New dinosaur greets visitors. If you pop down to Manchester Museum before October, you will find a new ‘meeter & greeter’ awaiting you in the foyer – 7.3m long, 2.6m high, and with a smile baring her razor sharp teeth, meet Gorgosaurus! If, like us, you love visiting Stan the T-Rex who has called the…
Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry has launched a new online game to explore the science behind music – #HookedOnMusic. The game is designed to test how quickly people can recognise tunes, what they find the catchiest and whether they can keep to time when the music fades out. It is hoped that the fascinating (and…
The People’s History Museum and the Working Class Movement Library have joined forces to work on a collaborative project called Unlocking Ideas Worth Fighting For. As part of this project, a 24 hour hackathon weekend is being held from 1pm on Saturday 7th June to 1pm on Saturday 8th June at Islington Mill. In days…
Nie Zhengjie, the winner of the 2012 Liverpool John Moore’s Painting Prize China, has been invited to hold his first ever UK solo exhibition at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art in Manchester. The original UK painting prize (named after Sir John Moores,1896-1993), holds a valuable £25,000 award for first place, with four runners up…
Discover the hidden secrets that have been kept within the grounds of Whitworth Park for over a hundred years, at this new exhibition being hosted by Manchester Museum. In a project that received £39,700 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Whitworth Park: Pleasure, Play & Politics, uncovered a host of archaeological treasures that give us a…
For all budding physicists out there (or indeed anyone with an interest in science!), you might want to get yourself down to the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) between now and 28th September, for a chance to visit an exhibition that will transport you into the very heart of one of the biggest scientific…
Snail Porridge, also the title for one of the works in this special showcase, is an exhibition of artwork, music and writing from prisons, secure hospitals, secure children’s homes and probationers in the North West. All of the exhibited pieces have been selected from entries into the Koestler Awards. This annual award scheme has been…
In commemoration of the start of World War I, Manchester Museum is hosting a new exhibition exploring the struggle for existence in the Natural World. We accepted the invitation to join the launch evening and private viewing and were impressed with an exhibition which explores the fine balance between species, their natural survival instincts and…
