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Start by heading outside through the main front doors. Wh il st y ou ’ r e Can you see a massive pebble? It was brought here from outside, look for a Italy by Japanese sculptor Kan Yasuda in 1996 and cost big head. £200,000. The artist called it a touchstone – go ahead, Sir touch it! rebuilt the Hallé Orchestra after Can you find a plaque telling World War II, when you the Japanese name of the only 36 players Touchstone? returned from ______fighting.

When did Sir John Now go into the Hall. The floor of the foyer is made Barbirolli become of Jurassic limestone from under the sea – it’s almost conductor? 200 million years old. Limestone is made when millions of tiny grains of sand are pressed together by the ______weight of earth or water on top of them. Sometimes, the skeletons of animals get caught among the grains For how long did to create a fossil. he conduct the orchestra ? ______There are lots of fossils in the floor ‐ can Finish the quote; “Or walk with kings….” you find one? What shape is it? Draw it here: ______

______It’s a line from a famous poem called ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling – you might know him as the author of The Jungle Books and The Just So Stories. It suggests that even though Barbirolli was so successful, he wasn’t too proud to get on well with people around him.

Did you know that none of The touches the floor? The whole building is suspended on huge springs on 250 columns underground, which you can see if you If your fossil looks a bit like a beetle, it’s a come on a building tour. The springs stop trilobite. If it’s shaped like a spiral, it’s any noise from outside – from trams, or called an ammonite. They were both small traffic, or building work – from spoiling the music. If sea creatures that lived in the Jurassic we filled the building with people and asked them period – the same time as the dinosaurs! all to jump up and down, we might be able to get it to shake a tiny bit ­ I bet you can’t make it move Adults! on your own! This trail is designed for children aged 7­11, and can take up to 30 minutes ­ please leave yourselves time to be seated in the concert. Please accompany children throughout your visit. Go upstairs to the Choir Circle on Level 2. The two huge bronze doors lead into the auditorium. They‛ve been made so big so that as you step inside, you feel like you‛re going into somewhere important and amazing.

The doors are made of bronze, which changes colour over time. Can you see any fingerprints on the metal? It looks like strands of cotton, because that’s The next We never polish the doors, because the the industry that made level is called colours change differently where they have been touched by great. the Circle – people‛s hands. Over time, the doors will change to reflect all stop here and of the people who have ever visited the Hall. take a look at the sculpture on the wall. It reminds me of It was Make sure you add your handprint before you move on! water, to reflect the canal outside. c r e a t e d b y Derryck Healey, but he didn’t give it a name.

It’s like waves of Nearly there! Climb to the very top level, the Gallery, and

What does it music rippling look out of the glass windows. Can you see: through the air remind you of? c

The Rochdale Canal? ______this stretch of the canal was created specially when c The Bridgewater Hall was built in 1996. Is the fountain ______c______working? What name would you give to the sculpture?

The tallest building in Manchester? ______the Beetham Tower is 47 storeys high! c ______A tram? ‐ can you see where it’s going? _____c______Well done! You’v e found most of the treasures Two hotels? ‐ can you spot their names? of The Bridge Hall. Bu water t the most import th ant part of e building isn’t ______out here in the foyers – i t’s through those bronze huge doors, inside the ______w auditorium here you can h (You might have to skip this one if it’s dark outside!) ear some of the world’s greatest music a Four diagonal lines on the pavement outside? nd see some of These lines point at four important Manchester landmarks. the g r e a t e The line on the left points to the Free Trade Hall, where s t musicians. classical music was played before The Bridgewater Hall was built. That’s where you’ll be goin The next three lines point towards , Albert g next for today Square – the main square in the city – and Manchester Town ’s concert. Have Hall. a wonderful time! If you couldn’t get outside earlier, you can spot our big pebble from here too!