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City attractions to throw open doors for national festival

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Dundee museums and galleries are gearing up to open their vaults for this year’s Festival of Museums.

The festival, now in its tenth year, will feature over 100 day and night events across Scotland from May 13 to 15, curated to offer unique, hands on experiences in the nation’s museums and galleries.

Headlining Dundee’s programme is an event at the city’s Jute Museum, where visitors will decorate the mill for Queen Victoria’s birthday celebration ahead of a film and Victoria sponge.

The Verdant Works museum is also offering a gin tasting session for adult participants. The Victorian Mill will provide a dramatic backdrop to the event, providing the history of the drink and an opportunity to sample a variety of alcohol.

Joanne Orr, chief executive of Museums Galleries Scotland, said: “Over the past decade, we have been able to fund and support museums across Angus and Dundee to take part and help to increase visitor numbers and sector expertise across the board. We’re delighted to return for our tenth year and are looking forward to the best festival yet.”

McManus Art Gallery is also going back in time, with a 20s and 30s theme. Their free event will celebrate the era of of jazz, cinema and comic books, and feature a special screening of a short film highlighting life in Dundee in the 1930s.

In addition to the Jute Museum and McManus, D’Arcy Thompson Zooology Museum is also taking part in the festival with a selection of fossil-themed events.

For more information or to book a place for an event, visit www.festivalofmuseums.com