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Best Western Queens Hotel

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Hampton by Hilton Dundee

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Top Activities Near D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum - University of Dundee

Attractions Near D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum - University of Dundee

Gallery Q Dundee

0.16 km away from here

Gallery Q Dundee offers an outstanding variety of art by artists from across Scotland and further afield. Paintings, prints, ceramics, glass and jewellery are all on display in monthly exhibitions, so there's always something new to see. It specialises in contemporary art, sculpture and applied arts. New exhibitions take place monthly.

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Dundee Contemporary Arts

0.21 km away from here

Dundee Contemporary Arts is a world-class centre for the development and exhibition of contemporary art and culture. It is a vibrant building with five floors hosting unique exhibitions, world cinema, a café-bar, and a print studio.

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Dundee Science Centre

0.25 km away from here

Dundee’s science centre offers an impressive engaging tourist attraction for young and old. Its aims include the understanding of science and how it affects our everyday lives, bringing together science and the public through both standing and temporary exhibitions. Dundee Science Centre is also a corporate venue and a HMIE-inspected resource for science learning and public engagement. The centre hosts school groups, uniformed groups and also birthday parties.

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Verdant Works

0.52 km away from here

Verdant Works, built in 1833, is the last working jute mill in Scotland. It is an A-listed building and a rare surviving example of an early 19th-century courtyard-style mill. Verdant Works tells the story of Dundee's textile industries, from the early days of 18th-century flax weaving, through the introduction and rise of jute production to the present day and the manufacture of man-made fibres.

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The Howff

0.53 km away from here

The Howff Cemetery, now a protected monument on Ward Road, Dundee City, was formerly an orchard of the Greyfriars' monastery, and was licensed to be used as a burial ground by Mary Queen of Scots in 1564. The graveyard is highly unusual by Scottish standards, containing a high number of Roman-style coffer tombs. It also contains a high number of inscriptions which philosophise on death itself rather than discussing the person interred.

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Desperate Dan Statue

0.61 km away from here

The Desperate Dan statue sits at 8 feet tall and is made from bronze. It can be found in the city centre shopping area. It was unveiled by the children of the Dundee High Street school. The statue is the work of Angus-based artists Tony and Susie Morrow, and was funded from public and private sources.

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Dundee

Dundee is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was 148,280, giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or 6,420/sq mi, the second-highest in Scotland. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea. Under the name of Dundee City, it forms one of the 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland.

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