Events at The Manchester Museum
28 Aug 2012
Summer holiday activities (until 31 August) * Magic Carpet (31 August) * Baby Explorers (4 September) * Turing’s textiles course (8 September).
Summer holidays
Unearthed: Ancient Egypt
Until 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.
- Tues 28-Fri 31 Aug, 11am-4pm: Make bookmarks and decorate with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Magic Carpet: West Africa
Friday 31 August, 10.30-11.30am & 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.
Baby Explorers
Tuesday 4 September (Every other Tues), 12.15-1.15pm & 1.45-2.45pm
Drop-in, free, babies and their carers
Sensory play for babies who aren’t walking yet.
Turing’s textiles
Saturday 8 September, 10am-4pm
To book a place email anna.bunney@manchester.ac.uk or phone 0161 275 2648, free, adults
In an incredible article published in 1952, Alan Turing suggested that everything from the spots and stripes on animals to the arrangement of pine cones and flowers could be explained by the interactions between two chemicals. Be inspired by patterns in nature to create some textile masterpieces by translating an initial sketch onto cloth with embroidery, embellishment and mixed media.
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