University of Dundee Museums Exhibitions

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Current exhibitions

Event

Saturday 8 October 2022, 11:00 - Friday 16 December 2022, 19:00

An exhibition telling the story of Nelson Mandela’s relationship to Scotland and the role played by the Scottish people in the global struggle to end apartheid

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille by Ashanti Harris

Event

Bacchanal - Le We Be Free

Saturday 12 November 2022, 11:00 - Saturday 4 February 2023, 16:00

Bacchanal explores the history of carnivals. How did a harvest celebration for slaves become the world’s most iconic street party?

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Past exhibitions

A hand-painted Rupert the Bear image that features in the new exhibition

Event

Comics Stripped!

Monday 4 July 2022, 09:30 - Saturday 1 October 2022, 16:00

How do you make a comic? This exhibition is designed to strip away some of the mysteries surrounding the process.

Exhibition | Free | Booking required

Comic of two dogs in suits stacking a shelf

Event

Tales of the Unexpected

Monday 8 August 2022, 09:30 - Saturday 29 October 2022, 16:00

An exhibition of creative responses to the University's archive and museum collections for Scotland's Year of Stories

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Past exhibitions (archived)

Virtual exhibitions

View some online exhibitions that we've curated

We're using Art UK's Curations platform to create some mini art exhibitions

A Sketch of the Universe - the Artistic Influence of D'Arcy Thompson Alan Robb and the Dundee Imagists Art & Dundee Artists and Places: Dundee in Photographs by Walter Simms David Foggie - The Painters' Painter Dundee - Picturing the City Joseph Lee - War Poet & Artist The Body The Dundee Art Collectors Women at Work: Highlighting Female Artists in the University of Dundee Museum Collections 15 Highlights from the University of Dundee Museum Collections (chosen by student intern Mattea Gernentz)