For Adults English Corner Tuesday 2 August, 1-2.30pm Drop in, free, adults Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion. Antarctica’s Frozen Seal Mummies and the Spread of Tuberculosis Friday 5 August, 12-1pm Adult Event, Free, Book on mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com or 0161 275 2648 Join Professor Michael R Zimmerman from Villanova University…
Manchester Art Gallery has been shortlisted for the 2016 Family Friend Museum Award, the only award in Britain in which children and families are given the chance to vote for the shortlisted organisations. The Award, organised by Kids in Museums, is also the largest museum award in Britain. Kids in Museums is an independent charity…
Manchester’s Jewish Museum has been named as the 10th best small museum in the UK by The Times. The Museum has been named alongside the likes of the SS Great Britain, Horniman Museum and Norwich Castle in the top 25 small museums across the UK. The announcement comes as Manchester Jewish Museum, one of Manchester’s…
As the Summer holidays approaches, we take a look at some of the events coming up at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum. Pi: Platform for Investigation – Tiny Science Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July, 11am to 5pm Manchester Arndale shopping centre (Exchange Court) Drop in, Free Recommended for ages 8 and older Swap shopping…
This June, the Whitworth, Manchester’s gallery in the park, hosts a warped weekend of art, music and the unexpected beneath the trees. Programmed by 15-25 year olds from across Greater Manchester, the festival celebrates the installation of a major new sculpture in Whitworth Park by the Turner Prize-nominated artist, Anya Gallaccio. The Festival has been…
Opening on 24 June 2016, Manchester Art Gallery will present a solo exhibition by Gabonese artist Boris Nzebo entitled Urban Style. Boris Nzebo’s work explores themes of modern urban life and reflects upon ideas of identity, depicting complex narratives from daily life in the city. Ranging from large-scale paintings to his latest work with steel…
For Families Marvelous Moths Monday 30 May – Friday 3 June 11am-4pm – Drop in, Free, all ages Be inspired by the story of Manchester’s peppered moth in the Museum’s newly opened Climate Control exhibition, and explore the idea that we can’t change the past but we can change the future. Help to create a growing…
Manchester’s The Whitworth is set to host Elizabeth Price Curates, an innovative exhibition of works by over 70 artists brought together by the Turner Prize winning artist. The exhibition, titled In A Dream You Saw A Way To Survive And You Were Full Of Joy, explores the power of the horizontal in art. In this…
Manchester Art Gallery is set to present Vogue 100: A Centure of Style, an exhibition showcasing 280 modern and vintage prints, 100 years of cutting-edge fashion and portrait photography by British Vogue. The exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery will also include a special library display of 101 Vogue magazines, one per year of the magazine’s…
As Manchester After Hours comes ever nears, we look at some of the events taking place on 12 May along Oxford Road, in the Northern Quarter and even further afield. Around Oxford Road: D’Arts Festival Engine invites you to experience art in an extraordinary context as darts teams battle it out in the Whitworth’s Grand…
