Press archive

1 December 2023: Radio 1’s Greg James and Arielle Free open Big Weekend exhibition at V&A Dundee

23 November 2023: V&A Dundee’s 2024 exhibitions revealed

20 November 2023: BBC Radio 1 launch first-ever Big Weekend exhibition in partnership with V&A Dundee

14 November 2023: Tea Green Festive Design Market supports small businesses at V&A Dundee

9 November 2023: Scotland Re:Design opens new virtual reality fashion experience at V&A Dundee

13 October 2023: Sir Billy Connolly lends kilt to Tartan exhibition in Dundee

9 October 2023: Tartan with a Twist is the inspiration for V&A Dundee’s 2023 Christmas gift collection

5 October 2023: Schools invited to redesign their high streets  

15 September 2023: Architectural story of V&A Dundee told in new display

11 September 2023: V&A Dundee has generated £304 million for the Scottish economy

23 August 2023: V&A Dundee celebrates its fifth birthday

19 June 2023: Welcome to a Summer of Free Family Activities at V&A Dundee

2 June 2023: V&A Dundee takes visitors behind the scenes of the pre-digital fashion show

30 March 2023: From Scotland’s oldest-known piece of tartan to a tartan-clad Xbox controller, V&A Dundee presents a radical look at a revolutionary textile

26 March 2023: Scotland’s oldest tartan discovered by Scottish Tartans Authority

7 February 2023: V&A Dundee to present the first major exhibition in Scotland in 30 years to focus solely on tartan

6 December 2022: V&A Dundee introduces new objects and Lavender Labels to Scottish Design Galleries

15 November 2022: V&A Dundee Young People’s Collective Wins Volunteering Award

27 October 2022: Plastic: Remaking Our World opens at V&A Dundee

6 October 2022: The Future of Ageing

3 October 2022: V&A Dundee appoints new Board members

28 September 2022: Major new exhibition examines history and future of plastic

2 August 2022: Summer’s not over yet at V&A Dundee!

26 July 2022: The People’s Tartan needs you!

1 July 2022: Sincerely, Valentines – From Postcards to Greetings Cards opens at V&A Dundee

28 June 2022: Beach Plastic Challenge launched for schools

24 June 2022: Jute’s hidden histories explored at V&A Dundee

23 May 2022: Valentines exhibition announced in collaboration with Panel and the University of St Andrews

12 May 2022: Charles Jeffrey line-up revealed for V&A Dundee

27 Apr 2022: National award for families programme at V&A Dundee

19 Apr 2022: Charles Jeffrey co-curates Tay Late at V&A Dundee

31 Jan 2022: Michael Clark exhibition tickets on sale

23 Dec 2021: Take a deep dive into Night Fever's Silent Disco playlists

17 Dec 2021: Colourful, interactive installation celebrating the joy of play opens at V&A Dundee

14 Dec 2021: Design donation for learners at V&A Dundee

8 Dec 2021: V&A Dundee announces festive programme

3 Dec 2021: Sustainable design showcase unveiled today at V&A Dundee

2 Dec 2021: Community design projects showcased at V&A Dundee

24 Nov 2021: Festive gift range revealed for 2021

17 Nov 2021: £2 million funding milestone reached

11 Nov 2021: V&A Dundee will present major exhibitions on Michael Clark and plastic in 2022

14 October 2021: Dundee skateboard designs launched

23 September 2021: Dundee Design Festival 2021 opens across five 'Design Houses'

17 September 2021: Decades in the Making

27 August 2021: Architecture soundtracks revealed with MSCTY

9 August 2021: Young mums complete clothing design programme at V&A Dundee

28 July 2021: Dundee Design Festival 2021 announced

26 July 2021: V&A Dundee announces latest Sensory Friendly Days

8 July 2021: Local Heroes commissions Scottish design souvenirs for V&A Dundee’s plaza

7 July 2021: V&A Dundee announces 2022-23 exhibitions

1 Jun 2021: UNESCO City of Design Dundee joins V&A Dundee

19 May 2021: 10-metre Olympia mural unveiled

18 May 2021: New partnership transports V&A Dundee directly into Barchester care homes

29 Apr 2021: Night Fever exhibition reopens V&A Dundee

26 Apr 2021: International DJ Ana Matronic celebrates Night Fever exhibition with V&A Dundee

22 Apr 2021: £1m raised for Dundee cultural organisations

31 Mar 2021: Design Busters activity book launched

23 Mar 2021: Scotland + Venice commission to debut at V&A Dundee

12 Mar 2021: New national design role announced

16 Dec 2020: Mary Quant film released

26 Nov 2020: The Dalmore announces four-year partnership with V&A Dundee

20 Nov 2020: Young parents’ sewing project showcased

12 Nov 2020: V&A Dundee joins forces with Tea Green

15 Oct 2020: Over £700,000 raised for Dundee cultural organisations

08 Oct 2020: Museum, maker and manufacturer unite to create the Dundee Raincoat

08 Sep 2020: Michael Clark exhibition announced for V&A Dundee

03 Sep 2020: V&A Dundee announces three new appointments to the museum’s Board

27 Aug 2020: Mary Quant exhibition reopens V&A Dundee

24 Aug 2020: Christopher Kane’s message of joy unveiled on V&A Dundee

20 Aug 2020: £1m cultural fundraising campaign launched

19 Aug 2020: Mary Quant celebrated in V&A Dundee's first fashion photoshoot

10 Aug 2020: Socially distanced playscape comes to V&A Dundee

16 Jul 2020: Street food pop-up opens outside V&A Dundee

14 Jul 2020: Mary Quant extended at V&A Dundee

10 Jul 2020: Leonie Bell announced as new Director

23 Apr 2020: Design Busters phone line launched

02 Apr 2020: Philip Long OBE to be appointed as NTS Chief Executive

20 Feb 2020: Mary Quant at V&A Dundee

18 Feb 2020: Reviving sewing skills for a sustainable future

12 Feb 2020: Turner Prize winners Assemble reveal Dundee project

07 Feb 2020: Full-scale shopfront installation unveiled at V&A Dundee

04 Feb 2020: 1 million visitors welcomed

28 Jan 2020: Schools design solutions to loneliness and isolation

21 Jan 2020: £75m economic impact revealed

06 Dec 2019: European Museum of the Year nomination

12 Nov 2019: V&A Dundee becomes a Living Wage employer

01 Nov 2019: Robotic Architecture Revealed

25 Oct 2019: Nicholas Daley Presents: Reggae Klub Revisited

23 Oct 2019: R2-D2 revealed for Hello, Robot. exhibition

09 Oct 2019: V&A Dundee ‘suspended’ table commission

04 Oct 2019: Hello, Robot. Design Between Human and Machine

19 Sep 2019: Bubble blowing robot unveiled in museum

15 Sep 2019: 830,000 visitors welcomed in first year

06 Sep 2019: Studio Nicholas Daley at V&A Dundee

02 Sep 2019: Kengo Kuma to give birthday talk

28 Aug 2019: Game jam to close Videogames exhibition

12 Aug 2019: Tim Allan announced as new Chair

10 Jul 2019: Quant and Night Fever at V&A Dundee

27 Jun 2019: Design meets disability at V&A Dundee

18 Jun 2019: All you need to know ahead of Antiques Roadshow at V&A Dundee

14 Jun 2019: First Minister meets families at V&A Dundee

26 Apr 2019: V&A Dundee shortlisted for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2019

20 Apr 2019: Videogames exhibition opens at V&A Dundee

31 Mar 2019: V&A Dundee visitor numbers hit half a million

06 Mar 2019: Videogames exhibition details revealed

22 Feb 2019: V&A Dundee to host Antiques Roadshow

15 Feb 2019: V&A Dundee explores Rules of Play

29 Jan 2019: Duke and Duchess of Cambridge officially open V&A Dundee

27 Dec 2018: Alice Rawsthorn to present V&A Dundee’s first New Year’s lecture

28 Nov 2018: V&A Dundee's Winter Nights season announced

21 Nov 2018: V&A Dundee announces next exhibitions

06 Nov 2018: Armistice Day marked with John Byrne stage set

08 Oct 2018: V&A Dundee: 100,000th visitor

23 Sep 2018: V&A Dundee welcomes 27,000 people in its first week

12 Sep 2018: V&A Dundee opens to the world

07 Sep 2018: All you need to know ahead of V&A Dundee’s 3D Festival

24 Aug 2018: Star Wars costume to go on display in V&A Dundee

15 Aug 2018: V&A Dundee opens in one month

10 Aug 2018: V&A Dundee announces The Thomson Learning Centre

26 July 2018: Primal Scream headline 3D Festival to celebrate opening of V&A Dundee

03 July 2018: 3D Festival secures £250,000 sponsorship

12 Jun 2018: John Byrne stage set design to be displayed in V&A Dundee

31 May 2018: Charles Rennie Mackintosh project funding boost

24 May 2018: Venice Biennale photos revealed

11 May 2018: 3D Festival to celebrate museum opening

09 May 2018: First Speedo swimsuit to be displayed in V&A Dundee

28 Mar 2018: 100,000 people engaged before opening

07 Mar 2018: Scotland’s first design museum to celebrate Ayrshire needlework

09 Feb 2018: Kengo Kuma visits completed museum

18 Jan 2018: Museum opening and first exhibition

12 Dec 217: Winged tiara to go on display in Scottish Design Galleries

08 Dec 2017: Orkney team designs cabinet incorporating waste plastic

19 Oct 2017: Kengo Kuma sees vision of V&A Dundee revealed

13 Oct 2017: Fiona Hyslop visits V&A Dundee

29 Sep 2017: Community Garden official opening

25 Sep 2017: Chancellor visits V&A Dundee

22 Sep 2017: Polar bear alarm created at Scottish Design Relay

05 Sep 2017: Volunteering begins at the V&A Dundee Community Garden

30 Aug 2017: V&A Dundee’s Scottish Design Relay kicks off

21 Aug 2017: Polar explorer joins V&A Dundee’s Scottish Design Relay

08 Aug 2017: UK Culture Secretary visits V&A Dundee

11 Jul 2017: V&A Dundee launches the Scottish Design Relay

08 Jun 2017: Drone footage of Scotland's first design museum released

27 Apr 2017: Construction work starts on community garden project

28 Mar 2017: Tristram Hunt visits new V&A Museum

24 Mar 2017: Fashion show unveils 21st century ‘bonnets’

21 Mar 2017: Time capsule design winner announced

16 Mar 2017: Jaguar time capsule shortlist announced

10 Mar 2017: Winning Baby Box design

01 Mar 2017: V&A Dundee topping out ceremony

24 Feb 2017: School pupils become ‘bonnet’ designers

23 Jan 2017: Final shortlist for Scotland’s Baby Box design

16 Dec 2016: Strawberry Thief Oor Wullie donated to V&A Dundee

09 Dec 2016: Baby Boxes design shortlist revealed

31 Oct 2016: Michelin Design Gallery revealed

14 Oct 2016: Baby Box design competition launched

14 Oct 2016: Design Your Own Time Capsule

14 Oct 2016: Gallery designers announced

29 Sep 2016: Catering operator appointed

16 Sep 2016: Scottish designers take on London Design Festival

14 Sep 2016: Jaguar design competition attracts over 160 schools

06 Sep 2016: Jaguar time capsule competition launched

25 Aug 2016: Pop-up V&A Dundee launched at Edinburgh International Book Festival

05 Aug 2016: Michelin Corporate Foundation announced as corporate founding partner

28 Jul 2016: V&A Dundee's London Design Festival designers

06 Jul 2016: The Queen meets community designers in Dundee

28 Jun 2016: Lorraine Kelly visits V&A Dundee construction site

23 Jun 2016: First major construction milestone for V&A Dundee

03 Jun 2016: William Morris-inspired Oor Wullie unveiled

26 May 2016: Cabinet Secretary opens first V&A Dundee business innovation event

18 May 2016: Design Council figures reveal Scottish growth potential

13 May 2016: Design for business success at Dundee Design Festival

09 May 2016: Community garden project boosts health and wellbeing

18 Apr 2016: Theatre design secrets revealed

01 Apr 2016: Kengo Kuma marks one year since start of construction

31 Mar 2016: V&A Dundee represents UK at Milan Design Triennale

16 Mar 2016: V&A Dundee welcomes £5 million from UK Budget

15 Mar 2016: V&A Dundee to represent UK at Milan Design Triennale

14 Mar 2016: Launch of Schools Design Challenge exhibition

28 Jan 2016: Funding milestone from People’s Postcode Lottery

10 Dec 2015: Call for Exhibition Designers

27 Oct 2015: Schools Design Challenge launched

21 Sep 2015: V&A Dundee to showcase at London Design Festival

05 Aug 2015: Giant comic strip sited around V&A Dundee

08 Jul 2015: Long lost Mackintosh tearoom to be conserved for public display

19 Jun 2015: Design in Motion exhibition reaches London

10 Jun 2015: V&A Dundee celebrates first touring exhibition

05 Mar 2015: Construction work starts on V&A Dundee

16 Feb 2015: Design in Motion sets off in style

27 Jan 2015: £4.5m funding boost from Heritage Lottery Fund

16 Jan 2015: Construction of V&A Dundee