Sat 24 Mar 2012 10am to Sun 18 Nov 2012 5pm
Tues - Sat: 10am - 5pm. Sun & Mon: 11am - 4pm
Inspired by 1950s design and combining Alan Turing’s notes with Museum objects, this exhibition documents Turing’s investigation into one of the great mysteries of nature...
Sat 27 Oct 2012 10am - 5pm and 8 more
This exhibition will reveal the enduring and affectionate relationship between the British people and their dogs...
Sat 27 Oct 2012 10am - 5pm and 8 more
Explore the newly-opened Ancient Worlds galleries and find out about technology used by the ancient peoples of Greece, Rome and Egypt...
Sat 27 Oct 2012 10am - 5pm and 3 more
To coincide with the BBC Two series Prehistoric Autopsy, BBC Learning is going on the road with a new hands-on exhibition aimed at families...
Sat 27 Oct 2012 11am - 12 noon
Discover how history connects with present day science on this tour of The University of Manchester campus...
Sat 27 Oct 2012 11am - 3pm
Go on a journey through the heart, find out why lotus leaves don’t get wet and snuggle up to some unusual insects. Meet the scientists and engineers behind the research and take part in fun activities throughout the day...
Sat 27 Oct 2012 2pm - 4pm
Join David Schlutz, weather researcher, for top tips on cloud identification to sort out your stratus from cirrus...
Sat 27 Oct 2012 2pm - 4pm
Create masterpieces using different knitting yarns linked to the Museum’s collections, ranging from wool, angora, nettles and wire...
Sun 28 Oct 2012 1.30pm, 2.30pm
Hear some of the best music ever written, combined with stunning footage from some of the world's best natural history film makers, set in the stunning surroundings of The Manchester Museum...
Mon 29 Oct 2012 11am - 4pm
Get your hands on pieces of space rock over 4 billion years old and examine moon rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts...
Mon 29 Oct 2012 12 noon - 1pm
At the heart of our quest to understand the human life cycle are the fundamental questions of existence. Where do we come from? Where do we go?
Tue 30 Oct 2012 11am - 3pm
Explore how good your own sight is and what conditions can affect vision, and discover how closely vision, action and other senses such as hearing are linked in fun demonstrations...
Wed 31 Oct 2012 12.30pm - 1.30pm and 3 more
Don your lab coats and roll up your sleeves for this hands-on workshop, where you will find out more about the ancient Egyptian mummification process as you mummify oranges...
Thu 1 Nov 2012 12.30pm - 1.30pm, 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Meet Victorian dog detectives, Barnaby and Burgho, and explore the science of smell...
Fri 2 Nov 2012 11am - 12 noon
2012 marks the centenary of Alan Turing, the computer visionary who spent his last six years at The University of Manchester...
Fri 2 Nov 2012 1pm - 2pm
Join historian Leucha Veneer in this talk to find out more about William Boyd Dawkins, Manchester Museum’s first curator...
Fri 2 Nov 2012 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Building upon the knowledge of others over many generations, known as cumulative cultural evolution, is arguably unique to humans...
Fri 2 Nov 2012 7pm - 9pm
Comma Press presents an evening of readings, discussions and 'online AI' to commemorate the centenary of Alan Turing, one of Manchester's greatest scientists...
Sat 3 Nov 2012 12 noon - 2pm
Enjoy a guided walk celebrating Alan Turing, the brains behind the earliest achievement in the invention of computers, in what is his centenary year...
Sat 3 Nov 2012 2pm - 3.30pm
DNA technologies have the potential to impact on us all and many people expect DNA testing to become routine within medicine...
Sun 4 Nov 2012 2pm - 3.30pm
Children’s author Mark Griffiths talks about writing comedy science fiction for children and reads from his latest book Space Lizards Ate My Sister!