Our Community Partnerships team work to create opportunities for community voices to shape our content, strengthen our inclusive practice, and support people to feel more welcome, included and represented in our museum and the wider worlds of science and industry.
We deliver a range of activities, events and projects with and for people who have historically been excluded from STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).
CITY SPARKS
City Sparks is our annual programme of co-produced activities. Each year we will work with a range of partners to spark and explore the next generation of world-changing ideas, culminating in a vibrant holiday programme each October. Each year we will have a range of paid opportunities to partner with us and help make this happen.
It is designed to:
- Connect people with historic collections and cutting-edge research to delight and inspire.
- Seed innovative partnerships that challenge pre-conceptions of STEM and highlight the impact it has on all our lives.
- Unlock the potential of a curious and questioning mindset and the agency we all have to shape the world.
Manchester Science Festival
The next City Sparks programme will take place as part of Manchester Science Festival from Friday 18 – Sunday 27 October 2024, presenting inspiring experiences at the museum and across Greater Manchester.
City Sparks Residency
This year’s Creative Residency will invite audiences to explore a pop-up immersive experience created by North Manchester-based arts duo Malandra Jacks, in collaboration with Harpurhey peer-to-peer support group, Mindful Mums.
City Sparks Showcase
The Community Showcase will include activity presented at the museum as well as work in community spaces across the city, developed with partners from Beswick Chatty Crafters, Mandem Meetup, Reclaim Young Policy Makers and artist Linda Wachaga.
Young People's Panel
A group of young artists from Pinc College, which specialises in creative education for neurodivergent young people, are working together with the festival team to create an interactive installation exploring the link between colour and emotion.
Previous City Sparks
Last year City Sparks took place as part of our October half term programme, which explored the theme of 'Rebuild'.
Events included:
Previous City Sparks
