Contemporary artist, Romuald Hazoumè, to give away butterflies from six of his compositions Contemporary African artist Romuad Hazoumè and Manchester Museum are set to encourage political engagement on Election Day by giving away butterflies from six of his compositions to celebrate the power of voters to topple or install politicians through the force of democracy….
Manchester’s newly reopened The Whitworth has announced its next major exhibition is set to be the first UK show from the renowned M+ Sigg Collection. The exhibition, Four Decades of Chinese Art, will bring together 80 significant works from leading contemporary Chinese artists including Ai Weiwei, Cao Fei and Zhang Peili Four Decades of Chinese…
Manchester’s The Whitworth and Dunham Massey’s Georgian Country House have been announced as two of the six museums shortlisted for the 2015 Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year. The Museum of the Year annually surveys museums and galleries across the UK, awarding one outstanding winner a prize of £100,000. Previous winners have been…
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…
