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Final Edition of 'Small Steps' Dundee Women's Trail Leaflet Launched
The fourth and final edition of the 'Small Steps' Dundee Women's Trail leaflet has been launched, offering children and families an engaging way to learn about notable women connected to Dundee.
Between October and December 2024, The McManus’s Creative Learning Team collaborated with Dundee Libraries and Dundee Women’s Trail to provide 92 primary 5/6 pupils from St Ninian's RC Primary School and Rowantree Primary School the opportunity to create a new, child-friendly leaflet. This edition builds on the existing ‘Small Steps’ leaflets released between 2021 and 2025.
The project aimed to help young people explore the lives of seven more women from the Dundee Women’s Trail who have made significant contributions to society in Dundee and beyond.
These women include:
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DJCAD Scrub Hub to be remembered in McManus collection
A set of scrubs sewn by a University of Dundee volunteer responding to the need for medical clothing in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic have been donated to The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum. The scrubs, sewn by Jane Keith, founder of the DJCAD Scrub Hub, will be placed in the permanent collection at The McManus, serving as a reminder of the collaborative effort of University staff and the local community during the pandemic.
Last year, when Covid-19 first took hold on the city, NHS Tayside asked all patient-facing staff who previously wore their own clothes, such as doctors and consultants, to wear scrubs in order to minimise the increased risk of infection and cross-contamination. The additional demand for scrubs was mirrored across the UK, leading to a…
A British Museum Spotlight Loan Troy: beauty and heroism
The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum
Thursday 19 May - Sunday 14 August 2022
A British Museum Spotlight Loan Troy: beauty and heroism is going on show at The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum from Thursday 19 May until Sunday 14 August 2022. Key objects from the Troy: myth and reality exhibition will be accessible to audiences as part of the British Museum's National Programmes. Complementing objects from the British Museum will be loans of casts of sculpture from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and the University of Dundee. Objects from Dundee City Council's own collections will also be featured.
Helen and Achilles are central characters in the story of the Trojan War. Helen is the most beautiful woman in the world. Her…
