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Events and exhibitions

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**Exhibitions**

Exhibitions and displays explore the richness of our world and our past, present and future.

Silent Skies

  • Tickets: Free, drop in
  • Date: 14 May 2025 -2 Nov 2025
  • Location: Manchester Museum, Oxford Road

Silent Skies

*Summer 2025*

Find the Kittens: an AR adventure

  • Tickets: Free, self-led trail.
  • Date: 19 Jul 2025 -14 Sep 2025
  • Location: Manchester Museum, Oxford Road.

Find the Kittens: an AR adventure

A Purr-fect Summer!

  • Tickets: Free.
  • Date: 29 Jul 2025 -29 Aug 2025
  • Location: Manchester Museum, Oxford Road.

A Purr-fect Summer!

Magical Mobiles

  • Tickets: Free, drop in.
  • Date: 18 Aug 2025 -29 Aug 2025
  • Location: Manchester Museum, Oxford Road.

Magical Mobiles

Cat Tales – Musical Storytelling

  • Tickets: Free. Sign up on the day.
  • Date: 22 Aug 2025 -29 Aug 2025
  • Location: Manchester Museum, Oxford Road.

Cat Tales – Musical Storytelling

Variety of Life Festival

  • Tickets: Free, drop-in event
  • Date: 23 Aug 2025
  • Location: Manchester Museum, Oxford Road

Variety of Life Festival

Touching Grass

  • Tickets: Free, booking required
  • Date: 13 Sep 2025
  • Location: Manchester Museum

Touching Grass

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