Christmas in Dundee

Step into a winter wonderland at Discovery Point & RRS Discovery and Verdant Works Museum this Christmas to create magical memories.

Santa's Grotto
DISCOVERY POINT

Santa and his elves are coming back to Discovery Point this December for festive fun! Enjoy an enchanting family day out this Christmas in Santa’s Grotto, with singing, dancing, laughter and festive magic.

Discovery Point Transformed

Explore our plans to transform Discovery Point and spark curiosity in heritage for the next 100 years.

Join our Patrons

Did you know you can support Dundee Heritage Trust as a Patron of the museums? Join us to support our mission for Discovery.

Wardroom Dining Experience
DINE AT THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE

Take a seat at the Captain’s table aboard the Royal Research Ship Discovery for the ultimate luxury dining experience.

Christmas Party Nights

Roll into the Roaring Twenties this Christmas at Verdant Works; a charming Victorian mill. Enjoy a festive feast, non-stop dancing, and an enchanting venue for your Christmas Party Night Out this festive season.

Our mission for Discovery

Dundee Heritage Trust is a charity formed in 1985 to preserve the RRS Discovery for future generations. Now, we’re on a mission to spark curiosity in heritage, science, and discovery.

Conserving the RRS Discovery

Explore the £3.4M conservation project aboard the RRS Discovery, in a once-in-a-generation effort to preserve her for the next 100 years.

Polar Publications

Celebrate two iconic publications from our Polar Collection: the famous South Polar Times compiled on Discovery in 1902, and Shackleton’s rare Aurora Australis.

The Blizzard Podcast
DISCOVERY POINT

The Blizzard Podcast is your invitation behind the scenes on RRS Discovery each month, meeting guests telling stories to transport you to other worlds.

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RESEARCHER & AUTHOR

A word from Anne Strathie

“Supporting Dundee Heritage Trust is both a privilege and a pleasure.

Our generation is fortunate that Discovery has survived since 1901 and returned to Dundee, where, thanks to decades of care and conservation, she can still be visited today.

Through onboard and other displays Discovery has countless tales to tell of polar expeditions and explorers.

The latter do not only include famous British expedition leaders like Scott and Shackleton, but also naturalist Edward Wilson, Ireland’s Tom Crean, and Australia’s Douglas Mawson and Frank Hurley.

Visiting Discovery Point and learning about Discovery also reminds us of all the hundreds of expedition members, philanthropists, family members and—of course—ship designers and builders who contributed to polar expeditions.

If Discovery is to continue to fascinate and inform future generations, Dundee Heritage Trust needs and deserves our collective support now and into the future.”

 

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