University of Dundee Museums Exhibitions

Museum exhibitions with people

Current exhibitions

Past exhibitions

Event

Monday 12 May 2025, 09:30 - Friday 25 July 2025, 19:00

An exhibition by Jean Duncan, artist-in-residence at the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science, University of Dundee

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Detail of print inspired by diatoms and microplastics
View Flow

Event

Monday 7 April 2025, 09:30 - Friday 27 June 2025, 19:00

A colourful exhibition showcasing the work of painter Peter Flynn, celebrating fifty years since he enrolled at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art.

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Abandoned Station, painting by Peter Flynn
View Peter Flynn: Crossings

Event

Monday 13 January 2025, 09:30 - Friday 28 March 2025, 19:00

An exhibition examining the evolving role of the female body in art, exploring how it has been used to convey stories of desire, identity and power.

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Portrait of a lady in silk dress (detail)
View Reframing the Muse

Event

Saturday 10 August 2024, 11:00 - Saturday 2 November 2024, 16:00

An exhibition of the work of photographer Alex Coupar, charting the faces and places of Dundee and beyond

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Young Romantics by Alex Coupar, 1950s
View Coupar's Camera

Event

Saturday 6 July 2024, 11:00 - Saturday 28 September 2024, 16:00

An exhibition of black and white art demonstrates a range of techniques to create depth and contrast in ways that can only be found with the absence of colour

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Dog's Head by Alexander Allan, c.1930s
View Colour-Less

Event

Saturday 4 May 2024, 11:00 - Saturday 3 August 2024, 16:00

Celebrating ten years of Dundee’s UNESCO City of Design status with an exhibition showcasing a decade of design created at DJCAD

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Light Above by Lorna Romanenghi
View A Decade of Design

Event

Saturday 10 February 2024, 11:00 - Saturday 27 April 2024, 16:00

An exhibition of art and artefacts exploring our connections to the land

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Ingress by Heather McNab, 2019
View Un-Earthed

Event

Saturday 13 January 2024, 11:00 - Monday 1 April 2024, 19:00

This exhibition showcases some of the most recent additions to the University of Dundee Museum Collections, including art, design, medicine and life sciences.

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Detail from a photo-collage birthday card published by Valentine & Sons, c.1960
View Recent Acquisitions

Event

Saturday 11 November 2023, 11:00 - Saturday 3 February 2024, 16:00

An exhibition showcasing art, design, science and technology from the 1950s

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Detail from a design for a machine-printed fabric by John Symington
View Back to the Future

Event

Saturday 5 August 2023, 11:00 - Saturday 4 November 2023, 16:00

An exhibition exploring pattern in art, design and science

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

detail from a textile sample by Molly Marshalsey, 2019
View Pattern Play

Event

Saturday 13 May 2023, 11:00 - Saturday 29 July 2023, 16:00

An exhibition exploring the power of graphic design to change your life!

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Piriton leaflet c1957
View Got the Message?

Event

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

Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille by Ashanti Harris
View Bacchanal - Le We Be Free

Event

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

Comic of two dogs in suits stacking a shelf
View Tales of the Unexpected

Event

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

A hand-painted Rupert the Bear image that features in the new exhibition
View Comics Stripped!
Past exhibitions (archived)