The D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum
The University's Zoology Museum houses many fascinating specimens from around the world. Most of them were collected by the celebrated Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, the first Professor of Biology at Dundee. The images on this site reveal just a fraction of our collections - please contact us to find out more.
- Opening hours and special events
- Panoramic views of the museum on Google Maps
- Find out more about D'Arcy Thompson and the original Zoology Museum he created
- Art Funded project to collect artworks inspired by D'Arcy Thompson and his collections
- Blog by our artist-in-residence from summer 2012, Lindsay Sekulowicz
- Publication about D'Arcy and his work in Dundee
- Exhibitions about D'Arcy or based on his collections
- Sketching the Universe conference
- Become D'Arcy's friend on Facebook
- Website of the D'Arcy Thompson 150 celebrations in 2010
Open Days & Events
The museum is open regularly to the public on Friday afternoons during the summer vacation, and for special events throughout the year - find out more details of forthcoming events.
Main Collections
Browse through our main collections in the D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum.
More information
- See some of the star items in the museum
- Highlights from our art collection inspired by D'Arcy Thompson and the museum
- Find out about exhibitions based on the zoology collections
To find out more about the University's other natural history collections, visit the Herbarium webpage and the online versions of our exhibitions:
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