£5 | Book online
Run Wednesday to Sunday each week.
Join one of Manchester Museum’s Visitor Team for a 30-minute exhibition tour of Triceratops: Eat, Roam, Repeat, taking you on a journey back to the Cretaceous, and bringing to life the mighty Triceratops.
Drop in during opening hours to donate gifts
Stanta Claws is back in town and ready to make our annual Christmas gift appeal truly roar-some.
Our beloved Tyrannosaurus rex, Stan, is putting his Santa hat on once again to deliver festive gifts to people experiencing homelessness and poverty across Manchester.
FREE | Just drop in.
Within Manchester Museum’s collection of 4.5 million objects, there are stories that span millennia. Join a member of our Visitor Team for our family-friendly highlights tours, as they share a selection of the stories that have captured the imagination of staff and visitors for over 100 years.
FREE | Just drop in
Have a go at brown paper gift wrap printing, using specially designed stamps by Pattern Designer and Illustrator Lydia Meiying, as part of our Stan’s Secret Santa gift appeal.
FREE | Just drop in
The Coping, a community festival focused on connection and wellbeing, is collaborating with your Museum to set you a festive, creative challenge. Drop in, pick up a brief and create your design inspired by kindness, connection and hope.
From £11.55 | Book online
In a beautiful 130-year old Alfred Waterhouse building, Manchester Museum stands proud as part of the University of Manchester on Oxford Road.
Focusing on architecture, this special guided tour will take you on a journey through time, from the institution’s origins to the Manchester Museum that we love today.
FREE | Just drop in
Join us for a festive showcase of young music talent when Olympias Music Foundation perform their annual Christmas concert in Living Worlds.
FREE | Just drop in
CHINESE CULTURE GALLERY, FLOOR 1
Threads of Connection is an innovative cultural collaboration between heritage, education and art.
A collaboration between Manchester Museum, School of Digital Arts (SODA) and Print City, the project transforms historical artefacts from the Lee Kai Hung Chinese Culture Gallery into digital contemporary narratives.
FREE | Just drop in
Join us for pop-up carol performances by The University of Manchester Music Society, the chance to take your festive selfies with Stan the T. rex dressed in his Santa hat, and opportunities to get crafty, making your very own clay dino decorative keepsakes to take home and cherish.
£2 | Book online
Join us for a relaxing envelope illustration activity, perfect for last-minute, little gifts that are too small to wrap, or for sending greetings that don’t always need to be cards!
£2.88 | Book online
Taking inspiration from our Henry Dresser display in the Living Worlds gallery, you’ll have the chance to design and create your own scientific illustration.
FREE | Book online
24 January 2025 marks 185 years since Britain's initial occupation of Hong Kong.
Dr. Law Wing Sang will unpack the history of Hong Kong, how colonial power operated and why many Hongkongers miss the colonial legacy.
FREE | Just drop in
To celebrate National Draw a Dinosaur Day, we’re inviting you to fill our Fossils and Dinosaur Gallery with amazing illustrations. Let’s see how many we can hang!
£250 | Book online
In this memorable, playful and action-packed full day in Manchester Museum, children will encounter scientists such as Palaeontologists, Archaeologists and Biologists to discover the fascinating real-world applications of their studies in school.
FREE | Book online
CHINESE CULTURE GALLERY, FLOOR 1
Enjoy the benefits of relaxed, free-flowing movement during our introductory tai chi qigong sessions aimed at people aged 50+.
FREE | Book online
For more than a millennium, Islam has been a Chinese religion, and native-born Chinese Muslims have played important roles in their homeland—as butchers, merchants, and farmers; diplomats, scholar-officials, and royal astronomers. Yet the Muslims of China have often been understood as inherently foreign, incompatible with Chinese culture.
Rian Thum discusses his new book, recapturing the ordinariness of Chinese Muslims and offers a fresh view of Islamic China.
£2 | Book online
Share the love and join us in making paper hearts and garland decorations to keep for yourself or gift to someone special!
FREE | Just drop in
Welcome the Year of the Horse during an evening of friendship and celebration at your Museum.
This year's Lunar New Year celebrations will feature a series of exciting performances, including a lion dance and a collaboration with the Hong Kong Plucked String Chinese Orchestra. Visitors can also enjoy hands-on workshops in traditional arts and crafts, and much more.
Situated on Oxford Road at the heart of The University of Manchester campus, Manchester Museum offers a variety of unique spaces available to hire for your meeting or event. Our in house conference team would love to hear from you and support your event. Please contact us and we will get in touch as soon as we can to discuss your request in more detail.
