business and events by The Manchester Museum

Manchester Museum

unique grade 2* listed building built in 1885, Manchester Museum can offer you something completely different for evening dinners, drinks receptions, lectures, presentations, product launches and anything else the space permits. With 4.5 million items in our collection including dinosaurs, mummies and live animals, combined with excellent conferencing facilities, a range of rooms and friendly, helpful staff, we can help you organise the perfect event. The Museum can hold a maximum of 900 guests or we can give you access to just one gallery space for groups of around 40-200. Located close to the city centre and at the heart of The University of Manchester campus, Manchester Museum is easily accessible by public transport and has plenty of car parking spaces nearby.

Kanaris and Foyer

he Kanaris Lecture Theatre is a flexible flat floored room that can accommodate up to 110 people theatre style.Â The room hire charge includes the use of audio visual equipment and a foyer area for registration and for serving lunch and refreshments.

Capacity Theatre style: up to 110 people Boardroom style: up to 35 people

Photography: main ÂŠ sarah crossland design (P.Hartland)

Cabaret style: up to 56 people

Conference Room and Breakout Room

olding up to 18 guests in boardroom style, the Conference Room is a flexible space that can be used in a variety of ways.Â The room hire charge includes the use of a small syndicate room and audio visual equipment.

Capacity Theatre style: up to 35 people Boardroom style: up to 18 people

Photography: main ÂŠ sarah crossland design (P.Hartland)

Cabaret style: up to 28 people

Fossils gallery

ine amongst the dinosaurs in the Fossils gallery. Stan is one of only two full T.rex skeletons in the UK and he would love to be a guest at your event! The Fossils gallery takes you on a tour of life on Earth over the last 3,500 million years and as well as Stan the T.rex, is home to many other pre-historic objects including Percy the Plesiosaur, mammoth teeth from the last Ice Age and a massive 300 million year old tree stump fossil.

Capacity Dinner: up to 100 people

Photography: main ÂŠ sarah crossland design (P.Hartland)

Drinks reception: up to 200 people

Living Worlds gallery

ur newly re-developed Living Worlds gallery is suitable for speeches, product launches and drinks receptions. This grade 2* listed building was originally designed by the architect Alfred Waterhouse (who also designed Manchester’s Town Hall and the Natural History Museum in London) and completed in 1885. Redeveloped in 2011, our Living Worlds gallery is home to a huge variety of stuffed animals (including a Sperm Whale skeleton, Polar Bear and Tiger), all beautifully displayed with the help of European art and fashion show producer, villa eugénie. The gallery explores the connections between all living things, including us, and shows how we can all shape the future by the choices we make.

Capacity

Photography: main © Ant Clausen

Drinks reception: up to 200 people

Reception Hall and CafĂŠ

Reception Hall and Café

he Reception Hall is the perfect place to start your evening with a drinks reception, before moving onto one of the gallery spaces for a dinner or buffet. You’ll be surrounded by objects such as our Giant Spider Crab, gold Buddha statue and a huge engraved granite column from an ancient Egyptian temple. You can also make use of our café space for informal seating and bar if needed to complement your event. As a flexible space we can arrange lighting, musicians and anything else required to create the right atmosphere for you.

Capacity Dinner: up to 120 people

Photography: main © sarah crossland design (P.Hartland)

Drinks reception: up to 200 people

How to get here

Whitworth Art Gallery (15 min walk)

Oxford Road Station & City Centre (15 min walk)

Manchester Museum (Access via Coupland St)

Booth St West Car Park D (Pay and Display)

Booth St West Car Park D (Pay and Display) Outside Museum entrance

Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL tel 0161 275 2648 email museum@manchester.ac.uk @McrMuseum www.facebook.com/ManchesterMuseum www.manchester.ac.uk/museum/aboutus/venuehire

Photography: ÂŠ sarah crossland design (P.Hartland), Ant Clausen (Living Worlds gallery)

anchester Museum is easily accessed by rail or road and has plenty of car parking spaces close by. Manchester Oxford Road, Victoria and Piccadilly train stations are just a short walk or cab journey away.

How to book

here are a variety of day delegate and room hire rates available. For more information on these spaces or to discuss your event, please contact:

Chloe Gray Corporate Hire Coordinator tel: 0161 275 8788

Photography: ÂŠ sarah crossland design (P.Hartland), Ant Clausen (Living Worlds gallery)

email: chloe.gray@manchester.ac.uk

Day delegate packages

ur all inclusive packages are designed for day time conferences and events. They include a selection of drinks and lunch options plus room hire (8am-5pm) and AV use, meaning you can easily budget for your day.

Silver package £29.50pp+VAT Morning serving of filter coffee and selection of teas with biscuits Sandwich Lunch: A choice of 4 homemade sandwich options Includes fresh fruit and crisps

Gold package £39.50pp+VAT Arrival serving of filter coffee and selection of teas with biscuits Mid morning serving of filter coffee and selection of teas with biscuits Buffet Lunch: A choice of 3 sandwich options and 3 finger buffet options Includes fresh fruit platter and orange juice Afternoon serving of filter coffee and selection of teas with mini brownies

Platinum package £44.50pp+VAT Arrival serving of filter coffee and selection of teas with freshly baked pastries Mid morning refreshments of filter coffee and selection of teas with biscuits Hot and cold buffet lunch: A choice of 3 finger buffet and 3 hot buffet options Includes fresh fruit platter and soft drinks Afternoon serving of filter coffee and selection of teas with cakes Additional items can be added to any of these packages if needed Menus are available separately upon request Minimum numbers for the above packages are 15

Afternoon serving of filter coffee and selection of teas with mini brownies