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Exhibit – Tackling TB: Dundee Scientists Fighting The Killer Cough

06/10/2023 - 01/04/2024

Date: 7 October - 1 April 2024 Time: Museum Opening hours Price: Free with museum admission or to annual pass holders Visitor information: Tackling TB exhibition won't be accessible from 10-15 November due to a private event.  The exhibition also won't be accessible on the dates below: 13 - 22 December;  17 - 22 January; ...
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Family Friendly Activities This Winter

15/10/2023 - 17/12/2023

  We are excited to host family-friendly workshops at Verdant Works in  October, November & December. The educational workshops will dive into the recently launched exhibition - Tackling TB, exploring the subject in a creative and hands-on style. Dates: 15 October;  17 February, 24 March ! 16 December Slots have been cancelled  Time: 11 am...
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Exhibition: I held You Here, In My Two Hands

02/12/2023 - 11/02/2024

  Date: 2 December 2023 to 11 February 2024 Time: Museum Opening Hours Entry: Free with admission or to annual pass holders. Kids under 16 go free.   'I held you here, in my two hands' by Rhona Jack consists of the stitched-together lives of others, in objects they have owned and discarded. In this work,...
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Christmas Fun Day at Verdant Works

09/12/2023 - 09/12/2023

  Verdant Works Christmas Fun Day 9th December 2023 11 am - 4 pm Free entry!*   Our magical Christmas Fun Day will include a mini market in our atmospheric Glazed Alley showcasing the best of Tayside and beyond with local designers, crafters, illustrators, drinks and more! All you need for finding special gifts for your...
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Exclusive: RSNO Quintet at Verdant Works

14/12/2023 - 14/12/2023

We couldn't be happier to welcome the Royal Scottish National Orchestra brass quintet back to Verdant Works, this time for a Christmas performance on 14th December! Their performances in our High Mill are spectacular - do come along! Thurs 14th December Time TBC Free entry (does not include entry to rest...
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Past Events

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Memory Exchange / 60+

04/08/2016 - 04/08/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works 10:30 - 12 noon / 60+ We would like to welcome anyone over the age of 60 to join us for a cup of tea and a chat. We’ll provide photos, music and themed objects from our archive to inspire trips down memory lane. These informal, drop-in...
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Wee Weavers / Ages 2 – 5

02/09/2016 - 02/09/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works 10:30 - 11:30 am / Ages 2 - 5 Stories, songs, craft sessions and messy play for wee ones aged 2-5, inspired by our museum collection. Park your buggy and join us for a coffee, 10:30- 11:30 am. Fri 2 Sep – Making movement Fri 7 Oct –Hallowe’en: friendly...
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Textiles for portfolios

06/09/2016 - 27/09/2016

Tues 6, 13, 20 & 27 Sep 4 – 5:30 pm / Higher and Advanced Higher students In this weekly after school course, textile artist Morag Gray will encourage Higher and Advanced Higher Art and Design pupils to create interesting textile surfaces, produce and develop a sketchbook of drawings, design ideas,...
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Memory Exchange / 60+

08/09/2016 - 08/09/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works 10:30 - 12 noon / 60+ We would like to welcome anyone over the age of 60 to join us for a cup of tea and a chat. We’ll provide photos, music and themed objects from our archive to inspire trips down memory lane. These informal, drop-in...
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Sunday Screening

11/09/2016 - 11/09/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works Doors open 11 am, film starts shortly after / All ages Free monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Verdant Works. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring an appetite for popcorn! Join our mailing list or contact the museum for full...
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Talk: The Hidden Life of a Museum

17/09/2016 - 17/09/2016

The Weavers Room @ Verdant Works 2 pm / All ages Come and hear about Dundee Heritage Trust’s polar and textile industry collections and some of the hidden work of a museum, including conservation. The talk will be held in the Weavers’ Room, not normally open to the public and will include...
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Memory Exchange / 60+

06/10/2016 - 06/10/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works 10:30 - 12 noon / 60+ We would like to welcome anyone over the age of 60 to join us for a cup of tea and a chat. We’ll provide photos, music and themed objects from our archive to inspire trips down memory lane. These informal, drop-in...
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Wee Weavers / Ages 2 – 5

07/10/2016 - 07/10/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works 10:30 - 11:30 am / Ages 2 - 5 Stories, songs, craft sessions and messy play for wee ones aged 2-5, inspired by our museum collection. Park your buggy and join us for a coffee, 10:30- 11:30 am. Fri 2 Sep – Making movement Fri 7 Oct – Hallowe’en:...
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Sunday Screening

09/10/2016 - 09/10/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works Doors open 11 am, film starts shortly after / All ages Free monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Verdant Works. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring an appetite for popcorn! Join our mailing list or contact the museum for full...
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New Architect Club / 7+

15/10/2016 - 15/10/2016

Red Box / High Mill @ Verdant Works 10:30 – 12 noon / Ages 7 + Join us for a Saturday morning exploration into architecture, as part of the Festival of Architecture celebrations in Scotland. We’ll use collage and mark-making techniques to mash up text, logos and repeat patterns into architectural creations...
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Talk: Renewing the High Mill @ Verdant Works

22/10/2016 - 22/10/2016

The Weavers Room @ Verdant Works 10:30 – 11:30 am / All ages This jute spinning mill, derelict for many years, underwent a dramatic change last year. Join heritage expert Mark Watson (Historic Environment Scotland) and Dundee Heritage Trust Curator, Louisa Attaheri for a discussion of the design history and conservation...
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Dark Dundee – Hallowe’en Takeover @ Verdant Works

28/10/2016 - 31/10/2016

Times TBC (approximately 1 hr 15 mins) / Ages 12 + For four nights only, Dark Dundee will take over Verdant works. Join us as we explore the dangerous times in Dundee during the jute boom years, when the mills were full of deadly characters and an inherent fear of the...
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Memory Exchange / 60+

03/11/2016 - 03/11/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works 10:30 - 12 noon / 60+ We would like to welcome anyone over the age of 60 to join us for a cup of tea and a chat. We’ll provide photos, music and themed objects from our archive to inspire trips down memory lane. These informal, drop-in...
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Playing with Pattern: Textiles with Louise Kirby

12/11/2016 - 12/11/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works 10 - 4 pm Learn new skills, take creative risks and experiment with textile designer Louise Kirby. There will be opportunities to print your own fabric, play with pattern and stitch up a storm in this relaxed, creative environment. No experience necessary. £25 per participant, per day course....
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Sunday Screening

13/11/2016 - 13/11/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works Doors open 11 am, film starts shortly after / All ages Free monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Verdant Works. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring an appetite for popcorn! Join our mailing list or contact the museum for full...
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Memory Exchange / 60+

01/12/2016 - 01/12/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works 10:30 - 12 noon / 60+ We would like to welcome anyone over the age of 60 to join us for a cup of tea and a chat. We’ll provide photos, music and themed objects from our archive to inspire trips down memory lane. These informal, drop-in...
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Wee Weavers / Ages 2 – 5

02/12/2016 - 02/12/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works 10:30 - 11:30 am / Ages 2 - 5 Stories, songs, craft sessions and messy play for wee ones aged 2-5, inspired by our museum collection. Park your buggy and join us for a coffee, 10:30- 11:30 am. Fri 2 Sep – Making movement Fri 7 Oct –Hallowe’en: friendly...
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Sunday Screening

11/12/2016 - 11/12/2016

Red Box @ Verdant Works Doors open 11 am, film starts shortly after / All ages Free monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Verdant Works. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring an appetite for popcorn! Join our mailing list or contact the museum for full...
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Edge Textiles: Edge @ Verdant Works

21/01/2017 - 23/04/2017

Edge Textiles is a collective of artists from Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow who aim to promote excellence in all aspects of contemporary textiles. They had their inaugural exhibition in Dundee in 2000 at McManus Galleries and now look forward to returning to Dundee with a new body of work, in...
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Young Engineers Club (11 – 16)

24/01/2017 - 24/01/2017

Red Box @ Verdant Works 4 – 5:30 pm / Ages 11- 16 After school science and fun hands-on problem solving with experts. Come along to develop your engineering skills with our resident STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador team. Additional dates include: 31 Jan 7 Feb 14 Feb £4 per session. Numbers limited;...
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Young Engineers Club (11 – 16)

31/01/2017 - 31/01/2017

Red Box @ Verdant Works 4 – 5:30 pm / Ages 11- 16 After school science and fun hands-on problem solving with experts. Come along to develop your engineering skills with our resident STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador team. Additional dates include: 7 Feb 14 Feb £4 per session. Numbers limited; booking essential...
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Playing with Pattern: Textiles with Louise Kirby

05/02/2017 - 05/02/2017

Red Box @ Verdant Works 10 - 4 pm Learn new skills, take creative risks and experiment with textile designer Louise Kirby. There will be opportunities to print your own fabric, play with pattern and stitch up a storm in this relaxed, creative environment. No experience necessary. £25 per participant, per day course....
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Young Engineers Club (11 – 16)

07/02/2017 - 07/02/2017

Red Box @ Verdant Works 4 – 5:30 pm / Ages 11- 16 After school science and fun hands-on problem solving with experts. Come along to develop your engineering skills with our resident STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador team. Additional dates include: 14 Feb £4 per session. Numbers limited; booking essential T: 07341...
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Creativity in the Collection: Art and Advertising

01/03/2017 - 01/09/2017

Bringing together both commercial and personal objects from Verdant Works collection, this exhibition presents the creative side of the jute industry. It showcases a range of objects dating from the 19th to the 21st century that are united by their creative spirit, such as drawing, poetry, sculpture, printing and advertising....
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Bonnie Fechters – Songs & Stories of Hope & Resistance

11/03/2017 - 11/03/2017

7 – 8 pm / doors open 6:45 pm / Ages 12 + Devised, performed & directed by Morna Burdon Join us for an evening of inspiring stories and songs about women’s activism & struggle locally, nationally and internationally. Morna will take us on a journey through the ages and across the...
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Easter Holidays @ Verdant Works

31/03/2017 - 16/04/2017

Throughout the holiday fortnight there'll be a Victorian Easter Museum Trail and drop in Easter crafts in the Red Box at Verdant Works for all ages to enjoy! Don't miss our special Sunday Screening on Sunday 2nd April, 11 am or our Easter Craft-ernoon on Saturday 15th April - we'll be making Easter...
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Sunday Screenings (Family)

02/04/2017 - 02/04/2017

11 am / All ages Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Verdant Works. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11 am, film starts shortly after. Telephone 07341 127 417 to find out about the up coming films. Free, no...
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Sunday evening Silver Screenings (Adults)

02/04/2017 - 02/04/2017

We’ve picked four fantastic films to screen in our cosy Red Box. With a brief introduction and friendly welcome from our Learning Officer, this is the perfect way to wind down your weekend and get set for the week ahead. Screenings are free but bring your pennies for popcorn! Screenings free,...
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Wee Weavers

07/04/2017 - 07/04/2017

10:30 - 11:30 am / Ages 2 - 5 Our themed regular monthly session with stories, songs, craft sessions and messy play for wee ones aged 2-5. Park your buggy and join us for a coffee. £3.50 per child. Tea, coffee & juice provided Booking essential....
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Easter Craft-ernoon

15/04/2017 - 15/04/2017

12 - 4 pm Throughout the holiday fortnight there'll be a Victorian Easter Museum Trail and drop in Easter crafts in the Red Box at Verdant Works for all ages to enjoy, but make sure to drop in today for a special Easter Craft-ernoon - we'll be making Easter bonnets and...
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Verdant @ Verdant

22/04/2017 - 23/04/2017

Current WASPS Meadow Mill tenants, DJCAD Alumni and Lecturers in Contemporary Art Practice will explore and share their creative process in response to the High Mill - a building that shares it's geographical placing and industrial history with Meadow Mills which this year celebrates 40 years of WASPS in Dundee....
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Youth Theatre project @ Verdant Works

27/04/2017 - 27/04/2017

Thur 27, Fri 28 & Sat 29 April 7:30pm / All ages Rep Creative Learning, Scottish Dance Theatre Creative Learning and Tortoise In A Nutshell have been working with young people aged 13 - 16 years to devise a walk around, site-specific theatre piece for The High Mill @Verdant Works. The whole...
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Youth Theatre project @ Verdant Works

28/04/2017 - 28/04/2017

Thur 27, Fri 28 & Sat 29 April 7:30pm / All ages Rep Creative Learning, Scottish Dance Theatre Creative Learning and Tortoise In A Nutshell have been working with young people aged 13 - 16 years to devise a walk around, site-specific theatre piece for The High Mill @Verdant Works. The whole...
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Stitchin’ the Mill:  Kalamkari @ Verdant Works

29/04/2017 - 23/07/2017

Well-established textile collective Kalamkari are holding their first site-specific exhibition ‘Stitchin' the Mill’ at Verdant Works. Over the last six months, the group has been researching the Dundee Heritage Trust archive and creating mixed media artwork inspired by the museum’s industrial heritage and the history of the women and children who...
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Youth Theatre project @ Verdant Works

29/04/2017 - 29/04/2017

Thur 27, Fri 28 & Sat 29 April 7:30pm / All agesRep Creative Learning, Scottish Dance Theatre Creative Learning and Tortoise In A Nutshell have been working with young people aged 13 - 16 years to devise a walk around, site-specific theatre piece for The High Mill @Verdant Works. The whole...
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Wee Weavers

05/05/2017 - 05/05/2017

10:30 - 11:30 am / Ages 2 - 5 Our themed regular monthly session with stories, songs, craft sessions and messy play for wee ones aged 2-5. Park your buggy and join us for a coffee. £3.50 per child. Tea, coffee & juice provided Booking essential!...
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Sunday Screenings (Family)

07/05/2017 - 07/05/2017

11 am / All ages Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Verdant Works. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11 am, film starts shortly after. Telephone 07341 127 417 to find out about the up coming films. Free, no...
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Sunday evening Silver Screenings (Adults)

07/05/2017 - 07/05/2017

We’ve picked four fantastic films to screen in our cosy Red Box. With a brief introduction and friendly welcome from our Learning Officer, this is the perfect way to wind down your weekend and get set for the week ahead. Screenings are free but bring your pennies for popcorn! Screenings free,...
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Beer School: A Taste of Victorian Dundee

19/05/2017 - 19/05/2017

8 – 10 pm / Ages 18 + Take a trip back in time for a night out in Victorian Dundee, where you’ll not only find out about the beers that 19th century mill workers would have drunk but get to taste them too! Beer historian Robbie Pickering will discuss the...
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Meet the Maker: Selfie-Stitched Bag

20/05/2017 - 20/05/2017

10 am – 12:30 pm & 2 – 4:30 pm / Ages 7 + Have fun decorating a jute bag with your own image as inspiration. Using textile designers Morag Gray and Mona Clark’s funky fabrics and trimmings, you’ll take home your own unique bag ! Jute bag and all materials provided....
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If these wa’s cuid talk- Lunchtime walking tour

22/05/2017 - 22/05/2017

Mondays 22 May, 29 May, 5 June & 12 June 1:30 – 2:30 pm / Ages 10 + When looking around the old buildings of Dundee there are certain features, added either for aesthetic or practical reasons, which instantly identify the jute mills of this area. Join local historian Alison Carrie on...
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TEXTILE TALK / Kalamkari

27/05/2017 - 27/05/2017

Sat 27 May, 2 - 2:30 pm / Free This Saturday's TEXTILE TALK takes place in the Gallery at 2.00pm for around 30 minutes. Morag Gray and Mona Clark will talk about Kalamkari Textile Artists current exhibition at Verdant Works and the creative techniques used in the artwork on show. Free entry....
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If these wa’s cuid talk- Lunchtime walking tour

29/05/2017 - 29/05/2017

Mondays 22 May, 29 May, 5 June & 12 June 1:30 – 2:30 pm / Ages 10 + When looking around the old buildings of Dundee there are certain features, added either for aesthetic or practical reasons, which instantly identify the jute mills of this area. Join local historian Alison Carrie on...
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Wee Weavers

02/06/2017 - 02/06/2017

10:30 - 11:30 am / Ages 2 - 5 Our themed regular monthly session with stories, songs, craft sessions and messy play for wee ones aged 2-5. Park your buggy and join us for a coffee. £3.50 per child. Tea, coffee & juice provided Booking here...
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Music in the Mill / Lunchtime concert

02/06/2017 - 02/06/2017

1:20 – 1:50 pm / All ages Join us for a special fortnightly summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres. The opening musicians will be THE YONDERLEES -  an acoustic Folk/Americana duo based in the Dundee area featuring singer/songwriters: Andy Spiller & Emil...
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Sunday Screenings (Family)

04/06/2017 - 04/06/2017

11 am / All ages Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Verdant Works. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11 am, film starts shortly after. Telephone 07341 127 417 to find out about the up coming films. Free, no...
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Sunday evening Silver Screenings (Adults)

04/06/2017 - 04/06/2017

We’ve picked four fantastic films to screen in our cosy Red Box. With a brief introduction and friendly welcome from our Learning Officer, this is the perfect way to wind down your weekend and get set for the week ahead. Screenings are free but bring your pennies for popcorn! Screenings free,...
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If these wa’s cuid talk- Lunchtime walking tour

05/06/2017 - 05/06/2017

Mondays 22 May, 29 May, 5 June & 12 June 1:30 – 2:30 pm / Ages 10 + When looking around the old buildings of Dundee there are certain features, added either for aesthetic or practical reasons, which instantly identify the jute mills of this area. Join local historian Alison Carrie on...
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Meet the Maker: Gelli-plate printing CANCELLED

10/06/2017 - 10/06/2017

THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Telephone 07341127417 for info. 1- 4 pm / Ages 12+   Gelli-plate printing is a versatile method of mono-printing to produce one-off prints.  Using acrylic paints Jan Reid and Carol Gorrie will help you explore the different techniques Gelli-plate printing can offer, such as the use of...
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Local History Fair

11/06/2017 - 11/06/2017

12 - 4 pm All ages This fair will be of interest to anyone researching their family history anywhere in the UK or who has an interest in the local and social history of Dundee. There will be a mix of family and local history societies, mainly from Dundee and Angus, as...
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Dundee Cultural Heritage Tour

11/06/2017 - 11/06/2017

Sunday 11 June 2017 Enjoy some of the best attractions that Dundee has to offer on this guided heritage tour!  You will be looked after by a local guide and transported across the City to take in Verdant Works, Dundee Museum of Transport, HM Frigate Unicorn and Dundee Law. The tour...
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If these wa’s cuid talk- Lunchtime walking tour

12/06/2017 - 12/06/2017

Mondays 22 May, 29 May, 5 June & 12 June 1:30 – 2:30 pm / Ages 10 + When looking around the old buildings of Dundee there are certain features, added either for aesthetic or practical reasons, which instantly identify the jute mills of this area. Join local historian Alison Carrie on...
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Stories of Dundee – Fae me Tay you (Performance)

15/06/2017 - 15/06/2017

7pm / All ages This spring we’ve been busy collecting stories, traditions, poems and folk songs as told by Dundonians aged 60+. Lynne Campbell (Folk Singer and Storyteller) will be performing and sharing these songs and memories of Old Dundee. Expect a heart-warming and entertaining evening. £3 Adult / £2 Children &...
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Music in the Mill / Lunchtime concert

16/06/2017 - 16/06/2017

1:20 – 1:50 pm / All ages Join us for a special fortnightly summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres. This week it's the turn of Joanna Stark and Elisabeth Flett. Joanna Stark and Elisabeth Flett first started playing together in 2008 as...
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‘O Halflins an Hecklers an Weavers an Weemin’: a Dundee play

23/06/2017 - 25/06/2017

Friday 23rd June & Saturday 24th June 7 – 8:30 pm.  Sun 25th June 2 - 3.30 pm matinee. Suitable for all ages ‘O Halflins an Hecklers an Weavers an Weemin' Written by John Quinn, directed and performed by Shoestring Theatre Company We are delighted to premiere a new play in the High Mill...
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Music in the Mill / Lunchtime concert

30/06/2017 - 30/06/2017

1:20 – 1:50 pm / All ages Join us for a special fortnightly summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres.  We're delighted to welcome back Simon Chadwick. Simon has recently put together a new programme for the Museum of the University of St Andrews, for...
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Afternoon Tea at Verdant Works

01/07/2017 - 01/07/2017

Saturday 1 July at 2pm Join us to support Help for Kids at this fundraising Afternoon Tea at Verdant Works. You will be greeted with a glass of fizz then transported back to the industry that shaped a city. You will be given a guided tour of Verdant Works before being treated to...
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Textile TALKS / Maureen Shepherd and Linda McKeen

01/07/2017 - 01/07/2017

Join us for a season of TEXTILE TALKS! Sat June 3rd - Jan Reid and Carol Gorrie Sat June 24th - Lorna Morrison and Lynne Gourlay Sat July 1st - Maureen Shepherd and Linda McKeen TEXTILE TALK takes place in the Gallery at 2.00pm for around 30 minutes. The Kalamkari collective of artists will...
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Sunday Screenings (Family)

02/07/2017 - 02/07/2017

11 am / All ages Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Verdant Works. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11 am, film starts shortly after. Telephone 07341 127 417 to find out about the up coming films. Free, no...
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Sunday evening Silver Screening (Adults)

02/07/2017 - 02/07/2017

We’ve picked four fantastic films to screen in our cosy Red Box. With a brief introduction and friendly welcome from our Learning Officer, this is the perfect way to wind down your weekend and get set for the week ahead. Screenings are free but bring your pennies for popcorn! Screenings free,...
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Wee Weavers

07/07/2017 - 07/07/2017

10:30 - 11:30 am / Ages 2 - 5 Our themed regular monthly session with stories, songs, craft sessions and messy play for wee ones aged 2-5. Park your buggy and join us for a coffee. £3.50 per child. Tea, coffee & juice provided Booking essential....
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Meet the Maker: Jute Journals CANCELLED

08/07/2017 - 08/07/2017

PLEASE NOTE THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Contact 07341127417 for more details. 1 – 4 pm / Ages 12+ Maureen Shepherd and Linda McKeen, both experienced textile artists, will use Verdant Works as inspiration to help you create your own jute journal with printing and simple stitch on paper and fabric. All materials...
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Music in the Mill / Lunchtime concert

14/07/2017 - 14/07/2017

1:20 – 1:50 pm / All ages Join us for a special fortnightly summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres. This week it's the turn of David Behrens. David is a young musician with a particular interest in composition. His main instruments are...
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Music in the Mill / Lunchtime Concert

28/07/2017 - 28/07/2017

1:20 – 1:50 pm / All ages Join us for a special fortnightly summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres. Sheena Wellington is performing this week! No stranger to Verdant Works, the Dundee singer will present a programme of favourite songs and stories laced with...
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Nicola Wiltshire, ‘The Loom Runs. The Smoke Rises’

29/07/2017 - 29/10/2017

Local artist Nicola Wiltshire takes a look inside a working factory as part of her residency with Halley Stevensons, who manufacture waxed cotton at Baltic Works in Dundee. This exhibition presents a series of Nicola's paintings on waxed cotton that explore the people, processes, architecture and innovation that make Halley Stevensons...
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Meet the Maker: Nicola Wiltshire

29/07/2017 - 29/07/2017

Local artist Nicola Wiltshire takes a look inside a working factory as part of her residency with Halley Stevensons, who manufacture waxed cotton at Baltic Works in Dundee. This exhibition presents a series of Nicola's paintings on waxed cotton that explore the people, processes and innovation that make Halley Stevensons one...
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Home Front in Dundee – Summer WW1 Family Day

30/07/2017 - 30/07/2017

In 1917 the Government introduced rationing to ease the effects of the German submarine campaign. 100 years on we’ll be exploring what life was like in Dundee during World War One. Listen to the tunes of the time, meet our costumed Home Front heroes, make a jute sandbag and get...
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Music in the Mill / Lunchtime concert

11/08/2017 - 11/08/2017

1:20 – 1:50 pm / All ages Join us for a special fortnightly summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres. Our final concert is the brilliant Wighton Singers! They describe themselves as 'a group of friends who love to sing together' and they...
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Indian Summer Family Day

19/08/2017 - 19/08/2017

Raw jute fibre was first imported into Britain in 1791 by the East India Company which traded in Bengal.  The links between India and the Indian subcontinent and Dundee will be celebrated again this year with this family-friendly afternoon of colour, music, food and dance, celebrating Dundee’s international community. 12 noon...
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The Great Tapestry of Scotland / Part Two

26/08/2017 - 22/10/2017

Taking more than 1,000 talented volunteers over 55,000 hours to complete using over 3000 miles of woollen yarn, the Great Tapestry of Scotland is a rich and colourful depiction of Scottish history from Ice Age to modern times. The entire Tapestry is vast, consisting of 160 panels in total and...
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The Great Tapestry of Scotland | Family Day

14/10/2017 - 14/10/2017

Sat 14 Oct, 12-4pm See the masterpiece, try our Tapestry Trail, create an alternative history of Scotland and don't miss our resident storytellers as they spin a tale or two! Drop in, no need to book. All activities included in regular museum admission. All ages....
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From Scotland With Love | Film Screening

20/10/2017 - 20/10/2017

Fri Oct 20, 7pm Made entirely of Scottish film archive, the film explores universal themes of love, loss, migration, work and play, sound-tracked by King Creosote's poetric music and lyrics. https://vimeo.com/98547386 After the screening there will be an opportunity to visit the Tapestry, as night falls. Booking essential, £8...
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The Painting and Etchings of Charles G L Phillips (1863-1944)

04/11/2017 - 25/03/2018

Charles Gustav Louis Phillips was a talented and prolific artist. Originally from Aberdeenshire he moved to Dundee in 1879 to study art and initially worked as a teacher before later turning to more commercial commissions, working for Valentines and The Courier. Phillips became well known as a successful landscape painted...
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Multicultural Art Exhibition

01/12/2017 - 03/12/2017

Multicultural Art Exhibition, Red Box Opening Night Friday 1st December 6 - 8pm (Refreshments available) Saturday 2nd December 11 -4pm, Sunday 3rd December 11 - 4pm   This Creative Scotland funded exhibition of textile based artwork has been developed as a partnership between Verdant Works, Arts and Communities Association and young people from school and...
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Winter Fayre at Verdant Works

02/12/2017 - 02/12/2017

Saturday 2 December | 12-4pm We are holding a Winter Fayre in the High Mill at Verdant Works this year.  This beautifully restored building is a fantastic space for events and we will have an assortment of vendors selling their wares in the lead up to Christmas. Come and join us for...
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#ThanksToYou Free Entry!

13/12/2017 - 17/12/2017

Did you know that without National Lottery players, the £7.8 billion of funding awarded to more than 42,000 heritage projects over the last 23 years just wouldn’t have been possible? This Christmas, Dundee Heritage Trust is saying ‘thank you’ for our National Lottery funding by offering free entry to our two museums, Discovery...
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Boulton & Watt Steam Engine demonstration

10/01/2018 - 23/12/2018

The star object of the High Mill is an 1801-1802 Boulton and Watt steam engine, on kind loan from Dundee City Council via a partnership with Leisure and Culture Dundee. One of only four of its kind surviving in the UK, this engine is typical of the type used in textile mills in the 1800s...
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Patterns of Migration – An exhibition of illustrations by Laura Darling

31/03/2018 - 24/06/2018

Prompted by experiences during her time working at Dundee International Women’s Centre, Laura explores barriers facing migrant women living in the city. Combining drawing, printmaking and hand lettering, this collection of work centres around fictional narratives inspired by real women living extraordinary lives in Dundee today. Amazing, amusing and appalling, the...
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Music in the Mill | Sheena Wellington

01/06/2018 - 01/06/2018

Join us for our special fortnightly Summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres. Sheena Wellington is performing this week!  No stranger to Verdant Works, the Dundee singer will present a programme of favourite songs and stories laced with humour Doors open at 1pm...
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Sunday Screening

03/06/2018 - 03/06/2018

Sun 3 June Doors 11am, film starts shortly after free / no booking required  Join us for our first Sunday Screening of the season - we've got a modern Disney classic to get things going! Join us for a delightfully charming, eco-friendly robot who falls in love. If you’ve not come along before, our...
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O Haflins an Hecklers an Weavers an Weemin: A Dundee Play

06/06/2018 - 08/06/2018

Wednesday 6, Thursday 7 and Friday 8 June 7pm  Tickets: www.dundeeheritage.eventbrite.com or ask at Front of House at Verdant Works Returning to the High Mill this summer, this Dundonian delight is the true tale of Jute; the making of money, mill girls and men.  Not to be missed – the play will...
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Music in the Mill | Simon Chadwick

15/06/2018 - 15/06/2018

Fri 15 June 13:20 - 13:50 / All ages / Doors open at 13:00 £2 includes tea/coffee, Children free,  No booking required.  Join us for a special fortnightly summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres. Simon Chadwick plays historical Scottish and Irish harp music. This will...
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Music in the Mill | Just 3Folk

29/06/2018 - 29/06/2018

13:20-13:50hrs / all ages  £2 includes tea/coffee, no booking required. Children, free Join us for a special fortnightly summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres. Just 3Folk (J3F) are a 3 part harmony vocal trio consisting of Liz Crawford, Maggie Douglas, and Anne Hamilton...
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INDUSTRY + AESTHETICS: Industrial Photography of Historic Environment Scotland

30/06/2018 - 30/09/2018

Scotland was amongst the first industrialised nations in the world. In the post-industrial age, our legacy of industrial sites and places can still be viewed negatively – synonymous with decline, pollution and blight upon our traditional view of Scotland. Industry + Aesthetics is an  exhibition of Industrial Photography drawn from the...
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Sunday Screening

08/07/2018 - 08/07/2018

Doors open 11:00hrs, film starts shortly after free / no booking required   Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Verdant Works. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn!   If you’ve not come along before, our Sunday Screenings are a great way to...
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Music in the Mill | Polsitar

13/07/2018 - 13/07/2018

13:20-13:50hrs  / all ages  £2 includes tea/coffee, no booking required. Children, free Join us for a special fortnightly summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres. Scotland's only professional classical sitarist, Paul Wright, trained with Rangong Birindra of Nepal. He was also trained extensively by...
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Music in the Mill | Shamblestone

27/07/2018 - 27/07/2018

13:20-13:50hrs / all ages £2 includes refreshments / Children free. Join us for a special fortnightly summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres. Joanna Stark and Elisabeth Flett first started playing together in 2008 as part of folk trio Three’s A Crowd (Cambridge Folk...
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Music in the Mill | Barbara Dymock & Christopher Marra

10/08/2018 - 10/08/2018

13:20-13:50hrs / all ages £2 includes tea/coffee, no booking required. Children, free. Join us for a special fortnightly summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres. Barbara and Christopher will closing this summer's programme of concerts. They are a pair with many and varied musical...
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Sunday Screening

12/08/2018 - 12/08/2018

11:00hrs, film starts shortly after free / no booking required   Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Verdant Works. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! This month we have an eccentric inventor, miniaturised children, and a friendly ant-friend!    If you’ve not joined us...
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Celebrations in the mills

15/08/2018 - 31/01/2019

Daily work in the mills was hard, so when opportunities arose to celebrate they did. This exhibition brings together objects and photographs which show how they marked special events, both personal and national.   See the objects brought from our collection which were in daily use by the workers and find out...
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Music in the Mill | David Behrens

24/08/2018 - 24/08/2018

13:20-13:50hrs £2 includes tea/coffee. Children, free Join us for our special fortnightly Summer programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill, covering a wide range of music genres. It's our last Music in the Mill of the season, and this week we have David Behrens! David is currently studying music at the University of...
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Sunday Screening

02/09/2018 - 02/09/2018

11:00hrs, film starts shortly after free / no booking required   Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Verdant Works. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn!   If you’ve not joined us before, our Sunday Screenings are a great way to introduce your wee...
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Brick City @ Verdant Works

08/09/2018 - 11/11/2018

8 September - 11 November 2018 Brick City is a celebration of some of the world's favourite and most famous buildings, recreated in LEGO bricks by artist Warren Elsmore. Featuring urban highlight from cities across five continents, this tour of the globe in LEGO includes, St Pancras Station in London, the Trevi...
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Amazing Architecture!

29/09/2018 - 29/09/2018

Amazing Architecture Sat 29 Sept |10:00-12:00 Ignite your inner architect with Bricks 4 Kidz in this workshop as you use LEGO® bricks to recreate famous buildings from around the world – or even design and create your own! £5 / booking essential / ages 5-10   Book your place through our Eventbrite page! For more information: 01382 309065 or...
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Lively LEGO®!

29/09/2018 - 29/09/2018

Lively LEGO®! Sat 29 Sept | 2 - 5pm Drop in to play, create and try your hand at a range of LEGO brick activities with Bricks 4 Kidz! Design and build a cityscape, make a mosaic masterpiece or even see your creation come to life with motorised models! included in museum admission /...
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The Arctic Whaling Year

06/10/2018 - 06/01/2019

An exploration in textile of the arctic whaling trade from Dundee by Caroline Hack.  The works follow the annual cycle of preparation, spring sailing to the arctic whaling grounds, the perils of whaling, return in the autumn and the products and consequences of whaling.  The series of new works are...
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Radical Robotics!

19/10/2018 - 19/10/2018

Radical Robotics! Fri 19 Oct | 2 - 4pm Join Bricks 4 Kidz and discover the world of robotics and computer programming as you build, then bring your LEGO® creation to life in this fun and action packed workshop. £5 / booking essential / ages 7-10 Book your place through our Eventbrite page For more information: 01382 309065...
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Late Night LEGO®

19/10/2018 - 19/10/2018

Late Night LEGO® Fri 19 Oct | 7 - 10pm Explore Brick City after hours in this adults only evening of LEGO brick fun. Indulge your inner child in our LEGO play areas, have a go at one of our special Red Box sessions and top off your evening with drinks from...
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Saturday Studio / ANIMATE

27/10/2018 - 27/10/2018

Saturday Studio: ANIMATE Sat 27 Oct | 10.30am - 1pm Try your hand at stop frame animation with filmmaker Jon Gill as we take inspiration from Brick City. Plan, shoot and edit to bring LEGO®characters to life in your own stop frame animation! £10 / booking essential / ages 14-19 Book your ticket through our Eventbrite...
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Intro to Stop Frame Animation

27/10/2018 - 27/10/2018

Intro to Stop Frame Animation Sat 27 Oct | 2 - 4.30pm Lights! Camera! Action! Join filmmaker Jon Gill and make your directorial debut as you create your own short stop-motion film using LEGO® characters andscenery. £15 inc. admission to Brick City, valid on Sat 27th Oct only / booking essential / ages 18+ To book...
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Lively LEGO®!

03/11/2018 - 03/11/2018

Lively LEGO®! Sat 3 Nov. | 2 - 5pm Drop in to play, create and try your hand at a range of LEGO brick activities with Bricks 4 Kidz! Design and build a cityscape, make a mosaic masterpiece or even see your creation come to life with motorised models! included in museum admission /...
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Intro to 3D Modelling

03/11/2018 - 03/11/2018

Intro to 3D Modelling Sat 3 Nov | 10.30am - 12.30pm Explore 3D printing with Dundee Libraries as you create 3D models from 2D drawings. £4 / booking essential / ages 13+ Book your place through our Eventbrite page For more information: 01382 309065 or audience@dundeeheritage.co.uk   Kindly sponsored by: Stewart Milne Homes, Culture and Business Fund Scotland LEGO, the LEGO...
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LEGO® x Minecraft

10/11/2018 - 10/11/2018

LEGO® x Minecraft Sat 10 Nov | 10.30am - 12.30pm Create and customise your own imaginary worlds using LEGO and Minecraft in this 2 hour workshop with Dundee Libraries. £4 / ages 13+ Book your place through our Eventbrite page For more information: 01382 309065 or audiences@dundeeheritage.co.uk   Kindly sponsored by: Stewart Milne Homes; The Culture and Business Fund Scotland LEGO, the...
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Winter Fayre

02/12/2018 - 02/12/2018

Sunday 2 December - High Mill at Verdant Works 12:00-4:00pm After the success of our first ever Winter Fayre in 2017, this event will be returning to the High Mill at Verdant Works. This beautifully restored building is a fantastic space for events and we will have an assortment of vendors selling their...
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CHANGING DUNDEE – Maya Abeysuriya and Marianne Wilson

12/01/2019 - 31/03/2019

‘Changing Dundee’ is an exhibition of work by Dundee based artist-printmakers, Maya Abeysuriya and Marianne Wilson. Maya Abeysuriya is a self-taught artist-printmaker whose extensive research uncovers the connections between South Asian doctors and Dundee’s jute industry. Her interest is sparked by the knowledge that her Sri Lankan grandfather spent time caring...
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Sunday Screening

13/01/2019 - 13/01/2019

Sun 13 Jan, 17 Feb, 17 March, 21 April, 19 May & 16 June 11:00 / all ages free / no booking required Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Dundee Heritage Trust. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11...
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Artist’s Talk / Marianne Wilson

27/01/2019 - 27/01/2019

Artist's Talk / Marianne Wilson Sun 27 Jan / 15:00 all ages / booking essential / free Visit our Eventbrite page to book A busy programme of free temporary exhibitions takes place throughout the year at Verdant Works and we're delighted to host Changing Dundee, a joint exhibition by Dundee printmakers, Marianne Wilson and...
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Artist’s Talk / Maya Abeysuriya

02/02/2019 - 02/02/2019

Artist's Talk / Maya Abeysuriya Sat 2 Feb/ 14:30 all ages / booking essential / free Visit our eventbrite page to book A busy programme of free temporary exhibitions takes place throughout the year at Verdant Works and we're delighted to host Changing Dundee, a joint exhibition by Dundee printmakers, Maya Abeysuriya and Marianne...
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The Thing Is:

14/02/2019 - 14/02/2019

Thurs 14 Feb, 14 March, 18 April, 16 May & 13 June 13:15-13:45 / all ages / drop in / free / locations may vary Monthly lunchtime talk featuring a mystery object from our museum collections. Don’t forget to bring your sandwiches! You do not need to book tickets for The Thing Is:...
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Sunday Screening

17/02/2019 - 17/02/2019

Sun 17 Feb, 17 March, 21 April, 19 May & 16 June 11:00 / all ages free / no booking required Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Dundee Heritage Trust. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11 am, film...
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Wee Weavers

06/03/2019 - 06/03/2019

Wed 6 March & 8 May 14:30-15:30 / ages 2-5 / booking essential / £4 inc. refreshments Visit our eventbrite page to book Stories, craft sessions and messy play for wee ones aged 2-5, inspired by Verdant Works. Park your buggy and join us for a coffee. Children must be accompanied - the ticket...
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Sunday Screening

17/03/2019 - 17/03/2019

Sun 17 March, 21 April, 19 May & 16 June 11:00 / all ages free / no booking required Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Dundee Heritage Trust. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11 am, film starts shortly...
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Fray – Printed Textiles Exhibition by Kit Martin

06/04/2019 - 30/06/2019

With a background in medical and police photography, Kit Martin takes a forensic look at pollinators and wildflowers using digital and historical photographic processes. Printing on jute fabric and paper, this exhibition looks closely with admiration at some of our essential yet diminishing pollinators....
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Sunday Screening

21/04/2019 - 21/04/2019

Sun 21 April, 19 May & 16 June 11:00 / all ages free / no booking required Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Dundee Heritage Trust. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11 am, film starts shortly after. If you’ve...
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Family Day I Innovative Inventors!

28/04/2019 - 28/04/2019

Sunday 28 April 11:00-16:00 / all ages / inc. in museum admission Family day at Verdant Works   Help us to celebrate Scottish inventors James Watt as we take a look at important inventions big and small.  We'll have a host of special guests to help children explore their creativity and the spirit of...
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Wee Weavers

08/05/2019 - 08/05/2019

Wed 8 May 14:30-15:30 / ages 2-5 / booking essential / £4 inc. refreshments Visit our eventbrite page to book Stories, craft sessions and messy play for wee ones aged 2-5, inspired by Verdant Works. Park your buggy and join us for a coffee. Children must be accompanied - the ticket price includes one...
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Artist’s Talk / Kit Martin

11/05/2019 - 11/05/2019

Artist's Talk / Kit Martin Sat 11 May / 15:00 all ages / booking essential / free Visit our eventbrite page to book A busy programme of free temporary exhibitions takes place throughout the year at Verdant Works and we're delighted to host Fray, by artist Kit Martin. We've invited Kit to give an...
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The Thing Is:

16/05/2019 - 16/05/2019

Thurs 16 May & 13 June 13:15-13:45 / all ages / drop in / free / locations may vary Monthly lunchtime talk featuring a mystery object from our museum collections. Don’t forget to bring your sandwiches! You do not need to book tickets for The Thing Is: however please be aware that our...
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Sunday Screening

19/05/2019 - 19/05/2019

Sun 19 May & 16 June 11:00 / all ages free / no booking required Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Dundee Heritage Trust. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11 am, film starts shortly after. If you’ve not joined...
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Music in the Mill I Loadsaweeminsinging

07/06/2019 - 07/06/2019

Fri 7, 21 June doors open at 13:00/ concert 13:20-13:50 all ages / no booking required £2 inc. refreshments + children go free Join us for our special fortnightly programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill featuring a wide range of musical genres. We're delighted that Dundee's very own ground-breaking, all female community...
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Sunday Screening

16/06/2019 - 16/06/2019

Sun 16 June 11:00 / all ages free / no booking required Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Dundee Heritage Trust. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11 am, film starts shortly after. If you’ve not joined us before, our...
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Music in the Mill I Catrin Evans

21/06/2019 - 21/06/2019

Fri 21 June doors open at 13:00/ concert 13:20-13:50 all ages / no booking required £2 inc. refreshments + children go free Join us for our special fortnightly programme of lunchtime concerts in the High Mill featuring a wide range of musical genres. This week our performer is singer-songwriter Catrin Evans. Growing up on...
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Art of Work | Exhibition by Pam Kelly

06/07/2019 - 06/10/2019

This eclectic exhibition consists of artworks in a range of mediums, formats and styles, all on the theme of people at work and the working relationships between workers and employers. This exhibition includes pieces reflecting aspects of work , including textiles, prints and a wearable art piece based on the jute...
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Wee Weavers I July

10/07/2019 - 10/07/2019

Wed 10 July 2019 I 14:30-15:30 ages 2-5 / booking essential / £4 inc. refreshments Stories, craft sessions and messy play for wee ones aged 2-5, inspired by Verdant Works. Park your buggy and join us for a coffee. Children must be accompanied - the ticket price includes one free adult per child...
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Sunday Screening – July

28/07/2019 - 28/07/2019

Sun 28 July 2019 doors open at 11:00 I film starts shortly thereafter free I drop in - no booking required Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Dundee Heritage Trust. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11 am, film...
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Artist’s Talk I Pam Kelly

03/08/2019 - 03/08/2019

Artist's Talk I Pam Kelly Sat 3 Aug I 14:00 all ages I booking essential I free   A busy programme of free temporary exhibitions takes place throughout the year at Verdant Works and we're delighted to host Art of Work, an exhibition of paintings, print and 3D artworks by artist Pam Kelly examining the theme...
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Lunchtime Talk I August

13/08/2019 - 13/08/2019

Lunchtime Talks I Verdant Works Tues 13 Aug I 12:30-13:00  all ages / drop in / free Delve deeper into our museum collections and find out more about our objects, artworks and gallery themes in our free thirty minute lunchtime talks. We'll be updating our talk topics soon, so please check back for more...
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Wee Weavers I September

04/09/2019

Wed 4 September 2019 I 14:30-15:30 ages 2-5 / booking essential / £4 inc. refreshments Stories, craft sessions and messy play for wee ones aged 2-5, inspired by Verdant Works. Park your buggy and join us for a coffee. Children must be accompanied - the ticket price includes one free adult per child...
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Piston, Pen & Press: Performance

06/09/2019 - 06/09/2019

Piston, Pen & Press: Performance Fri 6 Sept I 19:00 I £5 Immerse yourself in the captivating sounds of Arran born fiddler and singer Gillian Frame and Scottish singer-songwriter Findlay Napier as they perform brand new material inspired by findings from the Piston, Pen & Press research project. Please note this performance will take place in...
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Outer Forms, Inner Spaces – Exhibition

12/10/2019 - 05/01/2020

This exhibition, by Lynda Watson, ‘Outer Forms, Inner Spaces’, focuses on the phenomena of space, form and surface.  The work is abstract in meaning symbolising the concept of containing or protecting and represents those spaces deep within our imaginings where we keep hidden our thoughts, memories and emotions. Lynda grew up...
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Lunchtime Talk I October

15/10/2019 - 15/10/2019

Lunchtime Talks I Verdant Works Tues 15 Oct I 12:30-13:00  all ages / drop in / free Delve deeper into our museum collections and find out more about our objects, artworks and gallery themes in our free thirty minute lunchtime talks. We'll be updating our talk topics soon, so please check back for more...
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Sunday Screening – October

27/10/2019 - 27/10/2019

Sun 27 October 2019 doors open at 11:00 I film starts shortly thereafter free I drop in - no booking required Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Dundee Heritage Trust. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11 am, film...
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Ghostly Tales by Candlelight

02/11/2019 - 02/11/2019

Ghostly Tales by Candlelight I Sat 2 November  19:00, 20:30 I booking essential I £8 A chilling evening of haunting Victorian ghost stories, set in the eerily atmospheric High Mill. Please wrap up as the High Mill can get quite chilly - think layers! There are two storytelling sessions: Session One: 19:00-20:00 Session...
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PEEP I Verdant Works

07/11/2019 - 07/11/2019

PEEP I Thurs 7 November 2019  14:00-15:00 pre-schoolers / booking essential / free Peep Learning Together sessions explore how families can enhance children’s development by making the most of play and learning opportunities in everyday life. We’ve collaborated with Dundee City Council for a series of specially developed sessions exploring our galleries through play. For...
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PEEP I Verdant Works

14/11/2019 - 14/11/2019

PEEP I Thurs 14 November 2019  14:00-15:00 pre-schoolers / booking essential / free Peep Learning Together sessions explore how families can enhance children’s development by making the most of play and learning opportunities in everyday life. We’ve collaborated with Dundee City Council for a series of specially developed sessions exploring our galleries through play. For...
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PEEP I Verdant Works

21/11/2019 - 21/11/2019

PEEP I Thurs 21 November 2019  14:00-15:00 pre-schoolers / booking essential / free Peep Learning Together sessions explore how families can enhance children’s development by making the most of play and learning opportunities in everyday life. We’ve collaborated with Dundee City Council for a series of specially developed sessions exploring our galleries through play. For...
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Sunday Screening – November

24/11/2019 - 24/11/2019

Sun 24 November 2019 doors open at 11:00 I film starts shortly thereafter free I drop in - no booking required Monthly family film in the Red Box, inspired by our museum collection at Dundee Heritage Trust. We’ll provide the comfy cushions; you bring some pennies for popcorn! Doors open 11 am, film...
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Winter Fayre

30/11/2019 - 01/12/2019

Winter Fayre I Sat 30 Nov - Sun 1 Dec 2019 12:00-16:00 I all ages / drop in / free   Drop into the High Mill for some mulled wine, mince pies, and the chance to finish (or start!) your holiday shopping as we as we host a variety of artists and designers in our beautiful...
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Lunchtime Talk I December

10/12/2019 - 10/12/2019

PLEASE NOTE: The Lunchtime Talk on Tuesday 10 December will now take place in the Terra Nova Room at RRS Discovery & Discovery Point. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.   Lunchtime Talk  Tues 10 December I 12:30-13:00  all ages / drop in / free Delve deeper into our museum collections and...
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Exhibition – Spirit of the Jute Mills

11/01/2020 - 19/04/2020

Spirit of the Jute Mills features a selection of artworks from our museum collection by a variety of artists including Alan Beveridge, Nicola Wiltshire and Leah Robb, to name but a few. Each artist has taken inspiration from Dundee and its industrial heritage in their own unique way. Spirit of the...
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Artist’s Talk – Nicola Wiltshire

29/02/2020 - 29/02/2020

Artist's Talk: Nicola Wiltshire Saturday 29 February I 14:00 all ages free I booking essential Nicola Wiltshire’s bold, colourful work is on display in our temporary exhibition, Spirit of the Jute Mills. We’ve invited Nicola to discuss her inspiration, practice and even how she makes her own oil paint! For more information,...
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Lunchtime Talk – Contemporary Collecting

10/03/2020 - 10/03/2020

Lunchtime Talk: Contemporary Collecting Tues 10 March 2020 I 12:30-13:00 I free I no booking required Delve deeper into our museum collections and find out more about our objects, artworks and gallery themes in our free thirty minute lunchtime talks. Join us as we take a look at recent acquisitions in...
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Strong Willed Women

13/03/2020 - 13/03/2020

Strong Willed Women Fri 13 March 2020 I 19:00 ages 14+ I booking essential I £5 Spoken word, poetry + live music inspired by Dundee's strong willed women and the theme of protest!   Female Dundonian jute workers were known for being ‘feisty and strong-willed’ – and are believed to have taken part in over...
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COVID-19 update

19/03/2020 - 31/05/2020

We take the health and safety of our staff, visitors and freelance facilitators very seriously and as part our temporary closure, we are cancelling all events and activities until the end of July. We are currently in the process of informing all customers and would like to assure all those who...
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The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry

27/05/2021 - 12/09/2021

The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry is coming to Dundee for the very first time after a worldwide tour. Bringing together artists and communities from 34 countries across the globe, the tapestry explores the vast connections Scots have with the rest of the world. The tapestry is so huge that it will be...
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Exhibition – Spirit of the Jute Mills

27/05/2021 - 31/08/2021

Spirit of the Jute Mills features a selection of artworks from our museum collection by a variety of artists including Alan Beveridge, Nicola Wiltshire and Leah Robb, to name but a few. Each artist has taken inspiration from Dundee and its industrial heritage in their own unique way. Spirit of the...
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Scotland Stands with Europe

28/05/2021 - 12/09/2021

Scotland Stands with Europe by Knit Europe This knitted banner is a vibrant, visual metaphor of Scotland’s solidarity with the people of Europe, it celebrates and values Scotland’s historic and current ties to Europe. The banner was produced by knitters (experts and beginners), crafters, stitchers and finishers come from countries across...
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Exhibition – Jute and Fruit

09/10/2021 - 09/01/2022

Jute and Fruit An exhibition by Leslie Martin Sat. 9 Oct - Sun. 9 Jan. 2022   Dundee Heritage Trust are delighted to restart their temporary exhibition programme at Verdant Works.  The first exhibition, Jute and Fruit, by local visual artist Leslie Martin will open on Saturday the 9th of October and run until...
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BBC Comedy Awards 2021 at Verdant Works

10/10/2021 - 10/10/2021

  Be present at the BBC’s nationwide search to find the best new stand-up comedian talent in the United Kingdom. Since they first launched in 1995 the prestigious awards have helped launch the careers of many of the UK’s best-love comedians – John Bishop, Sarah Millican, Peter Kay, Jason Manford, Joe Lycett,...
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Christmas Fayre at Verdant Works

27/11/2021 - 28/11/2021

Date: 27- 28th November Time: 11:00-16:00 Saturday and Sunday Location: Verdant Works, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT Entry: Free   Christmas Fayre at Verdant Works is back! Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? Don't worry if you have not. With Christmas season already in full spin we are delighted to announce that we are...
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Exhibition ‘In the Frame’

15/01/2022 - 10/04/2022

Dundee Heritage Trust are delighted to host the latest exhibition of photography from local group Art Angel “In the Frame” at Verdant Works.  The exhibition, will open on Saturday the 15th of January and run until the 10th of April.  This is the first exhibition from the Art Angel groups...
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‘Women with a voice”

09/03/2022 - 09/03/2022

  📌 8th Of March is the day the whole world celebrates International Women’s day. Dundee Women’s Festival is the advocate and messenger of this beautiful day encouraging local businesses and communities to take part in activities related to female gender. Dundee Heritage Trust are taking a part in creating events...
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Exhibit | The Last of the Tay Spinners

16/07/2022 - 09/10/2022

Meet the Last Tay Spinners Photographs by Andrew Cronshaw   July 16 – October 9   The exhibition documents one of the last days of jute spinning at Tay Spinners in Dundee before its closure in 1998.  Using colour and black and white photographs, 27 people are shown at work in the mill.  The...
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Draped Life Drawing Workshops with Andrew Cronshaw

13/08/2022 - 13/08/2022

Drawing workshops with artist Andrew Cronshaw Saturday 13 August 10.00 - 12.00noon 1.00 - 3.00pm   Tutor: Andrew Cronshaw   This is a chance to draw or paint a jute mill worker in an authentic mill environment. No previous experience is required and suitable for kids from 10+ and adults. Bring your own materials such as paper, pencils, chalk,...
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Historytellers: Dundee’s Older People – the Exhibition

07/09/2022 - 03/11/2022

  ⭐Historytellers: Dundee’s Older People - the Exhibition at Verdant Works ground floor exhibit space. ⭐   📌Exhibition running date:7th September to the 2nd of Novemberat Museum Opening Times. ''We have been asking them and recording what it was like growing up in days before technology; when schools had 44 pupils in a class;...
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Diwali Trail at Verdant Works!

08/10/2022 - 23/10/2022

Can you help Bobbin and সূতাস (Sutaa) search in the mill and find all the things they need to celebrate Diwali, the Indian Festival of Light? A fun trail for all the family, included in admission or annual pass. Verdant Works, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee, DD1 5BT | Daily: 8...
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Dundee Photographic Society Exhibition

15/10/2022 - 08/01/2022

  We are delighted to welcome the Dundee Photographic Society to showcase stunning photography in our exhibition area. Dundee Photographic Society Year-End Exhibition  Verdant Works  15th October 2022 - 8th January 2023  Entry included in Verdant Works admission pass/annual pass   This fantastic new exhibition showcases a wide variety of work from members of the Dundee...
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HALLOWEEN FAMILY FUN DAY

22/10/2022 - 22/10/2022

Family Fun Day is free to annual pass holders. Otherwise, you are required to pay the museum admission entry price. You will receive an annual pass when paying for admission. The annual pass is valid for a year from the date of purchase. You can see the pricing on our Home page....
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The Case of Sarah Cairns

29/10/2022 - 29/10/2022

     The Case of Sarah Cairns  Join us for an evening of mystery at Verdant Works as we travel back to 1859 and experience a surprisingly modern case. Sarah Cairns brought a case against her overseer James Hill after he struck her three times at work. The police court came to their decision, but...
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FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY DAY

20/11/2022 - 20/11/2022

In conjunction with Dundee Photographic Society to celebrate their exhibition, Verdant works are celebrating all things photography! Join us on Sunday 20 November to celebrate this very Victorian invention with fun for all the family including: A Victorian Studio where your family can have portraits taken Create a collage from photos...
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Christmas Fayre at Verdant Works

26/11/2022 - 27/11/2022

   Verdant Works Christmas Fayre  Join us on 26th & 27th November at Verdant Works for a magical Christmas Fayre set within the iconic High Mill. The perfect opportunity to get into the festive spirit and find special gifts for friends, family and loved ones from the best local makers and crafters! : 26...
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Between Formlessness and Form

14/01/2023 - 09/04/2023

  Dundee Heritage Trust is delighted to host BetweenFormlessness and Form by local artist Sarah Rychtarova. The exhibition will open on Saturday, 14th January and run until Sunday, 9th April, within Verdant Works’ opening hours.  This body of work presents metaphysical glimpses into possible worlds under our feet and above our heads.  Drawing from...
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Artist’s Talk: Sarah Rychtarova

21/01/2023 - 21/01/2023

  We invite arts and creative enthusiasts to our ‘Artists Talk - Sarah Rychtarova’ event on Saturday, January 21, at Verdant Works. The event starts at 2:00 pm and is free to attend, and free parking is also available at Verdant Works car park.  Artist's talk events are designed for the...
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Exhibit: Commensalis – The Spirit Tables of South Georgia

09/02/2023 - 29/03/2023

February to 29th of March High Mill space. Installation supported by South Georgia Heritage Trust.   About Commensalis Scottish sculptor from Angus Michael Visocchi is the author of the work called ‘Commensalis – the Spirit Tables of South Georgia’. This piece will be situated at Verdant Works High Mill until the end of March, thanks...
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Talk Event: Scotland’s She Town: Women, Work & Resistance

07/03/2023 - 07/03/2023

  Tue, 7 March 2023, 18:00 – 20:00 GMT Entry: donation (pay what you can)  BOOK NOW Gender inequality in the workplace takes many forms, from unequal pay to disparity in promotions and incidents of harassment. If history has taught us anything, women are not “passive victims”; we see examples of women fighting for their...
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Easter Activities at Verdant Works

31/03/2023 - 16/04/2023

Get excited about Easter together with Verdant Works! *From 31st March to 16th April, join us in an adventure through special Easter trail sheets. They will be available at Museum opening times.   *On the 9th, 11th, 13th &15th of April, get in the mood for spring and learn about planting in our planting...
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Exhibits. Picturing Dundee: Street Photography and portraits

15/04/2023 - 30/07/2023

  15th of April - 30th of July This exhibition by Mathew Schwartz incorporates photographs from two projects: Impressionistic Streets of Dundee (Monochrome), 2020–2022 The pandemic gave me thoughts about isolation — how we could live so close and yet largely have to stay so socially distanced from others, at least by household. My...
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Artists Talk: Mathew Schwartz

10/06/2023 - 10/06/2023

‘Artist’s Talk’ events are designed for the visitors to learn about our exhibitor’s inspiring and unique artwork and the creation process. Sat, 10 Jun 2023 14:00 - 15:00 BST At Verdant Works, Weavers Room.   Mathew Schwartz Exhibition, currently seen at Verdant Works Museum, incorporates photographs from two projects: Impressionistic Streets of Dundee (Monochrome),...
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Artists Talk: Historic Dundee – artwork depicting forgotten Dundee

15/06/2023 - 15/06/2023

Join us for an evening of fascinating stories and hand-drawn illustrations as local artist Keith Walker takes us on a journey through the historic buildings of Dundee. Using his unique talent, Keith has created stunning images of long-lost buildings overlaid on the current streets, giving us a glimpse into the...
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Event: The Big Back Garden; From our Park to Yours

23/06/2023 - 23/06/2023

Only a few more days until the launch of 'The Big Back Garden; From our Park to Yours' film here at Verdant Works! Part of the wider #BigBackGarden project at the University of Dundee, the short film acts as an audio and visual journey through the Park in Summertime, as...
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Play: O Halflins An Hecklers An Weavers An Weemin

30/06/2023 - 01/07/2023

  About this event Step back in time and experience the rich history of Dundee through the eyes of its working-class heroes. In this powerful and moving theatrical production, we follow the lives of the "halfins, hecklers, weavers, and weemin" who built this city from the ground up.   From the bustling textile mills...
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Workshop: Gardens & Flower Crowns

13/07/2023 - 10/08/2023

Workshop: Gardens & Flower Crowns   About this event Join us on the 13th, 27th of July, and 10th of August for a blooming good time! Workshops are from 14:00-15:00.   Imagine being surrounded by a rainbow of vibrant flowers, their delicate petals and enchanting scents filling the air. At the Flower Crown Workshop, you'll...
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Workshop: Gardening Story-time

20/07/2023 - 03/07/2023

  Story-telling workshop for kids. Suitable for kids under five years of age. 20 July & 3 August At 2 pm. Entry by donations Book your slot online now!    The museum visit is not included. If you wish to visit the museum, please book online: http://www.dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/shop/ or at the venue reception. Kids under 16 years go free with a...
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Talk: Community Gardens Beyond Communities

27/07/2023 - 27/07/2023

Date: Thursday, 27 July 2023 Time: 2-3 pm Location: Verdant Works, Red Box Entry: Free Book your slot now   An informal short introductory talk about the Community Gardens Programme, which involved a series of workshops from community gardens and food growing projects from 7 different countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Kenya, Uganda, Nepal, Rwanda and some...
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Exhibit: Fabrications

05/08/2023 - 26/11/2023

    From the 5th of August to the 26th of November, come and explore our new temporary exhibition, 'Fabrications' by Becky Brewis.  'Fabrications' is about acts of making and making things up. Often taking a childhood photo as a starting point, Becky Brewis makes large, mixed-media jute embroideries which explore the outer...
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Workshop: ‘Life Drawing – class with plants’

13/08/2023 - 13/08/2023

Date: Thursday, 13 August 2023 Time: 2-4 pm (please arrive at 1:45 pm)  Location: Verdant Works, High Mill Entry: By Donation (suggested £7) Book your slot now!    Calum Wallis is an artist occupied with the act of drawing and how it can bring us closer to the environments we inhabit, whether they be the windy...
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Talk: Gardens of Power; for People, for Profit and for Planet

24/08/2023 - 24/08/2023

Thurs 24th August 3pm - 4 pm Free Entry All welcome!   In this fascinating talk, Kevin Frediani shares more on the ecology of gardens and how we can assist wildlife in the way that we garden.   Since 2019, Kevin has been helping to lead a living laboratory in the botanic garden; one aspect includes the...
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Tackling TB: Opening Night Celebration!

21/09/2023 - 06/10/2023

Friday 6th October 7pm-10 pm Suggested donation: £10 per attendee (includes a refreshment on arrival)   Join us for an exciting museum late at Verdant Works as we launch our new exhibition, Tackling TB: The Dundee Scientists Fighting the Killer Cough! Produced in collaboration with the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives research at the University of Dundee....
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Artists Talk: Becky Brewis

19/10/2023 - 19/10/2023

Artist talks are extensions of our temporary exhibitions where exhibiting artists invite visitors to dig deeper into their art and vision.  Becky Brewis is an artist from London who is now based in Dundee. Her work explores personal memories, material culture, and how a sense of self is mediated by the...
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