# Event Details - **Event Name**: Launch Event: The Artefacts of Prediction: Imagining Tomorrow - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 02 Dec, 2025 at 02:00 pm – Tue, 02 Dec, 2025 at 03:30 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for the opening of a new exhibition that explores how people from 1900-present have tried to glimpse, design, or control the future.About this EventThroughout the twentieth century and into our own time, the future has been imagined through science and superstition, data, design, and dreams. Drawing on objects from science, fashion, design, and popular culture, ‘The Artefacts of Prediction: Imagining Tomorrow’ invites visitors to consider how ideas about the future reflect the hopes, fears, and technologies of their time — and how our own predictions will one day become artefacts of the past.This exhibition is funded by the British Academy, and led by researchers from City St. George’s, University of London, the University of Manchester, the University of Bologna, and Monash University. Refreshments will be provided.Speakers:- Dr. Maria Christou (Manchester) and Dr. Lise Butler (City St George’s) will discuss the inspiration for the exhibition and the importance of prediction to twentieth century politics, literature and art- Futurist Scott Smith (Changeist) will introduce the Cold War era board game Future: A Game of Strategy, which turned global issues such as population growth, energy crises, and environmental change into manageable, rule-based play- Visual artist will Daniela Sherer will present her animated film Spaceship, which explores humanity’s enduring fascination with predicting the future- Curatorial team Renée Melton Klein and Connie Evans will tell us how they brought the exhibition to life - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/manchester/launch-event-the-artefacts-of-prediction-imagining-tomorrow/100001963429062179 - **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, fine-arts, literary-art, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Flaunch-event-the-artefacts-of-prediction-imagining-tomorrow-tickets-1963429062179 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Manchester - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: The Manchester Museum - **lat**: 53.466508 - **long**: -2.23442399999999 - **full address**: The Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Manchester Museum (https://allevents.in/org/manchester-museum/22581828) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/f310d9cb3c07ded60c454eedd40544cf7343425406d6170347b7ce379787edcd-rimg-w1200-h675-dcfefefe-gmir.jpg?v=1763537590 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/d8e4b8d2b92dcb8e9c4c926758435eaebd6b5cdbc478e849d9cefa6f55afeff1-rimg-w400-h400-dcfefefe-gmir.jpg?v=1763537588 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Tue, 02 Dec, 2025 at 02:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** The Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 GBP - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Manchester Museum - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, exhibitions, fine-arts, literary-art, entertainment - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Launch Event: The Artefacts of Prediction: Imagining Tomorrow ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Launch Event: The Artefacts of Prediction: Imagining Tomorrow", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/f310d9cb3c07ded60c454eedd40544cf7343425406d6170347b7ce379787edcd-rimg-w1200-h675-dcfefefe-gmir.jpg?v=1763537590", "startDate": "2025-12-02", "endDate": "2025-12-02", "url": "https://allevents.in/manchester/launch-event-the-artefacts-of-prediction-imagining-tomorrow/100001963429062179", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "The Manchester Museum", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Oxford Road", "postalCode": "M13 9PL", "addressLocality": "Manchester", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "53.466508", "longitude": "-2.23442399999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join us for the opening of a new exhibition that explores how people from 1900-present have tried to glimpse, design, or control the future.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "2025-12-02", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/manchester/launch-event-the-artefacts-of-prediction-imagining-tomorrow/100001963429062179" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/manchester/launch-event-the-artefacts-of-prediction-imagining-tomorrow/100001963429062179", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Manchester Museum", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/manchester-museum/22581828", "description": "We're the Museum on Oxford Road with the dinosaurs and live animals. 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