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Beauty and the Beasts; falling in love with insects

Fascination or fear? Disgust or delight? We all have opinions about insects. Until November 2020

Open letter: The tide of change

An open letter from Esme Ward, Director of Manchester Museum

Repatriation

Manchester Museum returns ceremonial and secret sacred material back to traditional custodians

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The Chat Show

Presenter Alia Raffia visits HOME to chat to Omar Ahmed about #NotJustBollywood a film season he has curated, celebrating contemporary Indian culture and part of a year-long programme of #CelebratingWomeninGlobalCinema with eight films all directed by women

Manchester Museum embraces the city’s language diversity

New emphasis on inclusivity brings collaboration with the Multilingual Manchester research unit at the University of Manchester

What Is On

Closures to our galleries

As part of our £13 million transformation some of our galleries have had to temporarily close

Change

We are working towards our £13 million transformation to become the most inclusive, caring and imaginative museum in the world Find out more...

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Families

Find out how our transformation will affect our offer for families

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Jobs at The University of Manchester

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Getting here

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What's on at Manchester Museum

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Hello future

Find out more about our plans

Roman Wordsquare

Is this scrap of Roman amphora, found in Manchester, the earliest evidence of Christianity in Britian?

Galleries

We have loads of wonderful objects on display in our permanent galleries from the natural world and different cultures.

Food & Drink

Our new coffee shop on the 3rd floor is open 10am-4:30pm

Pest in show?

Take a look at our hugely varied Entomology collection

Living Worlds

Living Worlds explores the relationship between people and nature. We affect nature and nature affects us.

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