Visitor Information

Where to Find Us

At present the University has no permanent Museum building in which to display its Collections. Instead, the Curator stages a variety of temporary exhibitions and permanent displays. You can find most of the buildings listed below on the interactive campus map.

Tower Building

You can see regular exhibitions from the Collections in the Tower Foyer Gallery on the ground floor and the Lamb Gallery on the first floor. There are also works of art on display in the Baxter Conference Suite foyer, the River Rooms and other parts of the building.
The Tower Foyer and Lamb Galleries are open Mon-Fri 09.30-20.30 Sat 09.30-16.30 (shorter hours may apply during University vacations).

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Tower Buildingby J McIntosh Patrick

Bonar Hall

Various artworks are on show here, including portraits of past Principals and Chancellors by McIntosh Patrick, Alberto Morrocco and others.

Carnelley Building

This houses the D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, open Fridays afternoons during the summer and by appointment at other times.

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University House

University House

This house (built as Elmslea in the 1850s and home to two significant art collectors, William Ritchie and John Robertson) has traditiaonlly been used as the Principal's Residence, and hosts some of our most impressive paintings, including works by Raeburn, McTaggart, Cadell and John Duncan. An appointment is required to visit.

West Park House

Now a conference centre, the house was originally built for Sir William Henderson, one of the principal benefactors of Dundee's Art College. We have more fine art on display here, including works by John Phillip, David Foggie and John Thomson of Duddingston. Again, an appointment is required.

Law Library

Located in the Scrymgeour Building, this houses magnificent artworks by William Etty and Sir Peter Lely in the main room, plus a selection of fine portraits in the Lower Reading Room.

Chaplaincy

Various artworks are displayed in this building, as well as a stunning carved stone cross by Hew Lorimer.

Medical School

Ninewells Hospital is the venue for the Tayside Medical History Museum, showing regular exhibitions on local medical history, as well as a collection of fine portraits from Dundee Royal Infirmary.

And the rest...

There are other departmental displays in:

  • Anatomy - Medical Sciences Institute
  • Dentistry - Park Place
  • Electronic Engineering - Ewing Building
  • Mechanical Engineering - Fulton Building
  • Psychology - Scrymgeour Building
  • and more...

For everything else, and for further information, please visit our office and storerooms at Hawkhill House, 5-7 Hawkhill Place

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Hawkhill House

Other Information

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This website has a link to it from the Saatchi Gallery.

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