Last year, we visited #museums and galleries up and down the country to find interesting #earlyyears activities - from spinning at the irish linen centre Irish Linen Centre to exploring lanterns at Royal Museums Greenwich full series here: tinyurl.com/yc4ebc4y Thx Kids in Museums

Lovely to see #PLAYDays @whitworthart alongside such great #EarlyYears company 😍

Can you help us to run our award winning events programme? We are seeking to appoint an Events and Operations Supervisor at the Whitworth Art Gallery. bit.ly/EventsandOpera…

Everyday Art School now open the Whitworth a space for ideas to bring art into everyday life and rethink how we use it 👍

🎪 This Sunday – 9 June, 10am-5pm 🎉 Presenting The Carnival, a day of live art performances! Including an array of free activities for all ages, music, and street food vendors.🎭 Step right up and immerse yourself in this extraordinary experience! 🥳 ow.ly/OY5h50S9JG5

Come join us the Whitworth next Thursday 20th between 4-8pm to celebrate #RefugeeWeek with pop-up exhibitions from Cartwheel Arts Afrocats plus performances, artists workshop and refreshments from MyLahore whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/event… #ourhome all welcome - free and drop in 🧡

✏️ Illustration Competition, John Lyons: Carnivalesque Are you aged between 7–11? Read the John Lyons poem 'Carnival Jumbie' ✏️ draw and illustrate your playful response email it to us by 30 June for a chance to win! @pentagonplayuk Find out how to enter: ow.ly/nZtw50ShTK3

What will our 2024 PLAYTIME partnership be...? Keep eyes peeled for updates in the coming weeks 👀 #WhitworthxPentagonPlay #WhitworthPlaytime

Check out this blog post by our partners and friends Afrocats and see what families got up to during May half term. #WhitworthxAfrocats

Great to hear from #FantasticForFamilies Award Winners the Whitworth & Afrocats at #AMAConf, sharing their work alongside the brilliant TheGoldenThread. Fantastic to hear how communities are being empowered to know these gallery spaces are for them. 👏🏻

Recreating the incredible 'Into The Future' Oil on canvas John Lyon's painting with light and camera with Year 10 work experience students . #Carnivalesque

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It's that time of year again 🥳 #WhitworthPLAYTIME The Carnival is coming to @whitworthart this August. 🎊💃🎊🕺🎊🥁🎊📣🎊☀️🎊 whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/event…

What a day 🎊 Getting the summer holidays off to a great start 🥳

We’re counting the days! So looking forward to this Thursday! The start of PLAYTIME Carnival☀️Lucy Turner Pentagon Play 🎉whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/event…

This is #WhitworthPLAYTIME A carnival-themed summer programme for families packed full of joy and colour. All inspired by our current exhibition #JohnLyons. Wed/Thu/Fri throughout August 👇 whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/event…

🎉 Join us for our most joyful PLAYTIME yet Every Wed-Fri in August 1-4 PM. FREE activities: 🎭 Dress up for a carnival I 🎨 Make props I 🎮 Play Whitworth Minecraft I 📝 Create poems I 👶 Carnival space for under 2s 🎶 Explore giant instruments FREE ENTRY!

Gallery buzzing for National Play Day both indoors & out. What did you get up to for #NationalPlayDay? #WhitworthPLAYTIME

Looking for a fun and FREE family day out in Manchester? Visit the Whitworth Gallery for carnival-themed activities and the chance to try out our outdoor musical instruments. Playtime runs until August 30th! #FamilyFun #Manchester

FAMILIES: Enjoy a packed programme of free, carnival themed family activities from 1-30 August at PLAYTIME at the Whitworth, with a super special event taking place tomorrow (17 August). Find out more: creativetourist.com/event/playtime…