Autumn Moon Festival

Today, The Confucius Institute hosted their Autumn Moon Festival in the Kanaris Theatre in the Manchester Museum.

The festival included a special performance of traditional music, dance, poetry and martial arts to celebrate the Chinese mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon or Mooncake Festival, a celebration of togetherness.

Visitors were given an opportunity to engage with Chinese culture, arts, crafts and ancient puzzles, as well as Chinese calligraphy.

The Confucius Institute at The University of Manchester aims to promote both Chinese language, learning and research, and an understanding of China and Chinese culture through public events, exhibitions and educational programmes.

This is just one of many events hosted by the Manchester Museum. The museum is certainly a venue with a difference!

Daytime facilities include the Kanaris Theatre that can accommodate upto 110 poeple, and a boardroom style Conference Room. The museum offers the opportunity to 'dine with dinosaurs' in the Pre-historic Life Gallery, and makes a unique wedding venue! - A unique grade 2* listed building built in 1885, with around 4.5 million items in its collections including mummies, dinosaurs, pottery, weapons, snakes and frogs would surely make it a day to remember!

Using a combination of the conferencing suite and galleries the museum can accommodate ceremonies, wedding breakfasts and receptions to suit the couple and guests' needs.