Winter at Manchester Museum
17 Dec 2013
Events at your Museum
Magic Carpet
Fri 27 Dec 10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm
Book on 0161 275 2648 (from a week before), free, under 5s and their families/carers
Storymaking and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.
Coral Baby Explorers
Tues 7, 21 Jan, 10.30-11.15am, 11.30-12.15am, 1- 1.45 pm
Join us for our under the sea inspired interactive story and sensory play sessions. For babies who aren’t walking yet.
Booking essential (1 week in advance) 0161 275 2648, free.
Wildlife photography course
Sat 11 Jan, 10am-5pm, £80
A rare opportunity to photograph Manchester Museum’s frogs and reptiles with professional wildlife photographer Chris Mattison.
Book online: http://estore.manchester.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=5&deptid=123&catid=113&prodid=731&coursedate=1898
Art and archaeology in the ancient Mediterranean world
Starts 15 Jan, 2.45-4.45pm for 10 weeks
Book on 0161 275 26480 museum@manchester.ac.uk, £62 or free to those in receipt of means tested benefits
Gain an insight into the lives of the people of the many ancient cultures that flourished around the Mediterranean before the arrival of the Roman Empire. We’ll link places and artefacts to put flesh on the bones of Canaanites, Minoans, Philistines, Carthaginians and as well as the Greeks, and examine their achievements and legacies.
Rock Drop: Geology identification sessions
Thurs 23 Jan, 2-3pm
Drop-in, free, Collections Study Centre (Floor 3)
Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be in the Collections Study Centre once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.
Big Saturday: Under the Sea
Sat 25 Jan, 11am-4pm
Drop in, free.
A day bursting with hands-on craft and art activities for all the family, inspired by the Coral exhibition. Meet experts, come along and hear under the sea stories, find out more about the importance of coral and the magnificent creatures that live under the sea. Get creative and make under the sea creatures.
Manchester Museum Book Club
Tues 28 Jan, 5.30-6.30pm
Buy a glass of wine or cup of coffee, meet people and discuss books inspired by the Museum’s new exhibition. This month's book is Rebecca Stott's The Coral Thief
Magic Carpet: Under the Sea
Fri 31 Jan 2014, 10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm
Come along and see the newly opened Coral: Something Rich and Strange exhibition, enjoy under the sea sensory play and activities and be inspired by related object, - such as our puffer fish and lobster claw - to make some under the sea stories of your own.
Book on 0161 275 2648 (from a week before), free, under 5s and their families/carers
For all of our events visit the University of Manchester events pages