a new public sculpture by internationally acclaimed British artist Anya Gallaccio in Whitworth Park. In only the second permanent public sculpture of her career the artist will reimagine in steel a tree removed from the park during the Whitworth’s £15 million redevelopment by architects MUMA (McInnes Usher…
Less and More: Rethinking Resources FutureEverything, Manchester’s prestigious city-wide ‘festival as labority’ returns to the city 30 March to 2 April, with the theme Less and More’. The festival, now in its 21st year embraces The festival follows its incredible success in Singapore last autumn when it delivered its first large-sale international commission to critical…
Project to include performances, workshops and exhibitions Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music has been awarded funding to carry out a new research project centre on music in Manchester during World War 1. Drawing on the archives of the RNCM (formerly the Royal Manchester College of Music, RMCM), Henry Watson Music Library and Hallé Concert…
As part of the city’s annual Wonder Women season, which runs every March to shine a light on the incredible, creative and campaigning women working in and from Manchester today, Manchester Museum presents Written in the Margins on 10 March. This live music event and panel discussion celebrates and explores female writers across the spectrum – from songwriters and journalists to…
Permanent collection Manchester Museum is home to an array of treasures from the natural world and the many cultures it is home to. Highlights include a T.rex and fossils of other pre-historic creatures, ancient Egyptian artefacts and live amphibians and reptiles. Exhibitions All exhibitions at Manchester Museum are free. Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies…
