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The Dundee Tapestry

On now until Sunday 6 April 2025

A display telling Dundee’s unique story, stitch by stitch

Explore the city’s industrial heritage, creative achievements, biodiversity and people through this unique, handcrafted collection of tapestries depicting Dundee’s past, present, and future.

The project brought together over 140 volunteer stitchers from Dundee and the surrounding area to produce a fascinating and captivating image of Dundee on 35 beautifully hand-stitched panels.

Now extended until Sunday 6 April 2025

Free

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Audio Guide

We caught up with some of the contributors to the Dundee Tapestry, to learn more about how it came to be.

Close up of a tapestry

Take a virtual look

Explore the detail in each of the panels, and the stitchers who made them, using the Smartify app.

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Visit the Dundee Tapestry website

Find out more about the Dundee Tapestry project.

Highlights

A tapestry of V&A Dundee
Creative Dundee: UNESCO City of Design
A woven tapestry with bold colours, two people are dancing in the middle
Dundee Culture: Cinemas & Dancehalls
A woven tapestry with bold colours, lots of plants and greenery is included.
Dundee Communities: Connecting Communities
A woven tapestry of the Royal Arch which was built in Dundee
International Dundee: Dundee’s influence on the World
A woven tapestry of gardens around Dundee, lots of plants and greenery have been stitched.
Dundee Nature: Botanic Gardens and The Eden Project
A woven tapestry with bold colours.
Dundee Culture

Shop the Dundee Tapestry Range

A book titled 'The Dundee Tapestry' with an embroidery kit on top of it,

The Dundee Tapestry Gift Set

The Great Tapestry of Scotland Colouring Book by Andrew Crummy

Great Tapestry of Scotland Colouring Book

Dundee Tapestry Postcard

UNESCO: City of Design - Dundee Tapestry postcard

Main Sponsors

Northwood Charitable Trust
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Weaver Incorporation and Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee

Other Sponsors

Don and Low
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The Guildry of Dundee
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Rotary Club of Dundee
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Walter Craig Charitable Trust
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William S. Philip Fund
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