Exhibitions
Current and forthcoming exhibitions
Unfortunately we do not have space for exhibitions at our new location, but hope to create some virtual exhibitions featuring images from Special Collections in the near future.
- View the George Buchanan virtual exhibition.
See details of our last major exhibition, Printing in Fife, created as part of the celebration of 500 years of Scottish printing in 2008.
Exhibitions enquiries
If you wish to enquire about the possiblility of putting on an exhibition to coincide with a conference or anniversary, or if you wish to borrow items for an exhibition, please contact the Special Collections Department on 01334 462339.
External exhibitions
Papers, notebooks, letters, photographs and books from Special Collections are have been on loan to two exhibitions during 2010, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of D'arcy Wentworth Thompson, a pioneer of of the study of life sciences, whose archive is held in the Department.
- D'arcy Thompson: Growth and Form, Lamb Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee, from 19 March to 22 May 2010, focussing on the 32 years he spent as Professor of Biology in Dundee and founder of the Zoology Museum, on his expeditions to the Bering Sea, interest in international fisheries, and the writing of his masterpiece 'On Growth and Form'. More details.
- The Parrot and the Polymath, Gateway Galleries, 20 March to 3 May 2010, put on by Museums and Galleries students. More details.