What's on
Event date: 16 January 2026 – 31 January 2028
Arts and Culture, Sale
Cosgrove Hall Films Archive
Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Chorlton and the Wheelies and friends have a forever home in a dedicated gallery within the newly refurbished Sale Library, Trafford.
Free
Sale Library
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Event date: 1 April – 31 December
Arts and Culture, Trafford Park
The Roads We Walked: The Fifth Pan-African Congress
The Roads We Walked is IWM North's newest Big Picture Show, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Fifth Pan-African Congress, which took place at Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall, Manchester, in October 1945.
Free
Imperial War Museum North (IWM North)
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Event date: 1 May – 1 November
Sports and Leisure, Altrincham
ORIGIN at Dunham Massey
A Right/Left Project presents a deep listening art installation, unique to Dunham Massey. Visitors are bathed in sound and light with each cycle revealing what is hidden at its core.
Free
Dunham Massey
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Event date: 2 June – 1 November
Arts and Culture, Altrincham
The Botanical World of Mary Delany
Discover the pioneering technique of this eighteenth-century artist, whose ‘paper mosaicks’ were celebrated as scientifically accurate botanical specimens.
Free
Dunham Massey
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