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Upcoming events

Detail from a photo-collage birthday card published by Valentine & Sons, c.1960
View Recent Acquisitions

Event

Saturday 13 January 2024, 11:00 - Monday 1 April 2024, 19:00

This exhibition showcases some of the most recent additions to the University of Dundee Museum Collections, including art, design, medicine and life sciences.

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Ingress by Heather McNab, 2019
View Un-Earthed

Event

Saturday 10 February 2024, 11:00 - Saturday 27 April 2024, 16:00

An exhibition of art and artefacts exploring our connections to the land

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Wellbeing walk poster featuring a cartoon woman with long brown hair looking through a magnifying glass at a museum leaflet.
View Wellbeing Walk

Event

Wednesday 24 April 2024, 15:00 - 16:00

Do you know where you can discover a collection of animal teeth, a giant spider crab, and the University’s first computer?

Walk | Free | No booking required

Wellbeing walk poster featuring a cartoon woman with long brown hair looking through a magnifying glass at a museum leaflet.
View Wellbeing Walk

Event

Friday 3 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00

Do you know where you can discover a room of pressed flowers from around the world, serene artworks, and a Bronze Age burial cist on campus?

Walk | Free | No booking required

Light Above by Lorna Romanenghi
View A Decade of Design

Event

Saturday 4 May 2024, 11:00 - Saturday 3 August 2024, 16:00

Celebrating ten years of Dundee’s UNESCO City of Design status with an exhibition showcasing a decade of design created at DJCAD

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Past events

Detail from a design for a machine-printed fabric by John Symington
View Back to the Future

Event

Saturday 11 November 2023, 11:00 - Saturday 3 February 2024, 16:00

An exhibition showcasing art, design, science and technology from the 1950s

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

x-ray diffraction pattern
View Presenting Patterns

Event

Friday 20 October 2023, 17:30 - 18:30

An evening of fascinating talks from researchers around the University on the importance of pattern in their work

Talk | Free | Booking required

detail from a textile sample by Molly Marshalsey, 2019
View Pattern Play

Event

Saturday 5 August 2023, 11:00 - Saturday 4 November 2023, 16:00

An exhibition exploring pattern in art, design and science

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

image of 4 chairs from the University of Dundee Museums' design chair collection, floating on a pale blue background with white music score overlaid.
View Musical Chairs Workshop

Event

Saturday 20 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00

Join us for an afternoon of creative music making inspired by the University of Dundee Museums' collection of iconic Design Chairs.

Music performance | Free | Booking required

Piriton leaflet c1957
View Got the Message?

Event

Saturday 13 May 2023, 11:00 - Saturday 29 July 2023, 16:00

An exhibition exploring the power of graphic design to change your life!

Exhibition | Free | No booking required