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Summer holidays at The Manchester Museum

07 Aug 2012

Make cardboard Canopic jars (6-10 August) and mini ancient Egyptian pyramids (13-17 August) * Create your own stories with Anansi Spider characters (1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 August).

Summer holidays

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 6-Friday 10 August, 11am-4pm:
    Have a go at making your own cardboard Canopic jars in the Museum’s Discovery Centre.
  • Monday 13-Fri 17 Aug, 11am-4pm:
    Make mini ancient Egyptian pyramids to decorate and take home.

Manchester Anansi Spider
Wednesday 1, 8, 15, 22 & 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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