D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson is best known for his ground-breaking book On Growth and Form, which laid the foundations for the science of mathematical biology. However that was just one of his many publications, and Museum Services recently staged a fascinating online…
Every year, the Dundee Women’s Festival, a city‐wide event, takes place in Dundee, during the first two weeks of March including International Women’s Day on 8th March. This festival is organised by women in the local community and is an…
We are excited to bring attention to an online collection of writing and art as the first instalment of These Windows. This collaborative project between the University of Dundee and the V&A Dundee aims to present an online gallery gathered…
The latest virtual walking tour by University museum curator Matthew Jarron focuses on Dundee’s waterfront. While the previous videos were made using Google Streetview, this one mostly takes place off-road and so was filmed in person on a glorious sunny…
The exhibition Moving Jamaica: Scottish-Caribbean Connections & Local-Global Journeys – first shown in the Lamb Gallery in 2018 – has been restaged at the St Andrews Preservation Trust Museum. As part of Black History Month, a special online event is…
A big welcome to all our Freshers! Normally during Welcome Week, museum curator Matthew Jarron leads a historical walking tour of the city campus for students, introducing some of the older buildings and exploring some of the University’s history. Covid…
While our physical exhibition spaces have been closed, the University’s Museum Services have been curating online exhibitions using Art UK’s new Curations platform. The latest exhibition highlights the extraordinary artistic influence of Dundee’s first Professor of Biology, D’Arcy Thompson (1860-1948).…
While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind…
While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind…
While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind…