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The transformation of the Pankhurst Centre exhibition space is incredible thanks to its new permanent exhibition, At Home with the Pankhurst Family.

(Un)Defining Queer delves into the Whitworth’s collection to examine how we can use a queer lens to define what the term ‘queer’ means.

Golden Mummies of Egypt is Manchester Museum’s re-opening exhibition. This one-of-a-kind cultural experience opens in February 2023.

A new exhibition exploring how Elizabeth Gaskell presented Manchester and its people through her novels and short stories, and the impact she had through her writing.

Traces of Displacement uses the Whitworth’s collection to address one of the major humanitarian concerns – forced displacement.

The Poetics of Water asks visitors to look at landscapes, borders and centuries and think deeply about soil and water’s fundamental elements.

Economics the Blockbuster is a research and exhibition project, developed in collaboration with Alliance Manchester Business School and MIF.

Albrecht Dürer’s Material World is the first major exhibition of the Whitworth’s outstanding Dürer collection in over half a century.

Curry Mile – A Changing Neighbourhood is a documentary photography project exploring ‘present day’ Wilmslow Road.

Marketing the Manchester Ship Canal showcases original publicity material and print adverts created as marketing for the Port of Manchester.

Jesus Christ Superstar is the album that inspired a revolution. A revelation that changed the world. A reinvention for this millennium.

Beautiful and bonkers, Project Dictator at HOME is the clown show about totalitarianism we never knew we needed.