Virtual Hidden Gems

PLACES AROUND MANCHESTER TO VIRTUALLY VISIT FROM HOME Museums, galleries, theatres, art and sport spaces around Manchester are offering a wide range of online exhibitions, ideas worth exploring at home and home exercises!

Manchester Art Gallery

ART

doors may be closed, but their art is still beating! manchesterartgallery.org/visit/new-online-programme/ Manchester International Festival Virtual Factory – Tai Shani https://virtual-factory.co.uk/ Future Everything Food for thought futureeverything.org/news/staying-sane-under-lockdown/ Portico Library and Gallery Virtual exhibitions www.theportico.org.uk/talking-sense

Z-arts An arts and theatre venue in Hulme www.z-arts.org/category/things-to-do-at-home/ Venture Arts A visual arts charity based in Hulme venturearts.org/ Laura Daly:The Storm Cone https://you-belong-here.salford.ac.uk/artists/laura-daly/ Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art Interruptions https://www.holdengallery.mmu.ac.uk/2021/interruptionssounds/

Band on the Wall Check the Archives out!

MUSIC

bandonthewall.org/2020/04/picks-from-the-vault-martin-harley-daniel-kimbro/ BBC Philharmonic A variety of material to listen/watch from home! www.bbc.co.uk/philharmonic RNCM Keep Music Playing www.rncm.ac.uk/blog/?cat=keepmusicplaying The Halle The Archive www.halle.co.uk/

The Lowry Experience great art from home

THEATRE

thelowry.com/blog/ Proper Job Theatre Online Sessions www.properjob.org.uk/covid-19-support Royal Exchange Explore Past Productions www.royalexchange.co.uk/whats-on-and-tickets/past-productions HOME Great theatre you can watch at home homemcr.org/article/great-theatre-you-can-watch-at-home/

The Edge Theatre & Arts Centre Projects http://www.edgetheatre.co.uk/our-work/ Contact Theatre Get involved contactmcr.com/get-involved/ PLAY Live – The Whitworth https://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/learn/earlyyears/earlyyears atelier/

MUSEUMS

Science and Industry Museum Things to do at Home learning.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/learning-resources/ People's History Museum Ideas worth exploring at home phm.org.uk/learn/learning-resources/ Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives Online collections gmpmuseum.co.uk/#CollectionsSection

HERITAGE AND CULTURE

Peterloo to the Pankhursts: Radicalism and Reform in the 19th Century https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/peterloo-to-thepankhursts-radicalism-and-reform-in-the-nineteenth-century The International Anthony Burgess Foundation https://www.anthonyburgess.org/

SPORTS

Greater Manchester Sports Let’s keep moving www.greatersport.co.uk/ways-to-keep-moving Manchester Aquatics Centre Fitness at home www.better.org.uk/what-we-offer/activities/exercise-at-home

VIRTUAL TOURS

Gorton Monastery Take a virtual tour my.matterport.com/show/?m=9x8jbNwD6QP

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