A new exhibition of Schiaparelli and Thirties Fashion opens tomorrow, 8 October at the Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall. The exhibition will show 25 pieces, exploring the fashion of the 1930’s and highlighting the work of Elsa Schiaparelli, the most significant female...
Exhibitions Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies Revealed A ground-breaking exhibition of over 60 animal mummies showing how modern science can help explain this ancient practice. Mummies of jackals, crocodiles, cats and birds are displayed alongside artefacts, art and...
Home has announced that it is to host an exhibition of new commissions and existing works inspired by the movie Safe. Set in 1987, Safe stars Julianne Moore as Carol White, a housewife in the San Fernando Valley, and explores her slow decline as she becomes...
August is set to be a busy month at MOSI with something for pretty much everyone - from computers to cranes, textiles to microscopes and engines to Devil-Holes. We take a look at what's on: PLAY it! Manchester CLOSES 9 August From £4 per person – admission fee...
In addition to Manchester Museum’s array of treasures including a T.Rex, fossils, ancient Egyptian artefacts, amphibians and reptiles, there are a number of free exhibitions running and coming up in August: Romuald Hazoumè: Dance of the Butterflies 14 February...
The Whitworth has been shortlisted for the UK’s most prestigious architecture prize, the RIBA Stirling Prize. The news comes following its ambitious £15 million redevelopment of the 126 year-old Whitworth before reopening on 14 February, since when over 230,000 have...
Manchester Art Gallery has announced that it will present An Exhibition for Modern Living by British contemporary artist Matthew Darbyshire from September. The showing will be Darbyshire’s largest solo exhibition to date, including ten of his large-scale environments...
The Heritage Lottery Fund is set to fund a major development of Manchester Jewish Museum which will result in a new museum extension, housing new galleries, learning and event spaces as well as the full restoration of the museum's historic synagogue building. An...
Renowned work to form part of Artists in the Frame exhibition Manchester Art Gallery will present the exhibition Artists in the Frame: Self-portraits by Van Dyck and Others from 21 May – 31 August. The show, curated by Rebecca Milner, explores why and how artists...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...