Exhibitions and Events at Manchester Museum – May 2015 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…
Say Hi to the HiDDEN Eight small heritage attractions based in and around the city centre have come together to launch a new network called HiDDEN. Originally established last year (and previously known as SHOWT – Small Heritage Organisations Working Together), HiDDEN is comprised of Manchester Jewish Museum, Museum of Transport Greater Manchester, Chetham’s Library,…
The Munitionettes 3 – 19 April : 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm (duration 20 minutes) Recommended for ages 7 years + To tie in with the opening of MOSI’s brand new exhibition, The Innovation Race: Manchester’s Makers Join the First World War, the Easter Programme centres around the mighty and larger-than-life theme of Power:Fighting War from the Factory…
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. Romuald Hazoumè: Dance of…
London based artist Emily Allchurch has launched her new exhibition In the Footsteps of a Master at Manchester Art Gallery. Using photography to recreate old master paintings and prints, providing a new narrative and context to classic works, Allchurch’s exhibition marks her first solo show in a major public gallery in the UK and during…
BRAND NEW EXHIBITIONS Wellcome Image Awards 2015 Opening 19 March Free Suitable for all ages For the second year running, the Museum of Science & Industry is delighted to be one of just a handful of UK science centres and venues selected by the Wellcome Trust, to exhibit the winning entries in the prestigious and…
Swarms of butterflies, a bog body mystery and much more … Exhibitions All exhibitions at Manchester Museum are FREE. Romuald Hazoumè: Dance of the Butterflies 14 February 2015-December 2015 Dance of the Butterflies is a stunning new art work by one of Africa’s foremost contemporary artists Romuald Hazoumè. It features swarms of multicoloured ‘butterflies’ which…
Making Monuments exhibit to look at the mystery behind ‘moai’ Manchester Museum is set to host a new exhibition looking at the monumental stones statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the Pacific. Regarded as some of the most widely recognised and fascinating archaeological objects in the world, they have long attracted interest and spurred the…
Pi: Platform for Investigation: Fuel for Your Body, Fuel for Your Car 7 February 10.30 – 3.30pm For all ages http://www.mosi.org.uk/whats-on/fuel-for-your-body,-fuel-for-your-car-at-pi-platform-for-investigation.aspx Can we really use water to run our cars? When is a tummy bug a good thing? Find out in the second Pi of 2015, run this month in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University….
Manutius credited with making literature affordable to the masses Manchester’s John Rylands Library has launched an exhibition on Aldus Manutius, the Italian humanist turned printer and publisher credited with being the first to make literature affordable to the masses. The exhibition, which runs until Sunday 21st June, coincides with the 500th anniversary of his death and…
