Hannah Fleming’s beautiful oars took inspiration from a 1902 SS Active logbook held by the University Archives. The whaling logbooks given an insight into this industry and tell of successes and challenges. Sadly, the SS Active was to sink near Orkney losing all of her crew. This day begins … (2019) by Hannah Fleming…Continue Reading RDMH – This Day Begins… by Hannah Fleming
Jazz trumpeteer ‘Satchmo’ was just one musician Peto photographed during his career, often capturing them before or just after a performance, as with this one taken in 1956 at the Empress Ballroom, London. Photo-journalist Michael Peto worked with The Observer during the 1950s and ‘60s. His collection is a chronicle of an age – a spirited…Continue Reading The Peto Collection – Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong, 1956
In the following short video, botanical horticulturalist Clare Reaney talks through how the living collections in the Botanic Gardens at the University of Dundee are labelled, and what the labels mean. Labelling is an extremely important part of the conservation process within the Botanics – the living collections have two parts to them; the plants you…Continue Reading Video: Labels in the Botanic Gardens and What They Mean
Flow by Rosemary Taylor Installation “Flow is a site-specific installation that threads and winds around the exhibition space of the Lamb Gallery before exiting into the Tower Foyer. The fine threads along the walls replicate the tributaries entering a body of water such as a river. The flow of undulating rope then runs down into…Continue Reading RDMH – Flow by Rosemary Taylor
While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the first in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind some of our most interesting objects and artworks. In the following video (part one of…Continue Reading Video: The Early Years of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (PART ONE)
Annie Wynne’s installation for the River Deep Mountain High exhibition found inspiration in the McClean Hydrometric Data collection held by the University Archives. I Follow Rivers by Annie Wynne Installation “Water has been measured extensively. The thickness in feet of the Greenland ice shelf; the number of cubic kilometres of ocean water; the percentage…Continue Reading RDMH – I Follow Rivers by Annie Wynne
Murdoch was one of many figures of literature photographed by Peto. Murdoch was a Fellow of Philosophy at Oxford University when this portrait was taken in 1962 for a profile in the The Observer Weekend Review. Photo-journalist Michael Peto worked with The Observer during the 1950s and ‘60s. His collection is a chronicle of an…Continue Reading The Peto Collection – Writer Iris Murdoch
Dundee University Operatic Society (usually known as OpSoc) Programme for production of the Grand Duchess performed at Dundee’s Whitehall theatre in 1980. OpSoc has been in existence for nearly 60 years and is the University’s longest standing musical theatre society staging a number of concerts including one major musical a year. The University Archives preserves…Continue Reading OpSoc Programme for The Grand Duchess, 1980
From the University Museum collections, one of over 70 broadsheets from the 1960s and ’70s made by Graphic Design and Illustration & Printmaking students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. If you know who created this one get in touch! More of these can be found on the UoD Museums Facebook page…Continue Reading DJCAD Graphic Design Students’ Broadsheets
A popular feature of our Zoology Museum at UoD are our colouring sheets created by DJCAD alumnus Gavin Rutherford. For those of you looking for something to keep the kids occupied, here’s one you can print out and complete at home! The Museums here at University of Dundee have you covered for all your colouring…Continue Reading Colouring Sheets by DJCAD Alumnus Gavin Rutherford
While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is one of a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind some of our most interesting objects and artworks. In this video, we look at the collection…Continue Reading Video: Blaschka glass models in the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum