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University of Dundee Museum Collections

The University of Dundee holds unique and fascinating museum collections including scientific instruments, natural history specimens and an impressive art collection of paintings, prints and textiles.

There is always something interesting to see in the free public exhibition galleries, plus there are permanent displays on and off campus, including the D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum (Carnelley Building) and the Tayside Medical History Museum at Ninewells Hospital.

Broughty Castle Museum

Built in 1496, Broughty Castle has survived countless sieges and battles.Today it houses fascinating displays on the life and times of Broughty Ferry, its people, the environment and the wildlife that live close by.The Orchar Gallery located within the Castle, features a selection of around 30...
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Desperate Dan Statue and ‘Dawg'

Desperate Dan, hero of DC Thomson's ‘The Dandy' comics, is immortalised in Dundee, his place of ‘birth'.The grizzly-faced strong man is cast in an 8-ft tall bronze statue in the city centre alongside his ‘Dawg'.
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