Hear stories from the Anindilyakwa People or Warnumamalya (true people), who are the Traditional Owners of the Groote archipelago off the north coast of Australia.
Within Manchester Museum’s collection of 4.5 million objects, stories unfold across millennia. Join a member of our Visitor Team on a family-friendly highlights tour and discover the objects that have inspired curiosity for over 100 years.
How does money shape the choices we make and the futures we imagine?
This online exhibition features some of the Museum’s rarely seen numismatics collections.
Uncover the stories of eight amazing birds, now either extinct or endangered, hidden within the Museum’s stores.
Dead or Alive: Birds in our World takes a closer look at specimens not usually on display within our galleries and asks what they can tell us about conservation and colonial dominance.
FREE | BOOK ONLINE
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Join us for a relaxed Chai & Paint workshop celebrating South Asian Heritage Month, designed especially for older South Asian women.
FREE | BOOK ONLINE
SOUTH ASIA GALLERY PROJECT SPACE
Made in South Asia Games Night is a regular Wednesday evening event exploring the South Asian origins of much-loved games like Ludo, Snakes and Ladders, and Carrom.
Join our welcoming Talk English Club sessions, designed to help you build confidence in speaking English, develop new skills and meet other people.
FREE | Just drop in
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Found an archaeological object in your garden, out walking, or metal detecting?
Come along to a finds day to learn more about your discovery and hand it in for recording with the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
£2.88 | BOOK ONLINE
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Illustrate an eagle owl inspired by the works of Henry Dresser, author of A History of the Birds of Europe.
Join us for a film featuring highlights from the National Emergency Briefing (NEB), which brought leading UK experts together to explore what the climate crisis means for our health, food, national security and economy.
Join our welcoming Talk English Club sessions, designed to help you build confidence in speaking English, develop new skills and meet other people.
A pop-up exhibition celebrating the lives of older people living in North Manchester and showcasing work produced by them, including photographs, a zine, embroideries and calligraphy.
Join our welcoming Talk English Club sessions, designed to help you build confidence in speaking English, develop new skills and meet other people.
Step into Magic Place this winter, a digital funhouse where you are the star of the show!
Watch patterns and shapes come to life around you and enjoy soundscapes shaped by every step, shimmy and shake you make. This interactive experience is loads of fun for all ages.
Get yourself into the festive spirit and start the countdown to Christmas by enjoying a carol performance from the Manchester University Music Society choir.
Stanta Claws is back for another year!
Our beloved Tyrannosaurus rex, Stan, is putting its Santa hat on for our annual gift drive once again, encouraging donations for three amazing Manchester charities.
Relax, connect with people and share stories in our discussion group exploring fiction, poetry and non-fiction, new and old.
Enjoy the benefits of relaxed, free-flowing movement during our introductory tai chi qigong sessions aimed at people aged 50+.
Enjoy a day of festive fun as part of our Stan’s Secret Santa gift drive. There’ll be singing and crafts throughout the day.
Sharing skills, stories and stitches at Manchester Museum. Come along to Knit Together, a friendly, informal knitting session.
Enjoy the benefits of relaxed, free-flowing movement during our introductory tai chi qigong sessions aimed at people aged 50+.
Made in South Asia Games Night is a regular Wednesday evening event exploring the South Asian origins of much-loved games like Ludo, Snakes and Ladders, and Carrom.
Join us for a festive showcase of young music talent when Olympias Music Foundation perform their annual Christmas concert in Living Worlds.
Join our welcoming Talk English Club sessions, designed to help you build confidence in speaking English, develop new skills and meet other people.
Our spaces are your canvas, so let your imagination run wild.
We’re always excited to hear new ideas for events at the Museum, whether it’s something calm and cosy or as awe-inspiring as our tremendous T. rex Stan.
If you have an event proposal that fits with our mission and values, we’d be excited to hear it.
