Nature and Nurture

After 3+ years, we are celebrating the work of the Our Shared Cultural Heritage 'Kick the Dust' project with a week long series of events across two cities, Manchester & Glasgow, focusing on information-sharing, creative interventions, tours & discussions

As a culmination of the RhythmXchange mentorship project, Manchester Museum is proud to host the two day long RhythmXChange Festival, celebrating youth voices and emerging and renown artists based in the North.

Please find out more about our availability for self-led school visits for this summer term.

Shared Reading is a chance to meet up, read and listen to great stories and poems and talk about them. We talk about them in any way we want to, making our own connections, with our experiences and lives. There's no pressure to say anything or read aloud.

The South Asia Gallery is all about storytelling, promoting alternative perspectives and hidden or unusual narratives. Over South Asian Heritage Month we will showcase thought-provoking films to celebrate and share South Asia film and cinema.

Explore the museum after hours and the stunning Golden Mummies of Egypt exhibition that illuminates our Egypt and Sudan collections which feature hundreds of glittering gold objects.

For two days over the 13th & 14th May, the Tibetan Monks of Tashi Lhunpo will be at the Manchester Museum creating a Peace Mandala. Try your hand in a sand mandala workshop or join us on Sunday evening for a final performance 'The Power Of Compassion'