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7 Museums to Explore in Dundee

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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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Museums to Explore in Dundee

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Broughty Castle Museum
Broughty Castle Museum houses fascinating displays on the life and times of Broughty Ferry, its people, the environment and the wildlife that live close by. It was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified in 1454 when George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus received permission to build on the site. His son Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus was coerced into ceding the castle to the crown. The main tower house forming the centre of the castle with four floors was built by Andrew
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D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum - University of Dundee
The D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum is a museum of zoology at the University of Dundee in Scotland. It houses many fascinating specimens from around the world. The museum has a collection of birds, fish, insects, mammals, and reptiles from around the world, together with many of D'Arcy Thompson's original models and teaching aids, including Glass Sea Creatures by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka and model and fluid preparations by Vaclav Fric.
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Dundee
V&A Dundee is a design museum in Dundee, Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018.[3][4] The V&A Dundee is the first design museum in Scotland and the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London. The V&A Dundee is also the first building in the United Kingdom designed by Kengo Kuma.
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Dundee Museum of Transport
The Dundee Museum of Transport, located in Dundee, Scotland is a self-sustaining Scottish Charitable Organisation. The museum has a collection of historical items covering transport in Dundee and across Scotland. The museum offers four halls of artefacts from buses and trams used on local routes, motorbikes, pushbikes and cars from throughout the centuries and models of different ships and trains. There is also a gift shop and a café.
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Tayside Medical History Museum
The Tayside Medical History Museum holds one of the best medical collections in Scotland, which is displayed in both permanent and temporary displays in the University of Dundee Medical School at Ninewells Hospital. The collections of the Tayside Medical History Museum are among the finest in Scotland, showcasing the extraordinary history of pioneering medical research and practice in Dundee and the surrounding region.
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The McManus Art Gallery & Museum
The McManus is a magnificent Victorian, Gothic building where art, history and the environment combine to offer a fascinating insight into Dundee. It is home to Dundee's main collection spanning 400 million years and has been at the heart of art and culture in the City since 1867. The building houses a museum and art gallery with a collection of fine and decorative art as well as a natural history collection. It is protected as a Category A listed building.
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Verdant Works
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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