Events at The Manchester Museum:
24 Jan 2012
After Hours (26 January) * Bug Art Big Saturday (28 January) * Urban Naturalist (28 January) * Café Historique (28 January)
Thursday 26 January, 6.30-9pm
Museum Meets: After Hours
After Hours are evening social events where you encounter the unexpected. Artists, scientists, filmmakers, writers and musicians animate our collections in special one-off performances. This month the theme is ancient worlds, with Arabic music and dance, torchlight tours of the Ancient Egypt gallery and mini-mummy talks. After Hours is part of Museum Meets, The Manchester Museum's Adult Programme and is supported by Barefoot Wine
Drop-in, free, adults
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Saturday 28 January, 11am-4pm
Big Saturday: Bug Art
Make your own bug art inspired by the Museum’s bug collection and artwork by students from Stockport College at our Bug Art Big Saturday. Activities include making origami cicadas, bug headbands, bug badges, printing and stop motion animation. You can also get a closer look at some of the insects from the Museum’s collection, watch a family friendly Bugs and Insects film or watch maggots creating abstract art.
Bug Art Big Saturday is brought to you by Arts, Design & Media students from Stockport College in partnership with The Manchester Museum. Working with Dmitri Logunov the museum’s Curator of Arthropods the students were given the challenge to create artworks in response to different insects, exploring not only the physical appearance of the creature but also the historical and symbolic aspects of it. Come along and see their work and create your own BugArt.
Most activities are free and drop-in. Some activities may need to be booked on the day and may cost up to £1.50. All ages
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Saturday 28 January, 2-4pm
Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist
Urban Naturalist is a programme of friendly, practical workshops for adults run by leading naturalists. From wild food-foraging and composting to bird song and insect identification, explore biodiversity on our doorstep.
This month's workshop is about tree identification. Learn some simple identification techniques so you can impress your friends with your ability to put a name to the trees all around us, including willows, limes, oaks and ash. You can also discover some amazing uses for our woody friends.
Book on 0161 275 2648, £3, adults
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Saturday 28 January, 3-4.30pm
The Cafe Historique presents Arab Communities in Manchester 1839 -2012: A Brief History
In partnership with The Manchester Museum, The Cafe Historique presents: Arab Communities in Manchester 1839 -2012: A Brief History.
Speaker: Dr. Mohammad Seddon, author of Muslim + Jewish Communities in 19th Century Manchester
Free, drop-in
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