Adult enews from The Manchester Museum: September 2008.
12 Sep 2008
Welcome to the September edition of our enewsletter. This month we celebrate Heritage Open Days with free behind-the-scenes tours of the Museum. We also open Birth Rites, a new touring exhibition and celebrate the Cultural Olympiad with our Big Saturday: Bling, treasures of The Manchester Museum
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We look forward to seeing you soon and hope you enjoy reading September enews.
Best wishes,
Ros Helliwell, The Manchester Museum
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The Manchester Museum is open daily
- Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-5pm
- Sunday, Monday and Bank Holidays: 11am-4pm
Free entry
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Heritage Open Days 12 & 13 September
We throw our doors open in this celebration of heritage. Join curators on behind-the-scenes tours of the Museum and see some of the Museum's hidden secrets. Tours are free, but require booking in advance.
- Friday 12 September
1-2pm: Directors tour
3-4pm: Behind-the-scenes ancient Egypt tour - Saturday 13 September
1-1.45pm & 2.30-3.15pm: Secrets of the Museum
Please ring 0161 275 2648 to book your place.
Bling: Treasures of The Manchester Museum
Saturday 27 September 11am-4pm
Celebrate the Cultural Olympiad and join in activites to light up the Musuem. Handle some of the Museum's treasures or bring in your old coins for identification. Meet curators and find out about a new book Tokens and Commemorative Medals of Cheshire being launched in the Museum.
Lindow Man walking tour
Whilst on your visit, why not have a look at our special exhibition Lindow Man: a bog body mystery. If you want to find out more about Lindow Moss, the place he was found, we have a special walking tour taking place on Saturday 27 September.
- Walking Lindow Moss
Saturday 27 September 2-4pm
Visit the mysterious place where Lindow Man was found on this walk led by the authors of Lindow Moss and the Bog Warriors. Meet at Moor Lane/Rotherwood Road junction, Wilmslow. Suitable for dogs but not for prams or wheelchairs. Wear walking shoes.
Book on 0161 275 2648, £3, 10+
Click here to find out more about Lindow Man
New exhibition: Birth Rites
Opening 20 September
Birth unites us all but are all births equal? How free are women to give birth in a way they want and where they want? This exhibition features a series of artworks produced as a result of collaborations between artists and childbirth professionals working together to explore the politics and practice of childbirth in our society.
The idea behind Birth Rites came from Helen Knowles, an artist and curator, whose contrasting experiences of hospital caesarean and home birth led her to question our society's approach to birth. The resulting four artworks and documentary film form the main part of this exhibition.
If you're interested in Birth Rites and want to join in a discussion based on the exhibition, come along to Born on Tuesday 30 September (see below for further information).
Born
Tuesday 30 September 5.30-7.15pm
At the Martin Harris Building, The University of Manchester
Special screening presented by AT FIRST SIGHT. Born takes us on a deeply personal journey. Andy Lawrence spent three years in an intimate collaboration with Judith Kurutac, gaining insight into her life’s work as an independent midwife. Born examines the roles they play as father and midwife, brought to life by their engagement with two couples who undergo very different experiences of childbirth. Close and un-interrupted footage of physical childbirth pulls away to wide-open landscapes.
5.30-6.30pm: Screening
6.30-7.15pm: Discussion with Andy Lawrence and Judith Kurutac
Drop-in, Free
Click here to find out more about Birth Rites
Launching frog blog
We are pleased to announce our new frog blog, where you can find out what we're doing to protect and care for the Museum's rare frogs.
One of our curators, Andrew Gray, is currently out in Costa Rica conducting research on rainforest frogs. You can find out about his discoveries and keep up with his activities on frog blog. Iincluded on it, are all the latest news feeds from the BBC website about his trip and amazing discoveries.