Resources

Whether you want to listen to audio descriptions of artworks or make use of our free craft tutorials and colouring sheets, there are plenty of useful resources at your disposal here.

The official website for the Whitworth. Read about our opening hours, how to get to the gallery and find out about our current and upcoming exhibitions.

Gathering of Strangers hear from the Whitworth’s Civic Engagement and Education department through their official blog.

The Musgrave Kinley Collection Blog explores the work of artists in the Musgrave Kinley Outsider Collection, housed at the Whitworth in Manchester.

Feeling crafty? Are you not sure what to make or how to make something? Here you’ll find a range of craft ideas and tutorials to help satisfy your creative urge, as well as short posts about the history of certain crafts to provide you with inspiration for your own creative projects.

Colour Our Collections: Here you’ll find colouring sheets for all ages- and all created from pieces in our collections! Each colouring sheet was created by a member of the Visitor Team carefully hand tracing an image of a piece from our collections. You can download a free pdf. version of each sheet and find out about the process of turning each piece into a colouring sheet- as well as read about the history behind the original artwork .

Audio Description: Listen to audio descriptions of pieces from the Whitworth’s collections. Each description has been written by a member of the Whitworth’s Visitor Team.

(Un)Defining Queer Resources: find out about the (Un)Defining Queer exhibition and listen to audio descriptions of works which were on display in the exhibition.

Caring for Your Seasonal Treasures. In 2023 other departments at the gallery joined in the fun for #WhitworthAdvent, our annual online advent calendar. Sarah, our Preventative and Sculpture Conservator, contributed some sound advice for keeping heirlooms safe and preserving them for future generations. Although written with Christmas decorations in mind, this short guide is useful for any seasonal decorations.