Turn up the Play. Drop the Beat. Build the Future. Drop in throughout summer to discover block-based beat-building at its best! Our learning studios are packed with cool and inclusive ways to play, including sensory toys, LEGO® Architecture Studio and Braille Bricks. For the first time ever, BeatBlocks Live is coming to to Dundee. This interactive music… Continue Reading this article BeatBlocks Live
Drop in throughout the holidays for a family-friendly design challenge This summer, join our friendly designers for fashion design activities that explore the many ways we dress, style and move our different bodies. Strike a pose and use live-projected digital drawing to bring our studio to life with BIG with your unique colourful fashion sketches.… Continue Reading this article Every Body Designs!
Join the Creative Learning Team and Comics Youth for some comics fun during the Summer holidays! Taking inspiration from our fascinating museum collections and exhibitions, bring your characters to life with exciting stories and comic prompts and help us transform the museum's learning studio into Comics Central! Please note these activities are inclusive to suit… Continue Reading this article McManus Connections: Comics at the Museum
Play, test and experiment with video games exploring inclusive design This free drop-in event, organised in collaboration with Abertay University, showcases video games from developers highlighting accessible design and adaptive controls. From exploring natural landscapes in VR to escaping a bakery using sound, these games aim to level the playing field and create inclusive experiences… Continue Reading this article Game On: Adaptive Play
McManus Creates: Creative Creature Design Inspired by the River Tay and our local wildlife, join the Creative Learning Team for a fun, family-friendly session and create a river creature! Take inspiration from our Natural History collections for your design, use recycled materials and our range of creative materials, and have fun to design and make… Continue Reading this article McManus Creates: Creative Creature Design
Grab your picnic and join us for a gathering oh live music, spoken word, art, film & a ceilidh surrounded by the Ninewells woodland garden. City Flowers Folk Fest Join us for the City Flowers Folk Fest, an interactive folk festival for all ages set in the enchanting woodland surroundings of Ninewells Community Garden. Immerse yourself in a vibrant celebration of… Continue Reading this article City Flowers Folk Festival
A flexible and fun design playground for all ages to enjoy We've transformed our Learning Centre into your dream place to play! Drop in across the day for these open-ended workshops, supported by our friendly team of designers. Go BIG with giant Imagination Playground blocks, the ultimate loose‑parts play system, plus design challenges that encourage… Continue Reading this article Play Your Way!
Join us for storytelling, music and movement throughout the museum Get ready to move and make some noise in this interactive workshop for little museum explorers, led by our friends from Dundee’s multi-award-winning dance company Shaper/Caper. We'll explore tactile shapes, the different ways we move our bodies and a new sensory story, inspired by the themes… Continue Reading this article Shake, Rattle + Stroll: Senses
Catch a replay of the Scotland Fashion Now: Graduate Showcase ‘26 Miss the launch event? Drop in at any time for a full replay of Scotland Fashion Now: Graduate Showcase ’26 with looks from Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art, Gray’s School of Art and The Design School, Heriot-Watt University. Image credit: Abbie… Continue Reading this article Scotland Fashion Now: Graduate Showcase ’26 (Screening)
