With the framed banner are, from left, Burns club members Bill Stewart and Jim Clarke, Lord Provost Bob Duncan, Rebecca Jackson-Hunt, Carly Cooper, of the museum, Burns club members Eddie Bonnar, George Fyffe and Tom Hay.
The newly restored Dundee Burns Club banner has been unveiled at a special ceremony at the McManus galleries.
The banner, which was last on public display in 1880, has undergone a restoration after the club, founded in 1860, donated it to the McManus in 2012.
It was originally made in 1880 to coincide with the revealing of the Burns statue and cost around 50 shillings £125 in today’s money to produce.
“The banner is silk and had deteriorated substantially,” explained Rhona Rodger, curator of social history at the McManus.
“However, thanks to the hard work and dedication of the museum conservator, Rebecca Jackson-Hunt, who spent 170 hours painstakingly restoring the banner, it has been saved for future generations.
“The banner will be on display for the next three months giving the public an opportunity to view Rebecca’s hard work and dedication,” she added.
After the unveiling, the conservator and curator discussed the history of the banner and David Robb recited Tam o’ Shanter.
