Regenerating our India Gallery
We’re currently redeveloping our colonial India Gallery at Verdant Works Museum, in order to better represent the connections between Dundee and the Indian sub-continent and to share more voices and stories.
Our heritage team have been working with local community groups and organisations, and would love for you to get involved. Find out how you can help shape the future of Verdant Works Museum and share your stories, below.
How to Get Involved
Share your stories
Are you from Dundee and moved to India, Bangladesh or Pakistan to work in or for the Jute Industry and/or did your family?
Or are you from India, Bangladesh or Pakistan and came to Dundee specifically to work in or learn about the Jute Trade and/or did your family?
We’d love to hear your story and record an oral history.
Share your artefacts
Are you from Dundee and the surrounding area and moved to India, Bangladesh or Pakistan to work in or for the Jute Industry and/or did your family?
Or, are you from India, Bangladesh or Pakistan and came to Dundee specifically to learn about the Jute Trade?
Do you have objects (such as photos, leaflets, books, clothing, recipes, diaries, letters and certificates) that are linked to the Jute Industry that you would be willing to loan or donate?
Volunteer
You can get involved in the redevelopment of our India Gallery by volunteering to undertake research. We have many topics from you to choose from, including:
- Jute Industry pre–East India Company (pre-1793)
- Jute Industry during East India Company (1793-1858)
- Establishment of large mills in India (specifically Kolkata)
- Growth in Indian industry (1850-1947)
- Adaptation of Dundee Industries
- Partition and independence (1947)
- Machinery being sold and run in India and East Pakistan
- Adaptation of Dundee industries to competition
- Revival of Jute in India
- Legacy in India
Contact Us
If you are interested in our redevelopment of the India gallery and/or would like to get involved, please feel free to get in touch.
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