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2020
16
September
2020
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10:51
Europe/London
Manchester Museum and the Whitworth art gallery are reopening their doors to the public for the first time since the pandemic-enforced lockdown came into place six months ago.
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07
April
2020
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13:54
Europe/London
Manchester Musuem is uploading some of its most engaging digital content onto a mobile site so everyone can explore and enjoy the museum in their own homes.
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2019
17
September
2019
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14:29
Europe/London
Two ancient Egyptian mummies are making an intrepid visit to Manchester for a state-of-the-art radiographic investigation, conducted by researchers at The University of Manchester.
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29
July
2019
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15:55
Europe/London
The universities and museums of sanctuary initiatives celebrate the good practice of institutions that welcome asylum seekers and refugees into their communities and promote a culture of inclusion.
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04
June
2019
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14:09
Europe/London
The skeleton of Maharajah, Manchester’s most famous elephant, is escaping Manchester Museum to stop commuters in their tracks at Piccadilly Station.
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16
April
2019
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12:30
Europe/London
A new spectacular jumping spider has been discovered and named in honour of Eric Carle, the famous author of children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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2018
30
July
2018
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15:00
Europe/London
One of the world’s most spectacular frogs has been identified as a new species after 20 years of painstaking research at The University of Manchester.
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04
May
2018
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11:17
Europe/London
Manchester Museum, part of The University of Manchester has received a confirmed grant of £4,215,800 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a major capital project, it was announced today.
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16
February
2018
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13:28
Europe/London
Manchester Museum has appointed Esme Ward as its Director, the first woman to hold the role in the Museum’s 125-year history
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02
February
2018
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06:24
Europe/London
Today at the UK China Business Forum in Shanghai, President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell and Nobel Laureate, Professor Sir Kostya Novoselov of The University of Manchester addressed a group of specially selected business …
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17
January
2018
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01:00
Europe/London
Using ‘next generation’ DNA sequencing scientists have found that the famous ‘Two Brothers’ mummies of the Manchester Museum have different fathers so are, in fact, half-brothers.
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2017
14
December
2017
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14:45
Europe/London
A new £5m donation will allow The University of Manchester to establish a major centre for China studies. It will seek to improve mutual understanding in UK-China relations, and establish a new Chinese culture gallery at the Manchester …
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2016
30
November
2016
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12:43
Europe/London
Manchester is celebrating after being named the first carbon literate university and museum in the world.
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27
October
2016
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11:57
Europe/London
A unique art project showing how artificial and natural sight have been combined for the first time in history has is launched at Manchester Science Festival.
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03
October
2016
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11:00
Europe/London
University researchers, working with the Syrian community in the city, and The Rethink Rebuild Society, will be part of the #JourneysFest Takeover at the Manchester Museum on Saturday 8 October. Journeys Festival International is …
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23
August
2016
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11:26
Europe/London
A student from The University of Manchester has created a computer application which records the fossil collection of Manchester Museum on an interactive map.
As part of his master’s degree project at the University’s School of …
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03
June
2016
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12:23
Europe/London
From the life and death of a Manchester-born First World War soldier and historian to discovering the city’s historic links with Italy and its early immigrant population, The University of Manchester is involved in a number of special events …
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05
May
2016
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14:15
Europe/London
Event kicks off a new exhibitionWatch the talk live on Periscope (5-6pm, Tuesday 10 May)
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19
April
2016
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10:29
Europe/London
Manchester Museum, part of The University of Manchester, has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its Courtyard Project,it was announced today. The project will transform the Museum with a major two-storey extension, a …
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12
April
2016
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16:49
Europe/London
Manchester Museum (part of The University of Manchester) is launching the UK’s first Inflatable Museum which will bring the museum experience to school halls all over Greater Manchester.
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2015
02
December
2015
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17:46
Europe/London
Following a manifesto commitment, the Chancellor George Osborne announced that £5 million will support Manchester Museum (part of The University of Manchester) to create a new South Asia gallery in partnership with the British Museum.
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13
August
2015
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13:14
Europe/London
The Study, Manchester’s space for new thinking, opens 11 September 2015
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11
May
2015
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17:10
Europe/London
University of Manchester team helps to uncover the story behind 70 million animal mummies
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23
March
2015
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10:20
Europe/London
Manchester Museum received a new arrival on Friday (20 March): a moai, commonly known as an Easter Island Head.
Moai Hava, on loan from the British Museum will be shown in a new exhibition, Making Monuments on Rapa Nui: The Stone Sculptures of …
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05
January
2015
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15:53
Europe/London
Manchester Museum has won the prestigious Lever Prize 2015 for the project 'Real Life Science'.
The Lever Prize is an annual award given to arts organisations in north-west England who are judged to be regionally distinctive with …
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2014
01
March
2014
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00:00
Europe/London
Celebrate International Women’s Day at the Manchester Museum
Connecting Communities and Coral
Sat 8 March, 1-4pm
Drop in, free
Celebrate International Women’s Day at the Manchester Museum, meet artists Lucy Burscough, …
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27
February
2014
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00:00
Europe/London
*Tonight* Encounter the unexpected…
Come along to Manchester Museum for a vibrant and eclectic evening celebrating the Coral: Something Rich and Strange exhibition.
Enjoy highlights tours of the exhibition with Dr Marion Endt, see and …
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2013
28
November
2013
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00:00
Europe/London
A spectacular exhibition combining historic and contemporary art, new commissions and natural history specimens is to feature at Manchester Museum.
Coral: Something Rich and Strange explores the enduring fascination with coral as a material and …
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24
October
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
Secrets of sixty remarkable clay figurines - up to 1,400-years-old and excavated by archaeologists from The Universities of Ghana and Manchester, and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB)– are to be revealed at an exhibition starting …
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27
March
2013
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00:00
Europe/London
IWM North, part of Imperial War Museums, working in partnership with Manchester Museum, part of The University of Manchester, are today celebrating the news of a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of £528,700 for a ground-breaking volunteer and …
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