• Art of Oesophageal Cancer

    First Floor Display Cases

    Art of oesophageal cancer is a visual representation of one patient’s experience of going through treatment, surgery and then coming to terms with a new normal. The subject matter touches […]

  • Creative Writing Class

    Chief Librarian's Office

    Writer Cathy Crabb is running a weekly drop in for anyone who would like to spend a couple of hours strolling through storytelling. With a different exercise per week it […]

  • The Door Opened: 1980s China

    Lower Ground Floor Exhibition Space

    One can argue that nostalgia is the strongest emotion, a pure mixture of wistfulness and melancholy. Adrian Bradshaw, an English photographer, brings that sense of yearning into full focus in […]

  • Don’t worry, we will survive!

    First Floor Exhibition Hall

    Come and reflect on these vibrant abstract and portrait paintings by artist, Sarbjit Johal. Have a dialogue with our past and present in Britain and beyond. Buy a painting and […]

  • David Gaffney ‘Out of the Dark’ Book Launch

    Performance Space

    A young man has rented a flat at the top of a high rise block in Birmingham where he watches the same video over and over again, an old British […]

  • International Mother Language Day

    Performance Space

    Communities across Manchester will come together to enjoy an afternoon of celebration for all the family. Sharing their stories, language, music, dance and food, it is sure to be a […]

  • A Masterclass: Queer History

    Performance Space

    When did the popular ‘GAY’ LGBT+/Human Rights Campaign really start?  1964 North-Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee 1966 Compton's Cafeteria riot 1967 Passing of the Sexual Offences Act 1968 The Stonewall […]

  • Feeding the Darkness

    Performance Space

    ‘Art Thou in Darkness? Mind it not for if thou dost, it will fill thee more…...’ - James Naylor (17th century Quaker) 'Feeding the Darkness' is a 65-minute immersive performance […]

  • International Women’s Day: Songbird

    Archives+ Ground Floor

    Join us in the oculus area on the ground floor for this short concert by the RNCM Chamber Choir, in celebration of International Women’s Day. Inspired by birdsong, ‘Songbird’  is […]