Spend your summer holidays at The Manchester Museum

24 Jul 2012

Events on offer for all ages

Here’s a round-up of what’s on at The Manchester Museum this summer:

Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist

Saturday 28 July, 2-4pm

Book on 0161 275 2648, £3 for adults.

Do you ever see ferns growing on walls in towns and wondered what they are and how they got there? Come along to this session and find out. The session will include an illustrated talk; an animated video on the Secret Life of Ferns; the opportunity to take a closer look at ferns under the microscope and grow your own plants from spores and weather permitting, a look at ferns growing on the walls of the Museum. The session will be led by Dr Yvonne Golding, Secretary of The British Pteridological Society.

Urban Naturalist is a programme of friendly, practical workshops for adults run by leading naturalists. From wild food-foraging and composting to bird song and insect identification, explore biodiversity on our doorstep.

Unearthed: Ancient Egypt

Monday 23 July-Friday 31 August, 11am-4pm

Drop-in, free, all ages.

Visit our Unearthed: Ancient Egypt exhibition and help our Egyptologist Dr Digby (played on film by Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories) investigate and record his finds. Create your own archaeological treasures from paper.

Monday 30 July-Friday 3 August, 11am-4pm:

Make your own ancient Egyptian paper amulet (lucky charm) to take home.

Experience playful surprises on Wed 1 August as part of National Play Day, part of our Happy Museum project.

Magic Carpet: Rocks

Friday 27 July, 10.30-11.30am and 11.30am-12.30pm.

Book on 0161 275 2648, free, under 5s and their families/carers.

Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Manchester Anansi Spider

Wednesday 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 August, 1-3pm.

Drop-in, free, 5-11 year olds and their families/carers.

Create your own stories by cutting and sticking characters from the original Anansi Spider stories. You can also take a look at the We Face Forward: Anansi Stories display and objects from the Museum’s West African collections.

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