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Science and Modernism: a walking tour of Manchester's Oxford Road

Weekly Event - Every Saturday: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (GMT)

Manchester, United Kingdom

Science and Modernism: a walking tour of Manchester's...

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Manchester Metropolitan University and the Manchester Modernist Society are pleased to present a walking tour of Oxford Road - the city's own 'Knowledge Corridor'.  Over the course of the 20th century, Oxford Road became the site of some of the world's greatest scientific discoveries, and  home to some of the city's most challenging and controversial Modern architecture.


The tour will intertwine the history of Oxford Road's development over the last 100 years together with profiles of the some of great, and not so, great scientists who once perambulated along this great thoroughfare.  We will also examine how research and education in Manchester have become entangled in the planning and regeneration of the city - from the post-war re-imagining of Oxford Road as an educational and cultural precinct to its modern position as a driver of a global knowledge economy.


So please join Dr Steve Millington (Manchester Metropolitan University), Maureen Ward (the Manchester Modernist Society) and Eddy Rhead (formerly of the 20th Century Society) in October.


Meet in the foyer of the John Dalton Building (Oxford Road), Manchester Metropolitan University at 1pm on either the 23rd or 30th October.    The tour is free, but places are limited to 25 per tour.


The tour will last around 2 hours. Please dress sensibly for the prevailing weather conditions.


Manchester Modernist Society

http://www.manchestermodernistsociety.org/

Manchester Science Festival

http://www.manchestersciencefestival.com/

Where


Manchester Metropolitan University
M1 5GD Manchester
United Kingdom

  News and Updates
Monday, October 18, 2010

Both tours are now fully booked.  However, please can you check this website again later in the week should there be any returns.

 

Cheers

 

Steve