Caroline Brown

D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum: #WelcomeWeek

One of the University’s hidden gems is the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, a treasure trove of natural history specimens from around the world, many of them collected by our first Professor of Biology, D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson, an extraordinary polymath best…

Pressed for (all) time

Amy Crawford, MGS Funded Museum Engagement Officer   The herbarium is an often-overlooked part of our museum collections. Housing over 13,000 specimens from Angus to Darjeeling, the room is rather magical. Behind every small door is a collated stack of…

Happy Birthday School of Business

The University’s School of Business can trace its origins back to 1931 making it 90 years old this year. Founded by textile magnate George Bonar, the Dundee School of Economics and Commerce was housed in Bonar House, Bell Street which…

World Breastfeeding Week 2021

“Calm down, they’re just having lunch”   University of Dundee Museums partnered with Breast Buddies Dundee for World Breastfeeding Week 2021.  The Museum Engagement team edited images from their Fine Art collections in an effort to catch your eye and share…

Writing History with the Archives

Writing History was an innovative School of Humanities module which encouraged students to explore different approaches to research and writing through the medium of the University’s archive collections. Students used records of Dundee’s jute industry, case books and other material…