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Reflective Room_Corinne Leader

Corinne Leader at the Manchester Museum speaks about the Reflective Room http://bit.ly/9m5HWG… more →

Ancient Worlds on Holiday II: Obisidian vessel

bryansitch wrote 4 hours ago: Obsidian drinking vessel from Zakros in Crete Another welcome surprise during my recent holiday in C … more →

Tags: Gallery themes and content, Ancient Worlds, Ancient Worlds Blog, archaeology collection, Crete, dragonglass, game of thrones, Knossos, middle eastern archaeology

Find it Friday! – Week 4.

lfstockmus wrote 5 days ago: For Find it Friday this week I am going to be looking at the Red Fox and a beautiful example in our … more →

Tags: find it friday, taxidermy, Friday, museum, Stockport, England, Conservation, Curatorial Services, FOX

From Yr 6 to Yr 7 at the Museum

Cat wrote 1 week ago: On Friday 7th June we were lucky enough to have Cheadle Hulme High School visit us with a group of t … more →

Tags: About the Learning Programme, Primary, secondary, Visiting Schools, enrichment day, learning outside the classroom, Primary to Secondary

Sketching at Manchester Museum — 13 comments

notes to the milkman wrote 1 week ago: Until my recent visit to it on the Manchester Art Walk, I was not aware of Manchester Museum. Yester … more →

Tags: Drawing, art 2, sketchbook, Art, sketching, Ink, Ink Drawing, charcoal, Bengal Tiger

And the videos are online!

tedxuniversityofmanchester wrote 1 week ago: Thanks everyone who was there for making it such a great day, from our audience to our speakers and … more →

Tags: General Information, artsmethods@manchester, Clive Agnew, Elliot Woods, Ideas worth sharing, Julian Dodd, Nancy Elizabeth, Shahbaz Hussain, TeD

Ancient Worlds on Holiday I: Spinalonga

bryansitch wrote 2 weeks ago: View towards Plaka from Spinalonga I recently got back from a fortnight’s holiday in Crete. Ch … more →

Tags: Gallery themes and content, Ancient Worlds, Ancient Worlds Blog, Ancient Worlds events, archaeology collection, cretan archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Spinalonga, The Island

Come to In The Mix Hack Weekend (7-9th June) at MadLab! — 1 comment

naomiblairkashiwagi wrote 2 weeks ago: Are you In The Mix? Are you a sound hacker, audio producer, or developer who’s keen to play with Man … more →

Tags: Whitworth Art Gallery, Jodrell Bank, John Rylands Library, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, University of Manchester, Delia Derbyshire

Guest Blog about the ‘Future Curators’ placement by Anna Garnett

bryansitch wrote 2 weeks ago: Anna decanting one of the cases in the Ancient Worlds galleries. The second part of my HLF-funded … more →

Tags: Gallery redevelopment events, Ancient Worlds, Ancient Worlds Blog, Ancient Worlds events, archaeology collection, Future Curators, Jewellery, Prehistoric archaeology, The Manchester Museum

Take A Walk On The Art Side — 4 comments

notes to the milkman wrote 2 weeks ago: Last Thursday evening, I went on one of Jennifer Dean’s bimonthly Manchester Art Walks. This i … more →

Tags: Artists, Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Exhibition, Art Gallery, art 2, Textiles, Landscapes

Placement Student develops new KS4 history of medicine session — 2 comments

Cat wrote 2 weeks ago: We were really lucky over the past three weeks to have two fantastic placement students from UCL, o … more →

Tags: About the Learning Programme, Collaboration, Galleries, Placements, secondary, Ancient Egypt, Medicine, Placement, Primary Sources

Poll results

Hannah wrote 3 weeks ago: Results of the poll that I posted last month are below. As you can see, they are rather inconclusive … more →

Tags: About the Learning Programme, Booking, Evaluation, Feedback, Research-2, Things that interest us, learning outside the classroom, Research, Visiting Schools

Natural History Curatorial Trainee

mzfascm3 wrote 4 weeks ago: Hello – I am Claire Miles, the trainee curator in Natural History at the Manchester Museum and … more →

Tags: David Gelsthorpe, Trainee Curator, Natural History

Bolgar Museum

archecotech wrote 1 month ago: This is the Museum for the Ancient City of Bolgar, … more →

Tags: bolgár, Russia, Tatarstan, Egypt, social sciences, Kama River, Bolgar Museum, museum, archaeology

In The Mix Hack Weekend at MadLab (17-19 May)

naomiblairkashiwagi wrote 1 month ago: I’m working with MadLab and a colleague at Manchester Museum, Steve Devine (New Media Officer) … more →

Tags: Jodrell Bank, John Rylands Library, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, Student Engagement, University of Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery

Hannah Bradley- MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies- Manchester Museum

emilychandler wrote 1 month ago: Native American Collection at the Manchester Museum My ICP placement was located at the Manchester M … more →

Tags: Centre for Museology, ICP Placements, ICP, Exhibition, Placement, COLLECTIONS, AGMs, Postgraduate, warriors of the plains

From Alaska to Aunty

Stephen Terence Welsh - Curator of Living Cultures wrote 1 month ago: The BBC have recently uploaded a fascinating episode of the popular material culture series Animal, … more →

Tags: Items of Interest, living cultures, USA, BBC, Alaska, Yupik, Eskimo, Mortimer Wheeler, Animal