We are closed for redevelopment until February 2023. Explore our collections & find out about events online http://mmfromhome.com.
Operating as usual
opens on 18 February, but get your exhibition merchandise now from our online shop!
This stylish tote bag is printed in Yorkshire by a Fair Wear supplier, initiating ethical & ecological change in the textile industry.
💚 https://manchestermuseumshop.com/
**Opening 18 February 2023**
With new galleries and exhibitions, there will be so much to see! ✨ There will also be space to take time out, sit and chat in our coffee shop and beautiful new picnic area.
https://museum.manchester.ac.uk
Three months to go! 🎉 We reopen on 18 February 2023.
We can't wait to welcome you, or welcome you back. There will be new stories to be told and new memories to be made. 💚✨
https://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/
Manchester Museum returns on 18 February 2023!
Sign up to be the first to find out about tickets to our opening exhibition, Golden Mummies of Egypt 👉 https://bit.ly/3fCLAH6
Our Golden Mummies of Egypt exhibition opens on 18 February 2023, but you can get your exhibition merchandise now!
Check out and more 👉 https://manchestermuseumshop.com/
We will remember them.
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Image: Botanical illustration of poppies. Donated by Leopold Hartley Grindon in 1911.
Over 18,000 extraordinary objects have been moved or protected during the transformation of the museum, including Stan the T.Rex!
We open our doors again on 18 February 2023 and Stan will be joined by April the Tenontosaurus 🦕🥳
Ancient Egypt is celebrated for lots of things - the pyramids, hieroglyphics, pharaohs and much more. But what about sustainability? 💚 Dr Campbell Price explains how Ramesses the Great, the most famous pharaoh, championed ! 👇
⏰ We're recruiting and there's still time to apply!
There has never been a more exciting time to join Manchester Museum as we transform to make room for more joy and learning.
Have a look at our job opportunities and apply 👉 https://mmfromhome.com/careers
📢 An important date for your diary! We're almost there...
🥳 Manchester Museum returns 18 February 2023.
👉 https://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/
We can't wait for you to meet April the Tenontosaurus in our new family-friendly Dinosaur Gallery! 🦖✨
Matthew Dempsey, palaeontologist and PhD student at the University of Liverpool, is our scientific consultant for the re-assembly of April’s anatomy and posture.
Read Matt's story here 👉 https://mmhellofuture.wordpress.com/2022/11/01/bringing-april-back-part-1-matts-journey/
Matt is one of a team of experts working carefully to conserve, restore and prepare April for display.
We need your support so we can share her story with more people. Every donation, big or small, will make a huge difference. 💚
Find out more: https://give.museum.manchester.ac.uk/p/campaign/
Today is the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of ✨
Our Curator of Egypt and Sudan, Dr Campbell Price, will be tweeting from our account all day! So head over to and ask your Egyptology questions!
https://twitter.com/McrMuseum/
Get ready for a fantastic ✨
Tomorrow marks 100 years since the discovery of the tomb of and we're handing over the reins to to answer all your King Tut related questions!
We can't wait! We're expecting wonderful things... Follow us on Twitter at
In this new 4-part History Hit podcast series, award-winning broadcaster Dan Snow, The History Guy, goes in search of the story of in the Valley of the Kings, along with guest Egyptologists, including our own Dr Campbell Price!
🎧 https://podfollow.com/dan-snows-history-hit/
There's a gruesome (but also kind of charming) monster lurking in our stores! What is it and where did it come from? 🦕😁
Happy Halloween, everyone! 🎃
*** Manchester Museum is recruiting! ***
We have upcoming job opportunities across the Visitor, Retail, Commercial, and Learning and Engagement teams.
There has never been a more exciting time to join Manchester Museum.
Find out more and apply 👉 https://www.mmfromhome.com/careers
Love dinosaurs? Check out our dino activities and resources, packed with facts and fun for all the family! ✨🦕
And when we reopen in February 2023, we'll have a new Gallery - perfect for the next generation of palaeontologists ⛏️🦴🦖
👉 https://mmfromhome.com/dinosaurs
Volunteers are at the heart of our museum, helping care for our objects and inspiring our visitors 💚
We’re looking for new volunteers to join us when we reopen in February 2023.
Interested? Register now 👉 https://manchestermuseum.teamkinetic.co.uk
⏰ Applications close on 1 November
We can't wait for you to see our new gallery! 🦖🦕
Can't wait either?! All the family can get into the prehistoric spirit this with our roar-some activities and resources!
👉 https://www.mmfromhome.com/dinosaurs
The museum reopens in February 2023.
May millions of lamps brighten your life with joy & happiness. Wishing you and those dear to you a peaceful from all at Manchester Museum. ✨
We reopen in February 2023, and we look forward to welcoming you to a museum with new stories to be told and memories to be made.
📣 Are you looking to develop your skills, gain experience and meet new people?
are at the heart of our museum, and we’re looking for new volunteers to join us when we reopen in February 2023.
⏰ Applications close on 1 November
Register 👉 https://manchestermuseum.teamkinetic.co.uk
We’re thrilled to announce RhythmXchange, a new international partnership project with Indian Music Experience Museum, Bangalore that seeks to explore rhythm as a shared language between East and West.
Four young people with musical skills from India and the UK have been selected to take part in this artistic mentoring programme culminating in two international festivals:
Indian Music Experience Museum, Bangalore 25-27 November 2022
Manchester Museum 17-19 March 2023
This is an international partnership between Manchester Museum and the Indian Music Experience Museum, funded by Arts – British Council’s India/UK Together Season of Culture and National Lottery Heritage Fund Our Shared Cultural Heritage programme.
Find out more and meet the mentors and mentees: https://mmfromhome.com/rhythmxchange
Hieroglyphs are elaborate symbols that covered the walls of ancient Egyptians monuments and objects. Early archaeologists chose to excavate temples and tombs, because they promised more of these beautiful inscriptions, but for centuries their meaning was a puzzle. It was assumed that hieroglyphs were purely symbolic in nature and that their decipherment relied on a literal translation of the images they represented.
This month marks 200 years since the decipherment of hieroglyphs! Jean-François Champollion was able to identify phonetic values for the majority of hieroglyphs and began to solve the puzzle.
The Egypt & Sudan Gallery, which reopens in February 2023, tells us about the lives of the wealthiest people in ancient Egypt and intricate hieroglyphic texts help us to identify some names and titles of these elite individuals.
Image by Julia Thorne.
Volunteers are at the heart of our museum and we’re looking for new to join us when we reopen in February 2023.
Are you looking to develop your skills, gain experience and meet new people?
We welcome applications from all backgrounds, offer flexible volunteering and no previous experience is necessary.
Interested? Come along and chat with the team at our drop-in event at Central Library on Wednesday 28 September, 12-2pm.
And you can register today to join Manchester Museum at an extraordinary time in our history 👉 https://manchestermuseum.teamkinetic.co.uk
Applications close 1 November
Every object, exhibition, school visit and community event comes at a cost and we need your help.
If you can, please support our exciting new Dinosaur display. Any donation, big or small, will make a huge difference to the future of the museum.
Click here https://give.museum.manchester.ac.uk/p/campaign/
Show your love for Manchester Museum
Are you ready to get down and dirty? 🌿
October 2 is Ardwick Climate Action Day and you can get involved in include flower planting, air quality measuring and so much more!
You will also be able to find out more about our forthcoming Wild exhibition!
👉 https://greatbiggreenweek.com/events/ardwick-climate-action-day/
Support the making of a brand new dinosaur display, opening February 2023!
We're asking for donations, big or small, to help restore and install a real Tenontosaurus skeleton, affectionately named April.
Find out more https://give.museum.manchester.ac.uk/p/campaign/
Manchester Museum is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. Our thoughts are with the Royal Family at this time.
The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.
What's in the box? 📦⁉️✨
This little wooden box is nearly 4,000 year old! Find out what's inside as Curator of Egypt and Sudan, Dr Campbell Price takes you behind the scenes in our storerooms at Manchester Museum...
Our Belonging Gallery, opening in February 2023, will be an imaginative storied space.
One of the stories will be Adam Lowe's powerful poem Writing Myself in History, which has been visually reimagined, and beautifully illustrated by comics artist Zu Dominiak.
The poem was written and performed by Adam Lowe / Beyonce Holes as part of the film Q***r Tales, a collaboration with Cheddar Gorgeous, which put + voices at the heart of truly imaginative storytelling. ✨🏳️🌈
Watch 👉 http://ow.ly/nTVH50Jvxit
Do you see yourself in museum collections?
We think museums should be spaces where people can find & tell their own stories. Our digital tours and trails bring + voices to some of our most iconic objects!
What stories would you tell? 🏳️🌈✨
Check out our digital tours, trails and other activities and resources 👉 https://www.mmfromhome.com/queering-manchester-museum
A medieval plaque discovered in a field in Oldham will be on public display in our new Belonging Gallery from February 2023. We don't know how it came to be in Oldham!
It is the first Mosan plaque known to have been discovered in the northwest of England and the preservation of the object is described as ‘remarkable’ with most of its enamel intact.
It dates back to the 12th or early-13th century and shows the figure of St. Luke at a writing desk. He's shown wearing a robe, seated on the right-hand side facing towards the left, with his head surrounded by a yellow trim halo. Above the writing desk is the head of a bull, which is the patron animal of St. Luke.
The term ‘Mosan’ is used to describe sculpture, stained glass and metalwork produced in the valley of the River Meuse between Luxembourg and Belgium, Germany and France.
Experts say the plaque is likely to have been used to decorate a religious object, such as a book or an altar.
There is also the opportunity to see the plaque at Gallery Oldham from 9 September to 1 October 2022 as part of The Oldham Histories.
Maharajah will be back! 🐘✨
We are delighted to share that when we reopen in February 2023, for the first time, this much-loved elephant will stand alongside 'The Disputed Toll' on loan from Manchester Art Gallery.
The oil on canvas painting by Heywood Hardy (1842-1933) shows Maharajah and his keeper Lorenzo Lawrence during their famous 200 mile walk from Edinburgh to Manchester, en route to Belle Vue Zoo.
With special thanks to our colleagues at Manchester Art Gallery for helping make this happen!
A beautiful taxidermy milu deer will be on display in our new Lee Kai Hung Chinese Culture Gallery from February 2023.
Bryan Sitch, Deputy Head of Collections, explains how this species was brought back from the brink of extinction and how it represents the connection between China and the UK.
The gallery will highlight personal stories of migration, friendships and collaboration to inspire empathy and build understanding.
SIX MONTHS TO GO! The museum is on schedule to reopen in February 2023. Take a look inside our extraordinary transformation.
We are extending the building, making room for more joy and learning and evolving into the museum Manchester needs.
We will continue to bring you plenty of behind-the-scenes content as we build up to reopening.
Thank you to our funders including Arts Council, National Heritage Lottery Fund, The University of Manchester and numerous philanthropic supporters.
Following our callout, we are delighted that artists Daya Bhati, Saheba Shabnum &
Helen Abdul will be working with us on our Rickshaw Art Project.
Find out more about rickshaw art in these ONLINE workshops:
On 13 August we will discuss the rich history of rickshaw art and how rickshaw art represents South Asia:
👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rickshaw-art-project-public-history-of-rickshaw-art-workshop-qa-tickets-395775474097
And on 14 August we will learn about symbolism and design pattern within rickshaw art:
👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rickshaw-art-project-symbolism-design-pattern-workshop-tickets-395798392647
Today marks the 77th anniversary of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This year, Manchester City Council’s commemoration, remembering all civilians killed in war or violent attacks around the world, is taking place at the Peace Garden in Manchester city centre.
Over the past few years, we have been honoured to host the commemoration ceremony in the museum. Our Living Worlds gallery includes a story of peace. The paper cranes represent those folded by Sadako a young girl who contracted leukaemia after the bombing in Hiroshima.
📢 Calling all parents and home educators!
How often are you frustrated when a website doesn't do what you need it to do?
We're looking for a wide range of people to help testing some new ideas and designs to improve our website. Drop us a DM if you want to help us!
The cities of and were officially twinned in 1986 🇬🇧🇨🇳
Opening in February 2023, our Lee Kai Hung Chinese Culture Gallery will celebrate this friendship as it seeks to build empathy and understanding between Manchester & China.
Somaira is a local dentist. She hopes the South Asia Gallery will share stories that have shaped South Asia & contributed to British society. She hopes it's a chance to deepen our understanding of ties that have existed for centuries and shaped the world today.
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Support the making of a brand new dinosaur display, opening February 2023! We're asking for donations, big or small, to help restore and install a real Tenontosaurus skeleton, affectionately named April. Find out more https://give.museum.manchester.ac.uk/p/campaign/ #BringAprilBack #Dinosaurs
What's in the box? 📦⁉️✨ This little wooden box is nearly 4,000 year old! Find out what's inside as Curator of Egypt and Sudan, Dr Campbell Price takes you behind the scenes in our storerooms at Manchester Museum...
A medieval plaque discovered in a field in Oldham will be on public display in our new Belonging Gallery from February 2023. We don't know how it came to be in Oldham! It is the first Mosan plaque known to have been discovered in the northwest of England and the preservation of the object is described as ‘remarkable’ with most of its enamel intact. It dates back to the 12th or early-13th century and shows the figure of St. Luke at a writing desk. He's shown wearing a robe, seated on the right-hand side facing towards the left, with his head surrounded by a yellow trim halo. Above the writing desk is the head of a bull, which is the patron animal of St. Luke. The term ‘Mosan’ is used to describe sculpture, stained glass and metalwork produced in the valley of the River Meuse between Luxembourg and Belgium, Germany and France. Experts say the plaque is likely to have been used to decorate a religious object, such as a book or an altar. There is also the opportunity to see the plaque at Gallery Oldham from 9 September to 1 October 2022 as part of The Oldham Histories.
A beautiful taxidermy milu deer will be on display in our new Lee Kai Hung Chinese Culture Gallery from February 2023. Bryan Sitch, Deputy Head of Collections, explains how this species was brought back from the brink of extinction and how it represents the connection between China and the UK. The gallery will highlight personal stories of migration, friendships and collaboration to inspire empathy and build understanding. #MMHelloFuture #6MonthsToGo
SIX MONTHS TO GO! The museum is on schedule to reopen in February 2023. Take a look inside our extraordinary transformation. We are extending the building, making room for more joy and learning and evolving into the museum Manchester needs. We will continue to bring you plenty of behind-the-scenes content as we build up to reopening. Thank you to our funders including Arts Council, National Heritage Lottery Fund, The University of Manchester and numerous philanthropic supporters. #MMHelloFuture
Take a closer look at our Vivarium and some of its smallest residents The Vivarium is home to many critically endangered species and gives us the chance to see conservation in action! Learn more about what we’re doing as a museum to build a sustainable world, and how you can get involved👉bit.ly/2Xc14YY
Take a sneak peek behind the scenes at some familiar friends👇👇 Whilst we can’t wait to reopen in February 2023 and show off our new spaces, we’re just as excited to welcome back your favourites! From the Vivarium, to Stan the T.rex, what are you looking forward to seeing?🦖
Applications are now open for an exciting new opportunity for British artists of South Asian heritage to join our South Asia Gallery Rickshaw Project team.✨ This is a paid opportunity to imagine and develop designs for two rickshaws from Bangladesh which will be displayed in our new South Asia Gallery and at locations across Manchester. We’re looking for a Visual Artist and two young artists aged 18-25, find out more and apply 👉 mmfromhome.com/rickshaw Deadline 3 July
When we reopen next year, Stan the T.Rex will have a new Dino friend in the museum. Introducing April the Tenontosaurus! Geology graduates from The University of Manchester joined us yesterday to look at how the skeleton fits together. It was like a real and very intense #dinosaur jigsaw 👇🏾🤣 Who’s excited to see April on display?! She will be in our new entrance area to say hello as you arrive.
We are excited to announce the release of the new album Cucusonic from The Vinyl Factory, capturing and conserving the sounds of Colombian biodiversity. The University of Manchester and charity In Place of War have worked with a team of scientists, anthropologists and musicians, turning natural soundscapes and bioacoustic data into new music. Find out more bit.ly/3Fshuhq
What is creative ageing, and how can age friendly culture impact on our wellbeing as we grow older? This week on the Manchester Museum #Podcast, Emma Horridge is joined by Dr Virginia Tandy, Director of CADA, in a conversation about age friendly culture. 🎧 http://ow.ly/QYty50FSnXL
We will be closed from 29 August until late 2022 when we will emerge as a new museum for the 21st century - hello future. In this video our Director, Esme Ward, explains what hello future will bring to the people of Manchester and beyond 👇 http://ow.ly/AatX50FOJPI #MMhellofuture
Today is the UN International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. We will be sharing some of the work are we doing as part of the Indigenise Manchester Museum programme. Because it is #morethanjustaday. #IndigenousPeoplesDay Curator of Indigenous Perspectives, Dr Alexandra P. Alberda explains more:
What are 'Nature’s Rights', and who is prepared to stand up for them? Today on the Manchester Museum #Podcast, Dr Martha Dietrich, Assistant Professor at University of Amsterdam / Universiteit van Amsterdam joins Andrew Gray, our Curator of Herpetology in a thought-provoking conversation. 🎧 http://ow.ly/4ciP50FIAox
Is there a shared definition of 'Indigenous Rights'? Today on the Manchester Museum #Podcast Dr Alexandra P. Alberda is joined by Dr Christine Winter to discuss different cultural perspectives & how we step into complexity. 🎧 https://bit.ly/2UYuWqq
In today's fascinating encounter, we meet the Dice snake 🐍 Similar in many ways to the Grass snake, but the Dice snake is totally aquatic, living in the water and feeding on fish and amphibians. #60SecondSpecies . Find out more 👉 https://mmfromhome.com/60-second-species
We’re recruiting a part time Secondary and Post-16 Science Coordinator✨ Are you passionate about science and nature? Can you bring awe and wonder into science teaching? Will you shape the future of learning at Manchester Museum? Deadline 11 July, more info 👉bit.ly/3zT2I0h Our learning programme uses material from our collection to bring science to life. You'll have access to over 4 million objects from Archaeology to Zoology! As part of The University of Manchester we use authentic research in our learning programme. You'll work with curators, University researchers, and PhD students to inspire the next generation of scientists. You'll have an awe-inspiring backdrop for teaching and learning with our permanent galleries and temporary exhibition programme. You'll be contributing to our award winning learning programme: bringing science to life for students and teachers.✨
@ManCityCouncil has launched the Manchester Culture Awards 2021 Culture and art has kept us connected and entertained, even through a pandemic. It's time to say thanks! If you've been wowed, inspired, moved - get nominating Nominations close 18 July www.manchester.gov.uk/cultureawards
#ChildrensEyesMW 🦖🦕👀
#BehindTheScenesMW 🔍🌟
#OnceUponAtimeMW ✨
We would like to say a big THANK YOU for your time, care & dedication working with our collections, and for you creativity & kindness, supporting our public programmes. ❤️ You make such a difference to the museum, our visitors and communities! #TimeToDayThanks #VolunteersWeek
Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do at Manchester Museum 🧡 The Museum and our community is so much richer thanks to your passion, knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm. We can’t wait to welcome our volunteers back into the museum – the museum is not the same without you! ❤️ Here are just some of our volunteers’ highlights of working at Manchester Museum 👇👇👇 #TimeToDayThanks #VolunteersWeek
With distinctive coconut-perfumed yellow flowers, the spiky common gorse is a beauty of our landscapes & a favourite of many insects and birds, for which it provides shelter & food. 💛 Find out more about this iconic shrub in this week's #60SecondSpecies https://www.mmfromhome.com/60-second-species …
We’re recruiting a Curator of Living Cultures. Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/xm3zU5W1KS?amp=1 Follow the thread below to see some of the projects you’ll be part of 👇👇👇 . Working with global partners like @AIATSIS with a shared ambition around cultural revitalisation, you’ll diligently and carefully work on repatriation cases, leading to emotional homecomings, like this week's return to Country of 19 Arrernte objects: https://ab.co/3fdxoRG . Delivering our #MMhellofuture transformation as we become even more inclusive, imaginative & caring, you’ll become part of the South Asia Gallery Collective, co-creating a @britishmuseum partnership gallery that will explore the experiences of South Asian diaspora communities. . You'll get imaginative around programming for our Exhibition Hall, opening in 2022 with #GoldenMummies. Help us continue this series of exhibitions which will probe aspects of decolonisation, sharing new research & fresh interpretations of our collections. https://bit.ly/3bSydgR . You'll engage with contemporary and historic concerns and injustices entwined with our collections. With the #DevolvingRestitution project, you’ll explore African collections' histories, and with peers & communities in Africa & UK, enact work that brings reconciliation & healing. . It’s an important role where you can make a big difference. You’ll have amazing colleagues by your side, an incredible collection at your fingertips and the radical history of Manchester at your shoulder. If you think this is you, find out more & apply: https://t.co/xm3zU5W1KS?amp=1
We are open and… *We Are Nature* How does nature make you feel? Discover ‘Wild Chorus’ and ‘Voicing Silence’, two artistic responses to the beauty, complexity & decline of wildlife. More 👉 https://www.mmfromhome.com/online-exhibition-displays #BackToMuseums #MMWeAreNature #WildChorus #VoicingSilence
It’s International Museum Day and we’re celebrating @OSCH_Mcr young people and their work @McrMuseum ✨ Throughout the day we’ll hear about their personal experiences at the museum 👇 Find out more about #OSCH: https://sharedculturalheritage.wordpress.com/ We start off with a fantastic blog by Hawwa, exploring what it means to be a young person of colour navigating Eurocentric education and heritage sites and her hopes for change in the future. Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/t7cpbuk . Next up, Roheema’s blog looks at her many different experiences as a digital intern, including an appearance on @BBC Radio! Read it here 👉 tinyurl.com/vytrbvs4 . Looking to the future, we have recruited 2 Cultural Learning & Participation Apprentices who will spend 18 months with @OSCH_Mcr ✨ Maya looks forward to the opportunities this will bring to her & others 👉 https://rb.gy/xr9cib #IMD2021 #OSCH #KickTheDust #TheFutureofMuseums National Lottery Heritage Fund British Council Icom UK Official Fan Page International Council of Museums - ICOM
Following the latest government guidance, we regret we are now closed until further notice.
Information about reopening and booking will be put on our website and social media as soon as it is available. The health and wellbeing of our staff, visitors, volunteers, and our community are our first priority and we look forward to welcoming you to Manchester Museum as soon as it is safe to do so.
In the meanwhile, we hope that you will continue to connect with us on social media @mcrmuseum, and we have put together resources, activities and information that you can enjoy at home, you can find these on our Manchester Museum from Home site: www.mmfromhome.com
